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Defunctus Astrum is a Belarusian black metal project from Minsk, active since 2014 and whose Latin name — meaning "dead star" — evokes cosmic nihilism. Their music channels the vast emptiness implied by their name into atmospheric, space-obsessed black metal.
Defying is a black, post-metal, and progressive metal band from Olsztyn, Poland, formed in 2014. The project blends black metal's darkness with post-metal atmospheres and progressive complexity.
Deggial is a black metal band from Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2013. The project channels dark black metal from the Bosphorus city.
Raleigh's Degloved traffic in black metal filtered through a noise music sensibility, a pairing that emerged from their 2020 formation into something genuinely harsh and confrontational. The North Carolina underground has fostered plenty of experimentally minded extreme acts, and Degloved fits comfortably in that lineage — abrasive, atmospheric, and deliberately uncomfortable.
Degotten is a black/thrash metal band from Valdivia, in southern Chile, formed in 2013 with a sound that draws on classic heavy metal, speed metal, and black thrash traditions in the vein of Motörhead, Dissection, and Goatwhore. Their debut EP 'Finsterkult' was released in March 2015, recorded at Rubicon Estudios and limited to 500 copies, followed by the single 'Black Wolf Pride' (2016), the full-length 'Hexentrost' (2017), and 'TODESHYMNE' in 2021. Lyrical themes center on war, Satanism, and Nietzschean philosophy.
Middletown, New Jersey black metal act Degrader have been at it since 2015, forging a cold, uncompromising sound in a state where the urban proximity of the tri-state area breeds a particular bleakness into extreme music. Their black metal is rooted in the tradition — harsh, atmospheric, and uninterested in softening its edges.
Degredo plays black metal from Portugal, active since 2018 and whose Portuguese name — meaning "exile" or "banishment" — captures the isolation and alienation at the heart of their atmospheric compositions. Their thematic focus on exile gives their black metal a distinctly melancholic, wandering character.
Degress is a black and thrash metal band from Postojna, Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project fuses black metal with thrash velocity from the Karst region.
Degutas is a psychedelic black metal project from Vilnius formed in 2023, blurring the boundaries between black metal's tremolo-driven intensity and psychedelia's swirling, mind-altering textures. Their Lithuanian name adds a local dimension to a sound that transcends geographic boundaries.
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