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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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Die Schwarze Sonne is a black metal band from Finland, active since 2012. Their German name meaning 'the black sun,' they channel occult darkness through black metal.
Die Sunde is a black metal band from Padua, Italy, formed in 2020. The project's German-titled name, meaning 'The Sin,' reflects its dark and transgressive approach to black metal.
Dieinfire is a doom/black metal band from Hered, Hungary, formed in 2021. The band merge the crushing slowness of doom metal with the darkness of black metal.
Dies Ater is a Berlin-based black metal act whose Latin name — meaning "black day" — frames each composition as a liturgy of darkness. Active since 1996, they are among the longest-running acts in the German capital's black metal underground, with nearly three decades of bleak, atmospheric output.
Diezektor is a symphonic black metal project from Huddersfield, England, formed in 2017, crafting what they call epic apocalyptic music that spans extreme metal and electronic remixes. Releases like the Sleeper Simulant EP and tracks such as The Nihilist and Ruination showcase their genre-blending approach to sinister heavy metal.
Defamatory is a death metal band from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, formed in 2016 and signed to Awakening Records. The band released their debut full-length "Premature Burial" in 2017 and followed it with "Path of No Return" in 2025.
Diffamie is an atmospheric black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2022. They weave dense atmospheric textures through cold black metal.
Digital Prison is a black metal/noise project from Paris, France, emerging in 2025. They merge black metal with abrasive noise.
A collaborative project drawing members from both the northern and southern regions of Belgium, Dikasterion play raw, occult black metal indebted to Finnish and Finnish-adjacent acts like Archgoat, Beherit, and Barathrum — influences they describe as their "ancient path." Their catalog includes the demo MMXVIII and the releases Stavelot 1597/Rome 897 and Chaos as a New World, with lyrics framed as an "unholy gospel."
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