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Darkified plays death/black metal from Soderoping in Ostergotland, active since 2018. Their name's transformation-into-darkness suits music that merges death metal's crushing physicality with black metal's atmospheric malice.
Darkinfrost is a raw black metal band from Horishni Plavni, Ukraine, formed in 2014. The project channels lo-fi raw black metal.
Darkkreis is a symphonic black metal band from Albertville, France, formed in 2016. They blend symphonic grandeur with black metal from the French Alps.
Darkmoon Warrior has been waging black metal warfare from Eberswalde in Brandenburg since 2006, forging nearly two decades of aggressive, martial-tinged compositions. Their combative name and extensive discography mark them as one of eastern Germany's most persistent black metal forces.
DarkNephilim is a post-black metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2022. They explore the ethereal spaces of post-black metal from southeastern France.
Olympia, Washington's Darkness Avowed channel blackened death metal's coldest register, grafting black metal's atmospheric hostility to death metal's physical force in a city better known for indie rock than extremity. Since 2013 they've been a quietly fierce presence in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Darkness Creature is a black metal band from Marataízes, Espírito Santo, Brazil, formed in 2011 by members known as Mortiph (guitars/vocals), Morgan (bass), and Azgoth (drums). The band released the album “Império do Mal” in 2017 through Irmandade Hermética do Ódio and Culto Tirânico Records, a seven-track record steeped in occult and anti-Christian imagery.
Darkness Descend is a German black metal band active since 2019. They channel cold darkness and atmospheric menace through raw black metal compositions.
Indianapolis's Darkness Enshroud began with black metal and dark ambient before drifting toward industrial territory, tracing a career-long evolution into increasingly synthetic and mechanical textures. Since 2017 they've explored the corroded overlap between atmospheric black metal and machine-driven noise.
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