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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Druma is an atmospheric/post-black metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They create immersive soundscapes blending post-rock textures with black metal intensity.
Drunemeton is a melodic black and death metal band from Ropczyce, Poland, formed in 2014. The project channels atmospheric extreme metal from the Subcarpathian region.
The solo project of Lennart Janssen from the Antwerp region, Druon Antigon — named after the mythological giant of Antwerp — plays existential cosmic black metal interwoven with doom, IDM, and glitch electronica, exploring cosmic nihilism through genre deconstruction. Albums like the debut Desontstijging, released through Onism Productions, blend blasting black metal with ambient sections and glitched interruptions intended to evoke the scale and fragility of the cosmos.
Drutentus is a pagan black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. The band draw from pagan mythology and ancient traditions through their aggressive black metal sound.
Drutty is an experimental black/doom metal band from Kopřivnice, Czech Republic, active since 2009. Their album "Lašské bahno" reflects a deeply regional identity, combining imperfect noise rock textures with metal storytelling rooted in their Moravian-Silesian homeland.
DRUX is a black metal band from Vastra Gotaland, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project channels dark black metal.
Dry Heave is a black/death metal and grindcore band from England, formed in 2014. The band merge the ferocity of black and death metal with grindcore's relentless blast-beat intensity.
Dryaad is a black metal act from Delft, active since 2000 and named after the tree nymphs of Greek mythology. Over two decades their nature-spirit namesake has informed atmospheric black metal that draws on the natural world for inspiration and imagery.
Dryados plays symphonic black metal from Barnaul in the Altai region, active since 2017 and named after the wood nymphs of Greek mythology. Their nature-spirit name channels forest mysticism through orchestral grandeur laid over tremolo-driven black metal.
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