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Dusk Chapel is a black and death metal band from Donetsk, Ukraine, formed in 2005. One of the veteran extreme metal acts from the Donbas region.
Dusk of Eternity is a black, death, and doom metal band from Zhytomyr, Ukraine, formed in 2013. The project merges three pillars of extreme metal darkness.
Dusk Within is a melodic death metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, formed in 2022. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Slovak capital.
Duskburn is a metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, that evolved from death metal beginnings into sludge and doom metal territory. The band's stylistic shift reflects a deepening exploration of heavy, slow-burning extremity.
Duskwalker are a death/thrash metal band from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, formed in 2015 under the name The Offering before rebranding in 2018. The band blends traditional heavy metal with death metal, atmospheric passages, and face-melting guitar work, earning Canadian Niagara Music Awards for Best Metal Group in both 2019 and 2020. Their 2024 album Underground Forever, released on Black Lion Records, represents the fullest expression of their thrash and death metal synthesis.
Dussias is a Madrid-based project that has evolved from various stylistic experiments into experimental doom/death metal, embracing the freedom to mutate and transform. Their willingness to reshape their sonic identity speaks to a creative restlessness that sets them apart from more genre-bound acts.
Dust n Brush is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Siewierz, Poland, formed in 2012. The project blends melodic death metal with metalcore intensity.
Dust You Turn Into is a death metal and deathcore band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. They pride themselves on defying easy genre classification while delivering heavy, conceptual music.
Dustborn is a band from České Budějovice, Czech Republic, formed in 2019, that evolved from symphonic death metal into atmospheric black metal. Their music explores dystopian themes, post-apocalyptic visions, and dark sci-fi narratives.
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