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Dissolved in Conscience is an experimental funeral doom and drone metal project from Minsk, Belarus, creating slow, crushing soundscapes since 2012. Their debut demo features extended compositions like the nearly eleven-minute 'Lost In Deep Space,' building oppressive atmospheres through minimal, glacial progression.
Distant Shapes is a melodic death and doom metal band from Nitra, Slovakia, formed in 2016. The project merges melodic death metal with doom metal's weight.
Distopia is a death, doom, and progressive metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2010. The project blends multiple metal styles with progressive ambition.
Distorted Reflection is a doom metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024. The band craft slow, heavy doom metal compositions drawing from the genre's classic traditions.
Distressful Project plays gothic/doom metal from Pyatigorsk in the North Caucasus spa region, active since 2016. Their mineral-spring city backdrop contrasts sharply with music built on emotional anguish and crushing heaviness.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts's Ditch Mimes have been wallowing in the murk where doom metal, sludge, and noise rock collide since 2011, making them one of the more weathered acts in New England's underground heavy scene. Their sound leans into the abrasive, feedback-scorched end of sludge, the kind of music that feels like asphalt in summer — slow, heavy, and suffocating.
Divinatio is a death and doom metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2021. The project merges death metal with doom metal's weight.
Savage Doom / Death Metal with Grindcore influences from Plano.
Divine Sovereign is a melodic black and doom metal band from the Kuyavia-Pomerania region of Poland, formed in 2025. The project blends melodic black metal with doom metal's crushing weight.
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