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Down the Abyss is a doom/post-metal band from Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015. They explore the depths of heavy, atmospheric doom intertwined with post-metal's expansiveness.
Dragged is a sludge/doom metal band from Germany, formed in 2020. They create heavy, oppressive sludge and doom metal.
Bangor, Maine's Dragontomb have been cultivating their corner of the doom metal underground since 2015, with the dark forests and harsh winters of northern New England providing an apt backdrop for slow, sepulchral compositions built on crushing low-end and suffocating tempos. Their sound is more death-doom in spirit than traditional doom, favoring bleak atmosphere over the melodic mourning of the European school.
Drain Loose is a stoner and doom metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2019. The band craft heavy, low-tuned stoner doom rooted in the fuzz-drenched traditions of the genre.
Drainland is a sludge, doom metal, and crust band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of activity, the band are veterans of the Irish sludge and crust punk underground.
Founded in Putney, Vermont in 2023, Draiodoir (the Irish word for druid or sorcerer) bring a pagan sensibility to their blend of stoner and doom metal, rooting their slow, fuzz-heavy sound in something earthy and ritualistic rather than purely nihilistic. Vermont's deep rural character and Celtic heritage seem to genuinely inform the project, giving the music a quality that feels less like genre exercise and more like incantation.
Drawbridgeman is a stoner and doom metal band from Barnet, London, formed in 2011 by ex-members of Aorta. Their 2011 self-titled debut, recorded at The Lodge in Northampton, plays stoner doom reminiscent of 1970s and 1980s heaviness with a modern twist across six tracks including the nearly ten-minute closer Gargantuan.
Dread Sovereign is a doom metal band from Dublin, founded by Nemtheanga of Primordial alongside drummer Dubh Sol and guitarist Bones. Playing rough old-school doom influenced by Venom, Saint Vitus, Cirith Ungol, and late-1980s sepulchral black metal, their discography includes All Hell's Martyrs, For Doom the Bell Tolls, Alchemical Warfare, and We Wield the Spear of Longinus.
Pittsburgh has always been a city with doom in its bones, and Dream Death — formed there in 2021 — channels that weight into a punishing collision of thrash velocity and slow-burning doom. The band's sound moves between grinding momentum and crushing deceleration, with riffs that feel like heavy machinery shifting gears. In a scene crowded with one-or-the-other, Dream Death's willingness to inhabit both extremes simultaneously sets them apart.
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