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Dyspathy plays doom/sludge metal from the small town of Privolzhsk in Ivanovo Oblast, active since 2020. Their emotional-disconnect name — a lack of sympathy — channels apathy into heavy, crushingly indifferent compositions from rural central Russia.
Dysphorian Breed is a funeral doom and death metal band from Umea, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project crafts devastating doom from northern Sweden.
Dysphoric Mist is a one-person doom metal project from Hampshire, England, formed in 2020. Their seven-track debut demo, described as "a warning and an ultimatum from outer space," spans forty minutes of doom, sludge, and thrash across tracks like Tantalum Warriors and Charge of the Ibex, released on a limited cassette run of fifty copies.
Dysthymia is a black/doom metal and ambient project from Reykjavik, Iceland, formed in 2021. The project merge the darkness of black metal with the crushing slowness of doom and ambient textures.
An Antwerp-based death and doom metal band, Dysuria navigate the slow-grinding intersection of death metal brutality and doom's crushing weight, maintaining an underground presence on Bandcamp. The band represents the underground strain of Belgian extreme metal that prioritizes heaviness and atmosphere over commercial visibility.
Dzelme is a black, death, and doom metal band from Latvia, formed in 2021. The project merges three pillars of extreme metal darkness from the Latvian underground.
Dämmerfarben is an atmospheric black/doom metal and acoustic project from the North Rhine-Westphalia/Lower Saxony border, Germany, active since 2010. They paint twilight-colored soundscapes blending atmospheric black metal, doom, and acoustic passages.
Défunt is a black/doom metal and ambient band from Marseille, France, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'deceased,' they explore the space between black metal, doom, and ambient.
Détruits Bâtards is a sludge/doom metal and punk band from Metz, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning 'destroyed bastards,' they deliver filthy sludge, doom, and punk.
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