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Disarnicly is a funeral doom metal band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2024. The project crafts glacially slow and emotionally devastating doom from central Siberia.
Disjecta Membrae is a funeral doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning 'scattered remains,' they create glacially slow funeral doom.
Dispersed Ashes is a funeral doom/black metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2018. They create vast, glacially slow funeral doom intertwined with black metal's bleakness.
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.
Dogme is a funeral doom metal/ambient project from Nantes, France, formed in 2018. They create glacially slow funeral doom woven with ambient textures from the Loire estuary.
Doom:VS is a funeral doom and death metal band from Saffle, Sweden, formed in 2006. The project crafts glacially slow and emotionally devastating doom.
Doomknarr is a funeral doom and gothic metal band from Poland, formed in 2025. The project crafts glacially slow and emotionally devastating doom metal.
DoomThrone is a black/funeral doom metal project from Germany, active since 2009. They craft glacially slow funeral doom laced with black metal's bleakness.
Dreams After Death is a one-man atmospheric and funeral doom metal project from Budapest, created by Andras Illes in 2011, who performs all instruments solo. The 2012 album Fading Chains features six tracks spanning over an hour, each named after emotional states from Anger through Sadness, Peace, and Love to the thirteen-minute closer Nothingness.
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