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Dismalia is a gothic metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2021. The project crafts dark, melancholic gothic metal atmospheres from the Italian capital.
Dispersia plays gothic/doom metal from Cluj-Napoca, active since 2017 and scattering dark, melancholic atmospheres across slow-moving compositions. Their name's suggestion of dispersal and fragmentation carries into music that spreads sorrow like mist through the Transylvanian valleys.
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.
Distrust plays death/gothic metal from Weissenfels in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2013 and blending the heaviness of death metal with gothic metal's dark melodicism and atmospheric depth. Their name captures the suspicion and unease that pervades their sound.
Divenire is a gothic and progressive metal band from San Casciano in Val di Pesa, near Florence, Italy, formed in 2013. The project weaves dark gothic atmospheres with progressive metal intricacy from the Tuscan hills.
Djëvel is a black/gothic metal band from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, active since 2011. They blend black metal's darkness with gothic atmospheres from the sherry capital of Andalusia.
A gothic doom metal band from Graz, Austria, whose debut self-titled EP (2025) spans five tracks and 25 minutes of low-tuned, oppressive riffing and keyboard atmosphere situated between classic doom and Gothic metal. The release includes a cover of Type O Negative's 'Love You To Death' and conceptually explores themes of excessive pride, power, and inevitable decline.
DOL is a gothic metal/rock band from Hämeenlinna, Finland, formed in 2017. They play dark gothic metal and rock from central Finland.
Dominia plays melodic death/gothic metal from Saint Petersburg, active since 2005 and among the city's most established extreme metal acts. Their two decades of output blend Gothenburg-style melodeath with dark, romantic gothic atmosphere from Russia's cultural capital.
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