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Dark Passage is a Turin-based heavy metal act whose output channels the spirit of classic heavy metal through a contemporary Italian lens. Their riff-driven material delivers muscular guitar work and powerful vocals that draw from the deep well of European traditional metal.
Dark Path is a heavy and doom metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2019. The band merge the heaviness of doom metal with traditional heavy metal in their dark, atmospheric compositions.
Dark Phoenix is a video game music (VGM) heavy metal band from Brazil that specializes in metal and progressive rock arrangements of classic video game soundtracks, drawing from series such as Mega Man, Castlevania, Street Fighter, and Metal Slug. The band brings jazz fusion and progressive influences to its arrangements, covering both iconic and underrated game music. Their recordings are self-released and available on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.
Dark Poison is a heavy metal band from Thisted, Denmark, formed in 2023. They play classic heavy metal with dark, venomous energy.
Dark Quarterer is a legendary Italian act from Piombino, active since the mid-1980s and widely regarded as pioneers of Italian epic heavy metal. Their discography, including the self-titled debut, War Tears, and The Etruscan Prophecy, showcases ambitious compositions that blend progressive structures with operatic vocal delivery and themes drawn from history and mythology.
Dark Red Dawn is a heavy/groove metal and hard rock band from Forchheim, Germany, formed in 2023. They blend crushing groove metal riffs with the swagger of hard rock.
A rural Ohio heavy metal band from West Mansfield, Dark Revenant have been at it since 2014, keeping traditional metal alive in a part of the state far from any major scene but no less committed for it.
Miami's Dark Ritual fuse thrash and heavy metal in a city better known for sunshine than speed riffs, bringing a heat-warped intensity to the genre since 2015.
A fresh Los Angeles outfit launched in 2025, Dark Shift walks the line between heavy metal and hard rock with the kind of arena-ready confidence that the LA scene has always cultivated.
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