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Dethroth is a melodic black/heavy metal band from France, formed in 2023. They blend melodic black metal with heavy metal power.
Deviser is a veteran thrash and death metal band founded in Crete, Greece in 1989 and now based in Athens, with over thirty-five years of history in the purest metal tradition. Their discography includes Unspeakable Cults (2019), Transmission to Chaos, and Evil Summons Evil (2023), all channeling their signature mixture of aggression and melody.
Dewichor is a melodic black metal band from Novosibirsk, Russia, formed in 2022. The project channels atmospheric melodic black metal from Siberia.
Diabolism is a pioneering black metal band from Burgas, Bulgaria, established in 1997 and influential in the early days of the Bulgarian black metal underground. Their catalog, including 'Concealed Craft' and 'Endless Darkened Saga,' helped shape the regional extreme metal scene.
Dioivo plays melodic black metal from Vigo in Galicia, active since 2013 and channeling the misty, Atlantic atmosphere of Spain's Galician coast into tremolo-driven compositions. Their Galician-language identity sets them apart in the Spanish black metal landscape, rooting their sound in the region's Celtic and maritime heritage.
Disguise is a melodic black metal band from Barletta, in the Puglia region of Italy, formed in 2012. The project fuses raw black metal with melodic sensibilities from the southern Italian underground.
Disharmonik is a melodic black/death/thrash metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2020. They blend three extreme subgenres into a dissonant, powerful whole.
Dismal Euphony is a pioneering Norwegian symphonic/melodic black metal act from Stavanger, active since 1996 and among the early architects of the symphonic black metal sound. Their later evolution toward gothic metal expanded their palette while maintaining the dark melodicism that defined their influential early work.
Distortia is a melodic black metal band from Fulda, Germany, formed in 2022. They blend melodic beauty with black metal's cold intensity.
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