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Days ov Yore is a melodic black metal band from Finland, emerging in 2026. They channel ancient times through melodic black metal.
De Profundis is a melodic black metal band from Paris, France, active since 2007. Named after Oscar Wilde's prison letter, they deliver melodic black metal from the French capital.
Hailing from the wide, isolated stretches of West Texas, Dead of Night channel melodic black metal into something windswept and desolate, fitting for the Midessa landscape that shaped them. Cold harmonics and raw atmosphere define their approach.
Death Comes in Waves started as a melodic death/thrash metal band in Recklinghausen before evolving toward melodic black/death metal, tracing a darkening arc through their catalog. Their oceanic name captures the rhythmic, cyclical nature of their music — aggression that ebbs and surges like tidal forces.
West Monroe's Death Rattler emerged from the Louisiana underground in 2022 with melodic black metal that threads atmospheric grandeur through the bayou state's innate sense of darkness. Their hooks bite hard beneath a wash of blackened tremolo.
Deathcvlt crafts melodic black/death metal from the Adriatic port of Ancona, balancing the darkness of extreme metal with carefully constructed melodic passages. Their stylized name signals allegiance to the underground while their music demonstrates a sophisticated grasp of melody within brutality.
Deathsaint is a melodic black and death metal band from the Minsk/Novalukoml area of Belarus, active since 2013. Their sound weaves melodic passages through extreme metal frameworks, bridging the aggression of black metal with the harmonic richness of melodic death metal.
Deceitful Sorcery is a black and melodic black metal project from Graz, Styria, Austria, releasing music through Running Wild Productions. Their releases Of Battles and Recaption (2024) and Of Kings and Landscapes (2025) point to a project with thematic interests in warfare and landscape — comparable in atmosphere to other Styrian black metal acts such as Hellsaw and Varulv.
December Flower is a melodic black/death metal band from Diepholz, Germany, active since 2008. They blend the darkness of black metal with melodic death metal's emotional resonance.
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