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Diggeth plays stoner metal/rock from Dinxperlo on the Dutch-German border, active since 2014 and excavating heavy, fuzz-laden grooves with their shovel-referencing name. Their border-town origins bridge two of Europe's richest heavy metal traditions.
Dioid is a one-person doom and stoner metal project from Blackburn, England, created by Bryan Shuttleworth, who writes, performs, records, and produces all material solo. The 2011 debut demo Dark Observations features six tracks of raw, largely improvised doom with deliberate imperfections left intact, plus a cover of Electric Wizard's Funeralopolis as a bonus on the physical CD.
Dionisium is a doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Lonate Pozzolo, in the Varese province of Lombardy, Italy, formed in 2021. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out riffs through a ritualistic Dionysian lens.
A doom and stoner duo from Linz, Austria, known for lengthy, low-tuned compositions built around a baritone guitar. They released the LP 'pyroclastic storm' in 2016, and contributed the track 'I Hate To Save' to the Weedian compilation 'Trip to Austria,' which surveys the country's stoner and doom underground.
Salisbury, Maryland's Dirt Woman have been cultivating their stoner/doom sound since 2017, drawing from the flat coastal plain of the Eastern Shore to produce music that feels thick, hazy, and unhurried. Their sound has the slow gravitational pull of something that grows out of quiet places that have had time to think.
Dirty Casuals is a stoner metal band from Clonmel, Ireland, formed in 2019. The band deliver heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner grooves from the Irish underground.
Dirty King is a doom and stoner metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2016. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out doom and stoner riffs from the northeast English underground.
Dirty Woman is a heavy/stoner metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2006. The band released their debut full-length "Demon Lover" in 2009 and have continued releasing albums, including "City of Sins" (2014), "I Will Kill Again" (2022), and "Juhatsu" (2024). Their Bandcamp page confirms their México D.F. origin.
Disnomia is a stoner metal/rock band from Artà, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2015. They deliver fuzzy stoner grooves from the Balearic Islands.
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