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De Profvndis Clamavi is a black metal project from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2012. The project's name, drawn from the Latin psalm of despair, reflects its dark and intense black metal approach.
De Ros is a progressive metal and shred project centered on guitarist Marcos De Ros from Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Originally formed as a power trio in 1991 with drummer Sandro Stecanela and bassist Fábio Alves, the group recorded the instrumental progressive metal albums "Ad Dei Gloriam" (1994) and "Universe" (1997), drawing on influences ranging from jazz-fusion to Indian classical music. Marcos De Ros is recognized by Rolling Stone Brasil as one of 70 Brazilian guitar masters and was the first Brazilian guitarist to release an instructional CD-ROM internationally.
De Som Skjelver is a black metal band from Northern Bavaria, Germany, emerging in 2025. They deliver raw, atmospheric black metal from the German underground.
De Souffre et Douleurs is a black/thrash metal band from Avignon, France, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'of sulfur and sorrows,' they play extreme metal from Provence.
De Souza Project is a progressive metal band from Lima, Peru, formed in 2016 and incorporating folk influences into their sound. The independent act has released several singles and the EP "Paradigma" (2020) through Sonidos Latentes Producciones, exploring atheistic themes with a melodic and compositionally adventurous approach.
De Veneficas Inferi is a black metal band from Andorra la Vella, founded in 2016 and one of the tiny principality's handful of extreme metal acts. Their debut release, The Great Decay I, and the follow-up He Who Brings the Eighth Star, Bearer of the Golden Flame lean into occult and esoteric themes with track titles such as "Daemonic I, Stone Witches" and "Imperator Est."
De Verloren Ziel is a black metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2023. The project's Dutch name, meaning 'The Lost Soul,' reflects its dark and introspective black metal approach.
De Vermiis Mysteriis is a raw black metal/dark ambient project from Paris, France, formed in 2017. Named after the Lovecraftian tome, they channel cosmic dread through raw black metal and dark ambient.
De Vermis Mysteriis is a black metal band from East Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2012 and affiliated with the Ordo Omega Absolutae collective alongside Morkenatten, Necrosophia, and Odibilis Signatus. The band appeared on the 2016 collective release Ordo Omegae Absolutae – Compendium Ordinis, situating them within a Flemish black metal underground organized around shared esoteric philosophy.
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