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Grand Rapids' Dakhma blend post-black metal's atmospheric sprawl with the raw abrasion of crust punk, creating music that's as bleak as the Michigan winters it grew out of. Formed in 2014, they push atmospheric black metal toward something distinctly confrontational and earthbound.
Dakhmas is an independent groove metal and djent band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2019. The band blends down-tuned, rhythmically complex riffing characteristic of the djent style with the heaviness of groove metal, and released the album "2045" in 2025.
Dakinis is a black metal band from Germany, active since 2004. They draw on esoteric and spiritual themes through the lens of raw black metal.
A solo black metal entity shrouded in anonymity, Dakota Black Moon has been conjuring raw, windswept darkness since 2015. The project favors primitive black metal aesthetics that call to mind cold open plains and desolate night skies.
Dakria is a melodic black metal band from Cologne, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1995. As one of the longer-running acts in the German black metal underground, they weave melody through atmospheric darkness.
Dakrya is an avant-garde and gothic metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2006. The band blend experimental compositional approaches with the dark atmosphere and melodic sensibility of gothic metal.
Dakryon is a black metal band from Lübeck, Germany, formed in 2018. They channel cold, northern European black metal with an uncompromising approach.
Daksha is a progressive and power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose history extends back to the early 2000s. They contributed the track "Blood of My Enemies" to the 2004 Argentine Manowar tribute Muerte al Falso Metal, and in 2023 released the EP Stellar of Akram through Forbidden Files Records as a limited cassette edition.
Daku is a black metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2018. The project channels dark and atmospheric black metal from the Polish capital.
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