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Dgorath is a black/death metal and grindcore band from London, England, active since 2014. They deliver a savage fusion of extreme subgenres from the British capital.
DGS is a death metal/grindcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver concise blasts of death metal and grindcore.
Dhaliax is a heavy/power/thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2019. They blend three pillars of metal into a versatile, powerful sound.
Founded in 2021 in Aarschot, Dhalya are a power metal band fronted by a female vocalist, with tracks like Knights of the Round Table drawing on Arthurian mythology for their thematic foundation. Still early in their career, the band has released a demo EP and built a following through Belgian music platform vi.be.
Dhanthalion is a Brazilian atmospheric black metal and ambient project whose work surfaced in the underground in 2025 through a sequence of demos and full-length releases issued via the band's own Bandcamp page. The demo Above The Cross and the related Elder Myths From Nowhere, in both demo and full versions, were quickly noticed by tape-trading networks and atmospheric black metal blogs, with Metal Area carrying the demo, the Encyclopaedia Metallum cataloguing the full-length, and Apple Music distributing the album internationally. Subsequent releases including Bastard Star and Only Ashes Remain extended the project's catalogue across a single prolific year. Stylistically the project belongs to a strand of cosmic-leaning atmospheric black metal that has become increasingly visible in Brazil over the last decade, sitting alongside dungeon synth and ambient currents on Bandcamp's Brazilian black metal tag. Dhanthalion describes its work in deliberately Lovecraftian terms, framing the compositions as a manifestation of human insignificance before an indifferent cosmos and as hymns for outer gods, forgotten myths, and beings both beautiful and horrific. Track titles bear out that thematic frame, ranging from Greek-script Nephelōma to maritime mythological pieces such as Yohanan, the Mariner of Sorrowful Eyes and Sea's Man Sonata. Musically the work moves between blasted black metal passages and long ambient interludes, owing as much to dungeon synth and drone as to the second-wave Norwegian template. The project's pace of release and reliance on Bandcamp for distribution place it squarely in the contemporary Brazilian underground tradition, where atmospheric and cosmic black metal projects often operate as solitary studio entities rather than gigging bands, releasing material in tight clusters as the writing arrives. Dhanthalion remains active and unsigned, with new material continuing to appear on its Bandcamp.
A progressive and experimental metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2016 as a transformation of the earlier project Prometheus (2010). Their debut album 'Vienna Falling' appeared in March 2018, and the band has performed at Euroblast Festival, with their music characterized by shifting time signatures, alternating clean and harsh vocals, and dense layered arrangements.
Dhaub is an atmospheric black metal band from Sweden, formed in 2024. The project channels ethereal atmospheric black metal.
Dheghom is a progressive thrash/death metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2022. They deliver earthen progressive extremity from West Yorkshire.
Dhemag is a heavy metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2010. The band released their debut full-length "Mr. Sinner" in 2013 and followed with "The Exorcism" in 2016. They remain active and independent as of 2024.
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