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Drachenorden is a black and folk metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2013. The project fuses black metal with folk elements from the Lesser Poland underground.
Drackma is a heavy/power metal band from Quatretonda in Valencia, formed in 2023 and joining Spain's vibrant power metal scene with soaring vocals and galloping rhythms. Their ancient-currency name lends weight to compositions built on the genre's foundational principles of melody and might.
Draco plays black metal from Lappeenranta near the Russian border, formed in 2023 and named after the constellation that contains the former pole star. Their celestial reference points to a cosmic dimension within their atmospheric black metal compositions.
Draco Ignis Luciferi is a black metal band from Botucatu, São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2023. The band released their debut recording "Dominus Obscuritatis Omnia Scit Et Omnia Videt" in August 2023, a four-track release recorded and mixed at Templum Draconis Satanae, featuring occult lyrical themes and raw black metal production.
Rising from De Motte, Indiana in 2020, Dracolich takes the frigid, dungeon-crawling end of black metal and pushes it toward something raw and lo-fi, with a deliberate cult aesthetic that prizes atmosphere over production sheen. The name itself — borrowed from the undead dragon of fantasy lore — telegraphs a project steeped in darkness and the kind of occult iconography that feels genuinely obsessive rather than decorative.
Dracon is a heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2020. They play powerful heavy metal from the Catalan capital.
Draconia is a melodic death metal band from Turku, Finland, active since 2013. They play powerful melodic death metal from Finland's medieval capital.
Draconian is a power metal band from Ölbronn-Dürrn, Germany, active since 2003. They deliver powerful, melodic power metal with over two decades of experience.
Draconian Reign is a symphonic deathcore band from Nottingham, self-described as hailing from "the cold heart of the United Kingdom." Their releases It Came from Hell (2022), Necromantic (2022), and Tragedy Eternal (2023) fuse symphonic grandeur with deathcore brutality.
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