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Draugrheim is a melodic death metal band from Colchester, East Anglia, formed in 2021 and steeped in Viking and Nordic themes. Their Sword Oath EP (2021) and the Blood & Steel double single (2024) range from mead-soaked feasting hall anthems to vicious, neck-snapping melodic death-thrash.
Draugsang is a black metal band from Bodo, Norway, formed in 2018. The project delivers dark and atmospheric black metal from above the Arctic Circle.
Draugsol is a black metal band from Reykjavik, Iceland, formed in 2016. Their debut album Volada Land (2017), released through Signal Rex with recording by Arni Bergur Zoega and Stephen Lockhart, delivers six tracks of atmospheric, progressive black metal in a style unique to the Icelandic scene.
Draugur is a Dutch black metal project active since 2015, named after the Norse undead beings that guard their burial mounds. Their Scandinavian-mythology reference points to atmospheric black metal rooted in the folklore of the North.
Draugveil is a Prague-based black metal project founded in 2025, whose name references the Norse undead — draugr — shrouded in a veil of mystery. Their music channels the menace and otherworldly dread of Scandinavian folklore through a Czech lens.
Drauliht is a melodic blackened death metal band from Böblingen, Germany, emerging in 2025. They fuse melodic hooks with the intensity of blackened death metal.
Draumar is a symphonic ambient/black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022. They create dreamlike atmospheric journeys through symphonic textures and black metal.
Draumur plays atmospheric/post-black metal from Tula, formed in 2025 and whose Icelandic name — meaning "dream" — captures the ethereal, dreamlike quality of their atmospheric compositions. Their post-black metal approach prioritizes immersive texture over aggression.
Draut is an atmospheric black metal band from Antalya, Turkey, formed in 2015. The project channels ethereal atmospheric black metal from the Mediterranean coast.
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