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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Dark Hill is a heavy/power metal band from Madrid, active since 2016 and delivering the galloping rhythms and soaring vocals that define European power metal. Their summit-evoking name captures the genre's aspirational quality — music that climbs toward epic heights.
Out of Lakewood, Ohio, Dark Horde formed in 2021 with a black metal aesthetic rooted in atmosphere and malice — a newer voice in the Great Lakes underground carrying the genre's most unrelenting traditions.
A traditional heavy metal outfit out of Clifton, New Jersey, Dark Horse have been grinding away since 2011 with a no-frills approach to the genre's blue-collar backbone.
Nashville's Dark Hound fuse the grit of traditional heavy metal with progressive ambitions, a pairing that feels right at home in a city known for pushing genre boundaries in unexpected directions.
Dark Hunt plays melodic death metal from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, active since 2016 and bringing Gothenburg-influenced melody to the Pacific rim. Their predatory name suits music that stalks its prey through twin-guitar harmonies before striking with guttural force.
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One of the newer entries in Washington state's progressive metal scene, Dark Idioms formed in Kennewick in 2023 and bring a fresh, exploratory energy to the genre's complex rhythmic and melodic vocabulary.
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Dark Image Inside plays death metal from Oktyabrsky in Bashkortostan, formed in 2023 and channeling internal darkness into external sonic violence. Their introspective name suggests death metal as a mirror reflecting the horrors that lurk within.
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