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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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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.
Dark Impaler is a black metal duo from Germany, formed in 2025, featuring Johan de Jager and vocalist Paul Blum. Their debut "Maximum Hatred" repackages and reinterprets old-school black metal with cold tremolo riffs, relentless drums, and horror cinema-inspired aesthetics.
Dark Incognito plays melodic doom/death metal from Pleven in northern Bulgaria, blending mournful melodies with crushing heaviness. Active since 2011, they represent the Bulgarian extreme metal scene's quieter, more introspective wing.
A young death metal outfit from Long Beach, California, Dark Insanity launched in 2024 with a name that signals exactly what they're after — caustic, relentless, and tuned to destroy.
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