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Dunum is an atmospheric black metal/shoegaze project from France, formed in 2020. They blend atmospheric black metal with shimmering shoegaze textures.
Named after Lovecraft's cursed New England village, St. Louis's Dunwich has been combining thrash metal's mechanized aggression with the blunt force of hardcore punk since 2018, making them one of the more confrontational acts in the Missouri metal underground.
Dunwich is a heavy metal band from Ottersweier, Germany, formed in 2018. Named after the Lovecraftian horror, they play heavy metal with a cosmic dread undertone.
Dunwich Horror is a black metal band from Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2022. Named after Lovecraft's tale, the project channels cosmic horror through atmospheric black metal.
Dunwich Ritual is a speed metal band from Deuil-la-Barre, France, formed in 2022. Named after Lovecraft's horror, they deliver blistering speed metal.
Dur Dabla is a Celtic folk/black metal band from Brest, France, active since 2013. They weave Breton Celtic folk traditions through fierce black metal from Brittany's Atlantic coast.
Dura Mater is an experimental/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. The band merge the speed and precision of thrash metal with experimental compositional approaches.
Duracefal plays sludge/doom metal from Yekaterinburg, Russia's Ural Mountains capital, formed in 2022. Their pharmaceutical-sounding name drives heavy, methodical compositions from the geographic dividing line between Europe and Asia.
DuraMadre is a progressive metal band from Possagno, in the Treviso province of Veneto, Italy, formed in 2020. The project explores complex and dynamic progressive metal compositions.
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