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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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Plymouth Township, Michigan's Dark Laboratory construct elaborate symphonic metal, layering orchestral arrangements over heavy riffs to create a cinematic sound that's been evolving since 2018.
Flemington, New Jersey's Dark Legion arrived in 2022 with a death/thrash hybrid that's as punishing as it is precise — the kind of band that sounds equally at home in a basement or a festival pit.
Dark Legions plays black/thrash metal from Lulea in northern Sweden, active since 1994 and among the oldest extreme metal acts in the Arctic region. Three decades of frozen fury from above the Arctic Circle have produced a substantial catalog of aggressive, uncompromising material.
Dark Letter is a thrash/death metal band from the Schwaigern/Heilbronn area of Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive, tightly-wound thrash infused with death metal's heaviness.
Dark Light is a speed/thrash/power metal band from Wolfhagen, Germany, formed in 2016. They channel the triple threat of speed, thrash, and power metal into an energetic, riff-driven assault.
Dark Lightning is a symphonic metal band from the Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel area of Germany, formed in 2023. Their growing catalog including "The Demons We Create" and "Beautiful Beast" showcases orchestral grandeur woven through heavy metal foundations.
Operating under the stylized 'dvrklxxd' alias on Bandcamp, this heavy metal act has been active since 2013, their deliberately obscured presentation matching a sound that lurks at the genre's heavier, more anonymous edges.
Connecticut's Dark Magician conjure raw black metal with an occult flair, a project born in 2022 that plays up the arcane theatricality the genre has always flirted with.
Dark Majesty is a black metal act from Jyvaskyla in central Finland, formed in 2024 and joining one of the world's most saturated national black metal scenes. Their regal name signals an imposing, commanding approach to a genre Finland has mastered across generations.
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