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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Dverg is a black metal/dungeon synth project from France, formed in 2021. They blend raw black metal with dungeon synth's medieval atmosphere.
Dvm Spiro is a death and doom metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2019. The project merges death metal's aggression with doom metal's crushing weight from the Piedmontese underground.
Dvne is a five-piece progressive sludge and post-metal band from Edinburgh, exploring a dark sci-fi universe inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. Signed to Metal Blade Records, their discography spans from Progenitor (2013) through Etemen Aenka (2021) to Voidkind (2024), earning them Hellfest performances and international acclaim for their fusion of fierce riffs, psychedelic textures, and melodic grandeur.
Dvoeverie is a gothic metal band from Niksic, Montenegro, formed in 2022. The project crafts dark and dramatic gothic metal atmospheres from the Montenegrin underground.
Dvorac is a solo atmospheric and post-black metal project from Croatia, created by multi-instrumentalist Vir, with demos originating in 2017. Their 2025 album Dreaming Is a New Awakening spans nine tracks of psychedelic, blackgaze-inflected black metal with dark folk elements, released on CD, cassette, and digital with an accompanying booklet.
Dvorhead is a brutal death metal band from Metz, France, active since 2002. With over two decades of brutality, they are veteran practitioners of French death metal.
Dvota is a death, groove, and progressive metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, formed in 2022. The project blends multiple metal styles from the Slovak capital.
DVP Project plays industrial groove metal from the Netherlands, active since 2020 and fusing mechanical rhythms with heavy, syncopated riffing. Their industrial-project format pairs electronic textures with the physical weight of groove metal.
Dvplo plays death metal from the Horst/Lottum area of Limburg, active since 2009 and delivering focused, uncompromising extreme metal from the southeastern Dutch borderlands. Their long tenure in the Limburgish underground speaks to a persistent dedication to death metal's punishing craft.
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