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Dwelleth is a raw black metal project from the United Kingdom, formed in 2022. Their releases include a self-titled debut, Dwelleth II, and Doomsmoke, each channeling lo-fi raw black metal intensity.
DwellingSouls is a black metal and symphonic metal band from Karmoy, Norway, formed in 2015. The project merges black metal's darkness with symphonic grandeur from the coastal island.
Dwellnought is a black and doom metal band from Varese, Italy, formed in 2025. The project merges atmospheric black metal with monolithic doom metal weight.
Dwimmerlaik is a power/thrash metal band from Igualada in Catalonia, active since 2001 and named after the wraith-like creatures from Tolkien's mythology. Their two-decade career has produced music that blends power metal's epic scope with thrash's aggressive edge, all filtered through a fantasy-literature lens.
Dwimor is a folk/black metal project from Lima, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, built around sole member Alejandro Nahuel Sabransky (also known as Nawel), who is also the driving force behind the Argentine extreme metal band 1917. The project released two albums in 2017: "When Winter Cries...", a 13-track record of pagan black metal, and "Tales from Nowhere", issued independently in June 2017 and later made available on CD. In 2022 Sabransky announced work on a third Dwimor album and released the advance track "In Serpent-Tongues" on YouTube.
Dwingle is a heavy metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2007. The band deliver traditional heavy metal with a straightforward, riff-driven approach.
Dxrk Winter is a metalcore band from Northwich, Cheshire, formed in 2014. The band combine aggressive metalcore breakdowns with melodic elements in their independently released material.
DXS is an industrial gothic/black metal band from Cannes, France, active since 2012. They merge industrial and gothic textures with black metal from the French Riviera.
Dxvxdxd Sxlf is a symphonic black/gothic metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France, formed in 2018. Their cryptic name signals an enigmatic fusion of symphonic black and gothic metal.
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