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The solo project of Corentin Longrée — first from Brussels, later Charleroi — Dyadhem channels black and sludge metal through dense, self-produced recordings in which Longrée handles all instruments, vocals, concepts, and artwork. Their debut full-length From Essential Bitterness and the follow-up He Who Claims to Be trace a dark, introspective trajectory through blackened sludge that operates entirely outside the label system.
Dyalmace is a groove and heavy metal band from Ronchi dei Legionari, in the Gorizia province of Italy, formed in 2021. The project delivers heavy groove metal with classic metal foundations from the Friuli borderlands.
Dyaus is a black metal band from Alessandria, Italy, formed in 2022. Named after the Vedic sky deity, the project channels cosmic black metal from the Piedmontese underground.
Taking their name from Jewish folklore's restless spirit, Boulder, Colorado's Dybbuk have woven together Viking, folk, and black metal since 2012, creating a distinctly atmospheric brand of pagan metal grounded in mythological imagery and sweeping melodic sensibility.
Dychosis is a death/thrash metal band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, formed in 2017, featuring members Lee Whitaker, Garth Wray, Saleem Qureshi, Simon Brooks, and lyricist James Quartermaine. Their debut single Isolation was recorded at DC Studios in Barnsley and mixed by Jack Helliwell.
Dyderung is a depressive black metal project from Canterbury, England, formed in 2020 and formerly known as Led by Delusions. Their releases include the I Cannot Awaken demo, a 2020 split with Psuchagogoi titled The Last Dawn, Natural Decay, and False Awakening.
Dyecrest is a heavy/power metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of history, they are veterans of Finnish power metal.
Dyes is a melodic death metal band from Finland, active since 2010. They color death metal with melodic dye from the Finnish underground.
Based out of Chinle, Arizona — a town deep within the Navajo Nation — Dyfrost has been developing their brand of melodic death metal since 2015, bringing a perspective to the genre that is both geographically and culturally distinctive.
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