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AntiFragile (2025)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Dodthorn is an experimental black metal and grindcore band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2025. The project pushes the boundaries of extreme music by fusing black metal with grindcore and experimental elements.
Dodz is a thrash metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal from the Halland coast.
Doppelganger plays atmospheric black metal from Roslavl in Smolensk Oblast, active since 2014. Their doppelganger name — the uncanny double — channels the horror of encountering one's own ghostly reflection into atmospheric compositions of unsettling beauty.
Doth plays black metal from Russia with later connections to Canada, formed in 2022 and bridging two continents through atmospheric compositions. Their monosyllabic, archaic-English name lends antiquarian gravitas to their bi-continental black metal.
Formed in 2025 in Tupelo, Mississippi, Dùvraith works in the atmospheric black metal tradition, using cold, expansive textures and depressive undertones to build immersive soundscapes. A new arrival in the American atmospheric black metal scene, the project emerges from an otherwise rare corner of the South for this style.
Dunmharu is a black metal band from Rush, Ireland, formed in 2013. Named from the Irish word for murder, the band channel dark aggression through raw black metal.
Düsterdraußen is an atmospheric black metal band from Osnabrück, Germany, formed in 2015. Their name meaning 'dark outside,' they create immersive atmospheric black metal steeped in the darkness of nature.
Düsterwald is a black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2024. Their name meaning 'dark forest,' they channel the mystique of Germanic black metal.
Dzonslovs is an anti-fascist black metal project from London, formed in 2024. Their releases Doodskalm, Asgrauw, and Anti-fascistische Volksliederen channel raw black metal with an explicitly anti-fascist political stance.
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