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Dark Path is a heavy and doom metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2019. The band merge the heaviness of doom metal with traditional heavy metal in their dark, atmospheric compositions.
Dark Phoenix plays black metal from Portugal, active since 2015 and channeling the mythological bird of regeneration through flames into atmospheric, rebirth-themed compositions. Their fire-and-resurrection imagery adds a cyclical, transformative dimension to their black metal.
Dark Phoenix is a video game music (VGM) heavy metal band from Brazil that specializes in metal and progressive rock arrangements of classic video game soundtracks, drawing from series such as Mega Man, Castlevania, Street Fighter, and Metal Slug. The band brings jazz fusion and progressive influences to its arrangements, covering both iconic and underrated game music. Their recordings are self-released and available on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.
Dark Plague is a black metal band from Lille, France, active since 2014. They spread pestilent black metal from northern France.
Dark Poison is a heavy metal band from Thisted, Denmark, formed in 2023. They play classic heavy metal with dark, venomous energy.
Dark Pools is a death/groove metal outfit from the Adriatic port city of Trieste, fusing the technical precision of death metal with the rhythmic punch of groove metal. Their songs move between crushing breakdowns and intricate passages with the relentless momentum of a tidal surge.
Dark Portrait is a symphonic black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2016 and releasing through the XPX label. Their debut A Harrowing Atrocity (2016) unfolds twelve tracks of atmospheric, emotionally charged symphonic black metal with classical elements, recorded at CFN Recording Studio in a limited digipack edition of 250 copies.
Dark Prayer is a melodic death metal band from Naantali, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the southwestern Finnish coast.
Dark Prayers is a black metal band from Kupiansk, Ukraine, formed in 2025. The project channels dark black metal from the Kharkiv region.
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