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Darker It Gets is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from the South West Flanders region of Belgium, drawing members from the Kortrijk and Roeselare area's converging hardcore and metal scenes. The band's sound fuses melodic Scandinavian death metal riffing with metalcore structures, occupying a crossover space well-represented in Belgian extreme metal.
Darker Sun is an atmospheric black and doom metal band from Bardejov, Slovakia, formed in 2019. The project merges atmospheric black metal with doom metal from eastern Slovakia.
Darkera is a black/death metal band from Hamina, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver extreme metal from the southeastern Finnish border region.
Darkerer is an atmospheric black metal project from Erba in the Como province, founded in 2024 and devoted to the contemplative, nature-influenced wing of black metal. Their sound prioritizes sweeping melodies and immersive atmosphere over raw aggression.
Charlotte's Darkest have worked the pure black metal vein since 2014, delivering no-frills misanthropy that belongs to a long tradition of Southern USBM operating outside the spotlight. Cold, stripped-down, and uncompromising, they hold the line against any softening of the form.
Darkest is a thrash/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2014 and active as an independent act. The band is catalogued in the Encyclopaedia Metallum and maintains a presence on ReverbNation and Bandcamp under the handle "darkestera."
Maryland newcomers Darkest Before arrived in 2024 with a technically demanding take on melodic death metal and deathcore, tying intricate riffing to serrated breakdowns in the tradition of modern extreme metal's most detail-oriented acts. Already they suggest a group with bigger ambitions than their short timeline implies.
Redlands, California's Darkest Demon dress death metal in full orchestral regalia, layering symphonic grandeur over churning riffs with the cinematic sweep of the Inland Empire's wide desert skies. Formed in 2021, they bring scale and drama to a style that rarely lacks for either.
Darkest End is a melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. Their debut EP Winter's Blood (2019) delivers five tracks of atmospheric melodic death metal, with songs like Raven Cry and Cybele drawing on mythological themes.
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