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Darkshine is a black metal band from Pézenas, France, formed in 2015. They play dark, shining black metal from the Languedoc region.
Darkshine is a thrash metal band from Cinco Saltos, Patagonia, Argentina, formed by veterans of the local scene including vocalist Mariano Bravo, bassist German Dergo, guitarists Ezequiel and Otty Crespo, and drummer Miguel Angel Castro. The band released the EP "Infección de Mentes," drawing influence from classic thrash acts such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Sepultura.
Darkshines plays gothic/thrash metal from Kragujevac in central Serbia, formed in 2024 and creating an unusual genre pairing that merges gothic metal's dark atmospherics with thrash's velocity. This combination creates a distinctive sound that draws from both genres' emotional intensity.
Born in the Virginia tidewater in 2019, Darkshrine forge a corrosive blend of black and death metal where tremolo-picked menace collides with brutal low-end punishment. Their music carries the grim, swampy weight of the mid-Atlantic underground.
Out of Independence, Missouri, Darkside have been threading progressive ambition through traditional heavy metal since 2013, building songs that trade in shifting time signatures and melodic grandeur without losing the punch of the genre's roots.
Lawrence, Kansas metalcore outfit Darkside Journey channel the raw confrontation of the Midwest DIY circuit, pairing aggressive breakdowns with melodic hooks in a style that's been honed since their 2010 formation.
New York's Darkside NYC have been a fixture of the city's crossover underground since 1992, blending streetwise hardcore grit with thrash metal velocity in a sound that refuses to mellow with age.
Darkside Ritual is a technical death/black metal band from San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico, active since 2017 and signed to Concreto Records. The band has released three full-lengths: Earthly Vulgarity (2017), Relics of Tyranny (2020), and Chamber of Deathlessness (2025), alongside the EP The Nucleic Premise (2018). Their material draws on occult and darkness themes.
Darksied is a death metal band from the West Midlands, England, active since 2013. They play crushing death metal from the English heartland.
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