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Darzamat is a symphonic gothic black metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 1996. One of Poland's veteran extreme metal acts, the project merges symphonic grandeur with gothic and black metal darkness.
Das Cabinet is an instrumental progressive thrash metal and djent band from Munich, Germany, founded in 2011. Their extended compositions, including the 2020 release "Dragon Tales," showcase technical virtuosity across psychedelic and progressive metal landscapes without vocals.
Das Letzte is a melodic death/gothic metal band from the Cambs/Schwerin area of Germany, formed in 2022. They fuse the melodic hooks of Gothenburg-style death metal with gothic metal's dark romanticism.
Syracuse grindcore act Dasein take their name from Heidegger's concept of human existence, then promptly obliterate any philosophical calm with blastbeat-driven bursts of noise and fury since forming in 2021.
Washington State's Dashuyn arrived in 2026 as a new entry in the Pacific Northwest's underground black metal tradition, conjuring a sound that feels shaped by rain, isolation, and an instinct for severity.
Dask is a gothic and black metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2017. The band merge the dark atmosphere of gothic metal with the intensity of black metal in their Hellenic underground sound.
New Jersey progressive metal project Dassven channel the genre's appetite for intricacy and emotional depth, constructing layered compositions that reward close listening since their 2020 formation.
Dastard is a depressive black metal/ambient project from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2022. They explore despair and isolation through raw depressive black metal and ambient textures.
Chattanooga's Dastardly Heel approach melodic death metal with a pugnacious edge, pairing melodic Gothenburg-style leads with downright mean rhythmic attack in a sound that's been sharpened since 2020.
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