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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Darkyo plays progressive black/death metal from Fryazino in Moscow Oblast, active since 2016 and pushing extreme metal into complex, boundary-defying territory. Their hybrid approach merges black metal's atmosphere with death metal's weight through a progressive structural lens.
Dark Samurai plays folk/black metal with ambient elements from Privolnaya in southern Russia, active since 2016 and fusing Japanese warrior imagery with Slavic folk metal traditions. Their cross-cultural concept creates a unique hybrid that bridges Eastern and Western mythology.
DarMar is a progressive metal project originally from Zagreb, Croatia, now based in Fosnavag, Norway, formed in 2025. The project craft progressive metal compositions spanning geographical and stylistic boundaries.
Darna is a heavy/power metal band from Oviedo in Asturias, active since 2017 and named after the Basque word for celebration, delivering high-energy traditional metal with a regional Iberian character. Their compositions draw from the European power metal canon while maintaining a distinctly Spanish identity.
Darqo is a Belgian sludge/doom metal and noise act from the small West Flemish town of Lichtervelde, crafting abrasive, low-frequency compositions that blend crushing heaviness with walls of harsh noise. Their sound strips music to its most primal elements: weight, distortion, and volume.
Darrva is a death metal band from Jelgava in Latvia, active since 2013 and contributing to the Baltic region's quietly growing extreme metal underground. Their sound channels the cold, flat landscapes of Latvia's countryside into focused, punishing death metal.
Darth is a death metal band from Hagen, Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver crushing, unrelenting death metal with a formidable low-end heaviness.
Seattle power metal outfit Darth Brooks wear their absurdist name like armor while delivering earnest, riff-heavy heavy metal built on melodic leads and thundering rhythm work, active since 2016 in the Pacific Northwest's fertile heavy scene.
Boone, North Carolina stoner/doom duo Darth Kannabyss deliver slow, haze-soaked riffing from the high country of the Appalachians, where heavy music has always had room for a little cosmic menace alongside the smoke.
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