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Kupiansk, UA · 2025–present · active
Dark Prayers is a black metal band from Kupiansk, Ukraine, formed in 2025. The project channels dark black metal from the Kharkiv region.
Rovereto, IT · 2018–present · active
Dark Rain Forest is a black metal act from Rovereto in Trentino whose releases, including the demo and Through the Witch's Forest, conjure an atmosphere of cold alpine menace. Their sound channels the natural darkness of northern Italian mountain landscapes into raw, tremolo-driven black metal.
Vilnius, LT · 2004–present · active
Dark Ravage is a black metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 2004. One of the veteran black metal acts in the Baltic region, the project has delivered decades of dark extreme metal from the Lithuanian capital.
Bolzano, IT · 2015–present · active
Dark Season fuses electronic elements with black and thrash metal from Bolzano in South Tyrol, creating a hybrid sound that sets synthesized textures against aggressive riffing and blast beats. This cross-pollination of industrial electronics and extreme metal gives their material a distinctive, genre-defying character.
Birmingham, GB · 2019–present · active
Dark Sorrow is a black metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2019. They channel sorrowful darkness through black metal from the West Midlands.
Varese, IT · 2020–present · active
Dark Spawn is a Varese-based black metal project founded by Leonardo Pinzuti in 2020 that has evolved from pure black metal on its debut Aetherial toward a more experimental, ambient-infused approach on Between Lights And Shadows. The addition of bass and wind instruments has broadened their palette into atmospheric territory that blends electronic textures with extreme metal foundations.
Murska Sobota, SI · 2019–present · active
Dark Sphere is a symphonic black metal band from Murska Sobota, Slovenia, formed in 2019. The project layers orchestral darkness over black metal.
HU · 2019–present · active
Dark Spirits is a black metal band from Hungary, formed in 2019. The band craft dark, atmospheric black metal in the Eastern European underground tradition.
Lipetsk, RU · 2015–present · active
Dark Stone plays black metal from Lipetsk in the Central Black Earth region, active since 2015. Their elemental name channels the unyielding hardness of stone into atmospheric black metal compositions from Russia's agricultural heartland.

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