Darktales plays heavy/black metal from Nantes in Brittany, active since 2009 and weaving dark narratives through compositions that blend traditional heavy metal with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Their storytelling name frames each song as a chapter in a grimoire of sonic darkness.

Darktempered is a death/black metal and grindcore band from Miskolc, Hungary, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, the band are veterans of the Hungarian extreme metal underground.

Darktimes is a black metal band from Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia, formed in 2011. The project channels dark black metal from the Liptov region.

Darktrance is a black metal and post-metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2008. The project merges black metal with post-metal atmospheres from the Ukrainian capital.

Darkwind is a black-death metal band from the Kozlovice/Frydek-Mistek area of the Czech Republic, formed in 2018 and channeling the raw intensity of Eastern European extreme metal. Their sound fuses black metal's icy aggression with death metal's crushing depth.

Darkwoods My Betrothed is a black metal band from Kitee, Finland, active since 1994. With three decades of history, they are pioneering figures in Finnish black metal.

Darkwraith is a black and death metal band from Bergen, Netherlands, formed in 2020. The project fuses black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality from the North Holland underground.

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.