Dawn Treader is an atmospheric/post-black metal and shoegaze band from London, England, formed in 2019. Named after the Narnia vessel, they voyage through atmospheric black metal and shimmering shoegaze.

Dawnfall is a Munich-based black metal act whose roots reach back to 1993, making them one of the Bavarian capital's earliest black metal projects. Three decades of activity have yielded a body of work steeped in the foundational spirit of the European second-wave black metal movement.

Dawning Eclipse is an Austrian atmospheric, depressive, and post-black metal project whose track "The Last Glimmering Light" serves as the band's most-heard composition. Their music is placed by listeners alongside depressive black metal acts such as Sombres Forêts and Sui Caedere, with an approach built around desolate, drifting song structures and bleak lyrical content.

Dawnpatrol is a blackened thrash metal band from Libourne, France, active since 2012. They deliver fierce blackened thrash from the Bordeaux region.

Dawns Revival is a Swiss melodic black-death metal project inspired by the cold, atmospheric spirit of 1990s Scandinavian extremity. Starting as a one-man effort by S.B. in 2017 and now featuring vocalist P.L., the duo has released four albums including the 2025 full-length 'Luminous Skies.'

Dawnstar is a black metal band from Germany, active since 2002. As one of the longer-running acts in the German black metal underground, they have spent over two decades refining their dark craft.

Day of the Beast is a black metal act from Dunkirk on France's northern coast, active since 2008 and channeling apocalyptic themes through atmospheric, tremolo-driven compositions. Their biblical name references the prophesied end times that fuel their nearly two decades of dark artistry.

Daydream Flights plays post-black metal from Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic in Russia's sub-Arctic north, active since 2019. Their dreamlike name captures the atmospheric, transcendent quality of post-black metal created under the long darkness of boreal winters.

Days ov Yore is a melodic black metal band from Finland, emerging in 2026. They channel ancient times through melodic black metal.