Dread Crops is a one-person atmospheric and experimental black metal project from London, created by yaoel in 2024. Their debut demo features four tracks of ambient-tinged black metal with occult and mythological themes, including titles like Return to Thee, Wizard and Expropriating the Godhead.

Dreadful Midnight is a black metal band from Pau, France, formed in 2023. They conjure dread through midnight black metal from the Pyrenean foothills.

Dreadrealm is an ambient/atmospheric black metal project from Võhma, Estonia, formed in 2017. They create immersive, atmospheric soundscapes from rural Estonia.

Dream Projector is an experimental black metal project from Finland, active since 2014. They project dreamlike visions through experimental black metal.

Dreaming Soul plays doom/black/pagan metal from Moscow, formed in 2023 and exploring the unconscious mind through a triple-genre hybrid of crushing heaviness, atmospheric darkness, and pre-Christian spirituality. Their somnambulant name captures the dreamlike quality of their ritualistic compositions.

Dreams of the Drowned is an avant-garde/black metal band from Évreux, France, active since 2008. They push black metal into avant-garde territory with nearly two decades of experimentation.

Dreamshift is a post-black metal band from Bamberg, Germany, formed in 2022. They explore the ethereal boundaries between black metal and atmospheric post-metal.

Drear is a black and doom metal band from Norwich, England, formed in 2018. The project fuse the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom in their dark, atmospheric output.

Dreg K is a raw black metal project originally from Belgrade, Serbia, later based in Berlin, formed in 2013. The project channels lo-fi and uncompromising raw black metal.