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IT · 2019–present · active
Dwell in Solitude is a depressive black metal project from Italy, formed in 2019. The project channels anguished and isolationist black metal steeped in despair.
Karlstad, SE · 2024–present · active
Dweller in Darkness is a black metal band from Karlstad, Sweden, formed in 2024. The project channels dark black metal from the Varmland region.
Paris, FR · 2008–present · active
Dwellers of the Twilight is a black metal band from Paris, France, active since 2008. They dwell in the twilight between light and darkness through atmospheric black metal.
GB · 2022–present · active
Dwelleth is a raw black metal project from the United Kingdom, formed in 2022. Their releases include a self-titled debut, Dwelleth II, and Doomsmoke, each channeling lo-fi raw black metal intensity.
Karmøy, NO · 2015–present · active
DwellingSouls is a black metal and symphonic metal band from Karmoy, Norway, formed in 2015. The project merges black metal's darkness with symphonic grandeur from the coastal island.
Varese, IT · 2025–present · active
Dwellnought is a black and doom metal band from Varese, Italy, formed in 2025. The project merges atmospheric black metal with monolithic doom metal weight.

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Cannes, FR · 2012–present · active
DXS is an industrial gothic/black metal band from Cannes, France, active since 2012. They merge industrial and gothic textures with black metal from the French Riviera.
Clermont-Ferrand, FR · 2018–present · active
Dxvxdxd Sxlf is a symphonic black/gothic metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France, formed in 2018. Their cryptic name signals an enigmatic fusion of symphonic black and gothic metal.
Brussels (early); Charleroi, BE · 2016–present · active
The solo project of Corentin Longrée — first from Brussels, later Charleroi — Dyadhem channels black and sludge metal through dense, self-produced recordings in which Longrée handles all instruments, vocals, concepts, and artwork. Their debut full-length From Essential Bitterness and the follow-up He Who Claims to Be trace a dark, introspective trajectory through blackened sludge that operates entirely outside the label system.

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