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Dark Sorrow is a black metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2019. They channel sorrowful darkness through black metal from the West Midlands.
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.
Dark Sphere is a symphonic black metal band from Murska Sobota, Slovenia, formed in 2019. The project layers orchestral darkness over black metal.
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.
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.
Dark Stronghold is a melodic black metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2023. The project channels atmospheric melodic black metal from the Ukrainian capital.
Dark Symphony is a melodic black metal band from Hitchin, England, active since 2012. They conduct symphonic darkness through melodic black metal.
Dark Tales is an atmospheric black metal band from Mieussy, France, formed in 2018. They weave dark narratives through atmospheric black metal from the French Alps.
Dark Tennis is a three-piece extreme metal outfit from Bergamo that defies easy categorization, smashing together elements of black metal, grindcore, and metalcore into an unpredictable hybrid. Their releases Wimbledoom and Digital Posture suggest a tongue-in-cheek sensibility underpinning genuinely ferocious music.
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