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De Profundis is a melodic black metal band from Paris, France, active since 2007. Named after Oscar Wilde's prison letter, they deliver melodic black metal from the French capital.
De Profvndis Clamavi is a black metal project from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2012. The project's name, drawn from the Latin psalm of despair, reflects its dark and intense black metal approach.
De Som Skjelver is a black metal band from Northern Bavaria, Germany, emerging in 2025. They deliver raw, atmospheric black metal from the German underground.
De Souffre et Douleurs is a black/thrash metal band from Avignon, France, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'of sulfur and sorrows,' they play extreme metal from Provence.
De Verloren Ziel is a black metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2023. The project's Dutch name, meaning 'The Lost Soul,' reflects its dark and introspective black metal approach.
De Vermiis Mysteriis is a raw black metal/dark ambient project from Paris, France, formed in 2017. Named after the Lovecraftian tome, they channel cosmic dread through raw black metal and dark ambient.
De Vermis Mysteriis is a black metal band from East Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2012 and affiliated with the Ordo Omega Absolutae collective alongside Morkenatten, Necrosophia, and Odibilis Signatus. The band appeared on the 2016 collective release Ordo Omegae Absolutae – Compendium Ordinis, situating them within a Flemish black metal underground organized around shared esoteric philosophy.
Dea Artio is an atmospheric black metal project from Sankt Georgen an der Gusen in Upper Austria, founded in 2020 and named for the Celtic bear goddess. Albums Waldwacht (2021), Nebelfelder (2021), and Zurück in die Waldwacht (2022) translate their self-described inspiration of "ancient forests, misty mountains and the occult mixed with traditions" into dense, immersive black metal.
Dead Aeon is a blackened death metal band from Monaghan, Ireland, formed in 2008 and featuring members J. Penders, C. Winsryg, R. Coghlan, D. Walsh, and E. McGuigan. Their 2012 debut EP Apotheosis, recorded at Trackmix Studio in Dublin and produced by Michael Richards, delivers five tracks of technical blackened death metal.
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