Dead and Forgotten is a one-man black metal project from Alessandria in northern Italy, formed in 2025. Inspired by Darkthrone and Burzum, the project channels raw second-wave black metal through demos and albums steeped in torment and bleak isolation.

Dead Crown is a black metal/ambient project from Bayonne, France, active since 2009. They blend black metal's darkness with ambient textures from the Basque coast.

Dead End Solution plays atmospheric and symphonic black metal, originally from Moscow before relocating to Minsk. Their cross-border journey mirrors a creative evolution from Russian atmospheric black metal toward the more orchestral extremes of the genre.

Dead Goat plays black metal from Sandnes near Stavanger, active since 2014 and channeling the sacrificial imagery of their name into raw, atmospheric compositions. Their deliberately crude name captures the anti-establishment spirit that has always fueled Norwegian black metal.

Dead Marshland is a black metal band from Asselfingen, Germany, formed in 2022. They channel the desolation of their namesake through cold, atmospheric black metal.

Dead Pleasure is a black metal band from Labin, Croatia, active since 2010. The band channel raw black metal intensity from the Croatian underground.

Dead Rascal is a raw black metal band from Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, formed in 2022. The project channels lo-fi raw black metal.

Dead Shell of Universe plays black metal from Pancevo near Belgrade, active since 2019 and channeling cosmic emptiness through atmospheric, tremolo-driven compositions. Their name evokes a universe drained of life — a hollow cosmic carcass that their music inhabits.

Dead Sky Morning is an atmospheric black metal project from Finland, formed in 2020. They paint bleak dawn skies through immersive atmospheric black metal.