Dead Slow Hand is a ritualistic black metal duo from the Slany/Kladno area of the Czech Republic, whose 2025 EP 'NU^L' is described as a four-part descent into spiritual destruction and purification. The project features contributions from the British occult scene and production by Harpak Karnig of the Ardawahisht Kollective.

Dead Sun plays raw black metal and noise from Russia, active since 2017 and channeling the death of stellar light into lo-fi, abrasive compositions. Their cosmic-extinction name drives music that combines black metal's atmospheric darkness with noise's textural assault.

Dead to Me is a black and death metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2006. The project delivers dark and aggressive extreme metal from the Dutch underground.

Dead Wasteland started as a death metal act in the Siberian city of Tomsk before evolving toward ambient and atmospheric black metal. This dramatic transformation — from direct brutality to immersive atmosphere — mirrors the vast, empty landscapes of western Siberia.

Dead Whore plays depressive black metal from the closed nuclear city of Sarov, formed in 2022 and channeling raw despair through lo-fi, emotionally devastating compositions. Their provocative name and restricted-access hometown lend an air of forbidden darkness.

Deadest plays black/death metal from Finland, active since 2017 and pushing both genres to their most extreme conclusions — as their superlative name implies. Their music channels the relentless darkness of Finnish winters into compositions that combine black metal's atmosphere with death metal's crushing weight.

Deadflash is a black and death metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2022. The project merges black metal's darkness with death metal's aggression from the Upper Silesian scene.

Deadgod is a black metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2014. The project channels dark black metal from the historic Polish city.

DeadKropp plays depressive black metal from Moscow, active since 2021 and whose German-Russian hybrid name — evoking a dead body — captures the genre's fixation on mortality and decay. Their compositions trade in the slow-burning anguish that defines DSBM.