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Deaf and Blind is a black metal/crust punk band from Cholet, France, formed in 2021. They fuse black metal's darkness with crust's raw DIY fury.
Deafknife plays post-black metal from Krasnoyarsk in central Siberia, active since 2011 and channeling the vastness of the Yenisei River basin into expansive, atmospheric compositions. Their name's juxtaposition of deafness and cutting suggests music that wounds silently.
Deafness is a black and thrash metal band from Gdansk, Poland, formed in 2017. The project fuses black metal's rawness with thrash metal's velocity from the Baltic coast.
Deakon plays black/death metal from Syktyvkar in the Komi Republic, active since 2013 and delivering extreme metal from Russia's sub-Arctic taiga. Their corrupted-clergy name channels religious transgression through the lens of extreme northern isolation.
Death + Decay is a one-person experimental black metal and noise project from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2021. The solo project's releases Persuasive Integration and Dissuasive Isolation explore the intersection of metal and noise, described by the creator as suitable for activities ranging from hiking and yoga to social revolts.
Death Beauty is a depressive black metal project from Toulon, France, formed in 2019. They explore the beauty in darkness through raw DSBM from the Mediterranean coast.
Death Chapel is a black and death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project merges black metal with death metal.
Death Comes in Waves started as a melodic death/thrash metal band in Recklinghausen before evolving toward melodic black/death metal, tracing a darkening arc through their catalog. Their oceanic name captures the rhythmic, cyclical nature of their music — aggression that ebbs and surges like tidal forces.
Death Dies is a black and speed metal band from Padua, Italy, formed in 2023. Their album 'Stregoneria,' released through Time To Kill Records, channels the Italian and Greek occult black metal schools with thick, pulsing guitar walls and straightforward songwriting, including a re-recorded EVOL cover.
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