Dark Nightmare is an epic heavy metal band from Grevena, Greece, formed in 2016 and signed to Eat Metal Records. Their debut album Tortured Souls (2016) delivers nine tracks of sweeping epic metal across nearly an hour, drawing comparisons to acts like Solstice and Wytch Hazel.

Dark Nova is a heavy and power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. The band channel the melodic intensity and dual-guitar attack of classic European power metal.

Dark Passage is a Turin-based heavy metal act whose output channels the spirit of classic heavy metal through a contemporary Italian lens. Their riff-driven material delivers muscular guitar work and powerful vocals that draw from the deep well of European traditional metal.

Dark Path is a heavy and doom metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2019. The band merge the heaviness of doom metal with traditional heavy metal in their dark, atmospheric compositions.

Dark Poison is a heavy metal band from Thisted, Denmark, formed in 2023. They play classic heavy metal with dark, venomous energy.

Dark Quarterer is a legendary Italian act from Piombino, active since the mid-1980s and widely regarded as pioneers of Italian epic heavy metal. Their discography, including the self-titled debut, War Tears, and The Etruscan Prophecy, showcases ambitious compositions that blend progressive structures with operatic vocal delivery and themes drawn from history and mythology.

Dark Red Dawn is a heavy/groove metal and hard rock band from Forchheim, Germany, formed in 2023. They blend crushing groove metal riffs with the swagger of hard rock.

Dark Sight fires heavy/thrash metal from Santeramo in Colle in the province of Bari, combining the melodic sensibility of traditional heavy metal with thrash's aggressive edge. Active since 2012, they channel the riff-centric energy of 1980s thrash into a distinctly southern Italian framework.

Dark Sky is a band from Rottweil, Germany, active since 2010, whose sound evolved from hard rock and AOR roots into melodic heavy metal. Their later work emphasizes powerful melodies and heavy riffing.