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Drakwald is a pagan/melodic death metal band from Tours, France, active since 2014. They explore pagan themes through melodic death metal from the Loire Valley.
Draugnim is a blackened pagan metal band from Espoo, Finland, active since 2004. With two decades of history, they are veterans of Finnish pagan black metal.
Dreaming Soul plays doom/black/pagan metal from Moscow, formed in 2023 and exploring the unconscious mind through a triple-genre hybrid of crushing heaviness, atmospheric darkness, and pre-Christian spirituality. Their somnambulant name captures the dreamlike quality of their ritualistic compositions.
Drenaï is a pagan metal band from Rouen, France, active since 2013. Named after David Gemmell's fantasy world, they channel warrior spirit through pagan metal from Normandy.
Drutentus is a pagan black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. The band draw from pagan mythology and ancient traditions through their aggressive black metal sound.
Durothar is a pagan metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2016. They draw on Germanic pagan traditions through folk-tinged heavy metal.
Black metal and pagan metal band from Athens, Greece with roots stretching back to 1996. They are among the earlier Hellenic pagan black metal acts.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels black metal and pagan metal with a focus on pre-Christian themes and folk instrumentation over extreme metal foundations. Formed in 2019, based in Norrland, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
Pagan black metal act from the Oberhausen/Bottrop area of Germany's Ruhr region, channeling Norse mythology through raw black metal since 2014. Named after the stag in Norse cosmology that stands atop Valhalla, their sound carries the weight of ancient Germanic paganism.
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