Darkwave is an experimental, progressive, and thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2020. The band push boundaries with their genre-crossing approach to progressive thrash.

Darkwell is a gothic and symphonic metal band from Innsbruck, founded in 1999 by bassist Roland Wurzer and guitarist Roman Wienicke around what they describe as "the celebration of the dark sensualism." Albums Suspiria (2000), Conflict of Interest (2002), Metatron (2004), Moloch (2016), and Triste Saison (2021) document a long career in the female-fronted European gothic metal tradition, earning the band more than 850,000 scrobbles on Last.fm.

Darkwind is a black-death metal band from the Kozlovice/Frydek-Mistek area of the Czech Republic, formed in 2018 and channeling the raw intensity of Eastern European extreme metal. Their sound fuses black metal's icy aggression with death metal's crushing depth.

DarkWinter is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Hollola, Finland, active since 2014. They blend Finnish melodic death metal with metalcore's modern edge.

Darkwish is a Genoese heavy metal band formed in 2023, carrying the torch for traditional heavy metal in a city with a rich musical heritage. Their sound is rooted in the classic European heavy metal template of twin-guitar harmonies and anthemic vocal lines.

Darkwoods My Betrothed is a black metal band from Kitee, Finland, active since 1994. With three decades of history, they are pioneering figures in Finnish black metal.

Darkwraith is a black and death metal band from Bergen, Netherlands, formed in 2020. The project fuses black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality from the North Holland underground.

Darkyo plays progressive black/death metal from Fryazino in Moscow Oblast, active since 2016 and pushing extreme metal into complex, boundary-defying territory. Their hybrid approach merges black metal's atmosphere with death metal's weight through a progressive structural lens.

Dark Samurai plays folk/black metal with ambient elements from Privolnaya in southern Russia, active since 2016 and fusing Japanese warrior imagery with Slavic folk metal traditions. Their cross-cultural concept creates a unique hybrid that bridges Eastern and Western mythology.