There are multiple artists with this name: 1) DISMAL is a depressive black metal band from Hong Kong, formed in 2013. 2) Dismal is an Italian gothic band. The group was founded in June 1995, nearby Turin, when Bradac and Parsifal joined to the call of the Earth, gradually becoming one thing with it while cultivating in an inseparable way their art and spirit. Their music started out as gothic doom metal but evolved into a kind of experimental darkwave.