Diablo Swing Orchestra is an avant-garde metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2010. The project brilliantly fuses metal with swing, jazz, and orchestral elements in a genre-defying theatrical experience.

An avant-garde black metal entity from Antwerp signed to Brucia Records, Dissolve Patterns released their self-titled debut in April 2022 and earned attention for merging black metal aggression with progressive structures, jazz influences, and the cello of bandmember Annabel as a central melodic voice. Their lyrics draw on ancient symbolism, folkloric tales, and goddess-centered imagery, threading conceptual depth through a relentlessly harrowing sonic assault.

Dodecahedron is an avant-garde black metal act from Tilburg, active since 2015 and named after the twelve-faced Platonic solid. Their geometric reference suits music that approaches black metal from multiple angles simultaneously, creating disorienting, mathematically complex compositions that challenge genre conventions.

Dol Amroth is a Greek project from Athens that has evolved through multiple genres, from black metal and ambient through avant-garde folk rock to electronic and EDM. The project's stylistic diversity reflects a restless creative vision spanning extreme metal and experimental music.

Dreams of the Drowned is an avant-garde/black metal band from Évreux, France, active since 2008. They push black metal into avant-garde territory with nearly two decades of experimentation.

Drought is an avant-garde black metal band from Aubagne, France, formed in 2023. They deliver parched avant-garde black metal from Provence.

Dysnerved is an avant-garde black/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. The band push the boundaries of extreme metal with experimental, avant-garde compositions blending black and death metal.

Avant-garde black and gothic metal band from Ossett, England, formed in 1996 by Ophelius. Their discography spans from the 1999 debut On the Eve of the Grimly Inventive through 2011's In Swathes of Brooding Light, blending cinematic storytelling with blackened metal.

Avant-garde black metal project from France launched in 2023. They push black metal into experimental territory with boundary-dissolving compositions.