Dysthymya plays black metal and ambient from Cluj-Napoca, active since 2021 and named after the clinical term for chronic depression. Their psychiatric reference frames their atmospheric compositions as sonic manifestations of persistent, low-grade despair.

Dystopia is a melodic black metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, active since 2012 and combining black metal aggression with death metal heaviness and melodic sophistication. Their layered compositions balance blast-beating fury with atmospheric, contemplative passages.

Dystyches is a black metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2021. They explore misfortune and darkness through black metal from Germany's northern port city.

Dysylumn is a progressive black/death metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2013. They push extreme metal into ambitious progressive territory from southeastern France.

Dzelme is a black, death, and doom metal band from Latvia, formed in 2021. The project merges three pillars of extreme metal darkness from the Latvian underground.

Dzvera is a black metal project rooted in the Balkans, exploring themes of Tengrism—the ancient religion of the Bulgars of Eurasia—through atmospheric black metal and dark ambient textures. Albums like 'Ancestral Tengrist Strength' and 'In The Name Of The Black Metal' channel spiritual and cultural heritage into fierce, contemplative metal.

Dämmerfarben is an atmospheric black/doom metal and acoustic project from the North Rhine-Westphalia/Lower Saxony border, Germany, active since 2010. They paint twilight-colored soundscapes blending atmospheric black metal, doom, and acoustic passages.

Dammerung is a black metal band from Kherson, Ukraine, formed in 2003. One of the veteran black metal acts from southern Ukraine.

Dæmonesq is a black metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2021. They channel demonic aesthetics through cold, unforgiving black metal from the Ruhr.