Dissectrophy is a technical death metal band from Preston, Lancashire, formed in 2011 by guitarists Matt Gornall and Matt Murphy, bassist Rhys Mather, and drummer Russell Sumner. They debuted with the video for Entombed at a Halloween show in 2011 and followed up with Fragmenting Reality (2012) and a 2013 demo recorded at Mill Rehearsal Studios.

Dissectum is a technical death metal band from Karlskrona, Sweden, formed in 2007. The project delivers technically precise death metal from the Blekinge coast.

Dissenter is a brutal death metal band from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2016. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Lower Silesian capital.

Dissocia is a progressive death metal/deathcore band from Spain, emerging in 2025. They push extreme metal into ambitious progressive territory.

Dissolution is a death metal band from Olomouc, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They craft dark, heavy death metal with an emphasis on atmosphere and punishing heaviness.

Dissolve is a progressive death metal band from Rennes, France, active since 1993. With over three decades of activity, they are pioneering practitioners of French progressive death metal.

Dissolving is a melodic/progressive death metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2022. They craft intricate, melodic death metal with progressive depth.

Dissolving Entity is a brutal death metal band from Scotland, formed in 2025 by guitarists Daniel Scott and David Easton, vocalist Luke Lockley, and bassist George Lidster. Their debut EP Parasite Enthroned (2025) delivers three tracks of slamming brutal death metal produced by Easton and mastered by Lockley.

Dissonant Cognition is a melodic death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2017. Their Defy the Tyrant EP channels melodic death metal aggression with the intensity of the Scottish underground metal scene.