Dagger of Betrayal is a five-piece melodic death metal and metalcore band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2013, featuring guitarists Aggelos Tzamtzis and Antonis Kakaris, drummer Konstantinos Noulas, bassist Konstantinos Grousouzakos, and vocalist Antonis Dimitriou. Their debut album Paradox Hive (2013) was mixed and mastered by Stelios Koslidis.

Daggerheart is a thrash/death metal band from Nossendorf in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte region of Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver aggressive, hard-hitting metal that fuses thrash precision with death metal brutality.

Dagor is an experimental death/black metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2021. They push the boundaries of extreme metal with avant-garde compositions that blur the lines between death and black metal.

Dagorquest rises from Modica in Sicily's Ragusa province, forging a blackened death metal sound steeped in aggression and dark fantasy themes. Their music merges the blasting intensity of death metal with the tremolo-driven atmosphere of black metal in the tradition of the southern Italian underground.

DAI is a black-death metal band from Trutnov, Czech Republic, formed in 2017 and trafficking in dark, extreme metal with dystopian thematic undertones. Their compositions channel the ferocity of both black and death metal traditions through a Czech underground lens.

Daitya plays black/death metal from Barreiro on the south bank of the Tagus, active since 2004 and named after the powerful anti-gods of Hindu mythology. Their two decades of extreme metal draw from Eastern mysticism for a thematic backdrop that sets them apart from typical Iberian extreme metal.

Dalit plays doom/death metal from the oil city of Stavanger, active since 2014 and named after the marginalized communities of South Asia. Their social-justice reference adds an ethical dimension to crushing, slow-paced compositions that give voice to the oppressed through sonic weight.

Dallian plays a hybrid of progressive, symphonic, and death metal from Leiria in central Portugal, active since 2018. Their multi-genre approach layers orchestral grandeur and progressive complexity over a death metal foundation, creating ambitious compositions of considerable scope.

Damage Done is a melodic death metal band from Heiligenhaus, Germany, formed in 2025. They bring fresh energy to the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition.