Descend is a melodic thrash and death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2007. The band combine the precision of thrash metal with melodic death metal sensibility in their Greek extreme metal output.

Descendant of Odin is a melodic death metal band from Bedford, England, formed in 2020. They channel Norse mythology through melodic death metal.

Descending is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. The band blend melodic death metal hooks with groove-heavy riffing and metalcore breakdowns.

Descending Void is a death and doom metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, formed in 2012. The project merges death metal with doom metal's weight from the Volga region.

Descent into Maelstrom is a melodic death metal band from Piacenza, Italy, formed in 2017 by Andrea Bignardi. The project's distinctive approach fuses metal intensity with dodecaphonic twelve-tone compositional techniques, creating an ambitious marriage of avant-garde classical theory and heavy music.

Descent to Destruction is a black and death metal band from Malmo, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project merges black metal with death metal from southern Sweden.

Desdemonia is a death metal band from Helmdange in Luxembourg, one of the Grand Duchy's longest-running extreme metal acts with roots stretching back to 1998. Their Shakespearean name lends tragic gravitas to nearly three decades of uncompromising death metal.

Desecrated Extinction is a slam/brutal death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2022. They deliver desecrating slam brutality from the Granite City.

Desecrated Grounds is a death/thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They desecrate through fierce death/thrash from the Finnish capital.