Formed in Aulnois, Hainaut in 1990, Despise were a death metal band from the French-speaking south of Belgium who operated as an independent underground act throughout their existence. The band is now split up and represents one of the earlier death metal projects to emerge from the Wallonian underground scene.

Despise the Catatonia is a German death/thrash/speed metal act formed in 2024 that rails against paralysis — both physical and metaphorical — through a triple-genre assault of breakneck velocity. Their hybrid approach draws on each genre's most aggressive impulses for maximum impact.

Despised is a death metal band from Paderborn, Germany, formed in 2018. They play aggressive, uncompromising death metal with brutal intensity.

Despondency is a brutal death metal band from the Leer/Wilhelmshaven area of Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing brutal death metal from northern Germany's coastal underground.

Despotic is a death/thrash metal band from Prenzlau, Germany, formed in 2018. They rule through tyrannical death/thrash metal with authoritative force.

Despotism is a brutal death metal band from Dnipro, Ukraine, formed in 2021. The project delivers punishing brutal death metal.

Destillat is a melodic black/death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2018. They distill the essence of melodic extremity through black and death metal.

Destination Dawn is a melodic death/power metal band from Nordhausen, Germany, active since 2009. They merge melodic death metal's intensity with power metal's soaring energy.

A death metal band from Vienna, Austria, whose history traces back to the early 1990s despite the band's official founding in May 2008. They play straightforward death metal rooted in the Vienna underground and are documented on Bandcamp and Austrian metal compilations.