Diluvian plays technical and brutal death metal from Besancon in eastern France, formed in 2022 and named after the catastrophic floods of ancient mythology. Their deluge-evoking name matches a sound designed to overwhelm — waves of technical precision crashing over blast-beat foundations.

Dimax is a two-member instrumental melodic death metal project from Belarus, operating under the motto 'one evening, one track.' Active since 2016 with annual releases, the project distills melodic metal ideas into focused, spontaneous compositions.

Dimlight is a symphonic death and gothic metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2012, known for their combination of aggressive guitars, sharp female vocals, and brutal male growls. Their discography includes Psychosynthesis, The Lost Chapters, Realm of Tragedy, Kingdom of Horrors, and A Symphony of Horrors, established through active worldwide live performances.

Dimman is a melodic death metal band from Teuva/Seinäjoki, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the Ostrobothnian flatlands.

Dimness is a black and death metal band from Jarfalla, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project merges black metal with death metal from the Stockholm area.

Dimorph is a groove/death metal band from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, formed in 2020. They fuse groove metal's rhythmic power with death metal's heaviness.

Dimaeon plays progressive death metal from Leeuwarden in Friesland, active since 2010 and navigating complex, boundary-pushing compositions with technical precision. Their decade-plus tenure in the Frisian underground speaks to a deep commitment to progressive extremity.

Diogenes BCE plays melodic death/sludge metal from Holmestrand, formed in 2022 and named after the ancient Greek cynic philosopher. Their philosophical namesake's rejection of material comfort translates into music that refuses easy pleasures, merging melodic death metal's hooks with sludge's abrasive weight.

Dionisyan is a death and doom metal band from Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2021. The project merges death metal's brutality with doom metal's suffocating weight in a dark Sicilian metal experience.