Formed in Overpelt, Limburg in 2018, Defenestration deliver slamming death metal with a pronounced deathcore edge, built around crushing breakdowns and intricate transitions that preserve dynamics within their brutal framework. Their 2019 debut full-length Scalped on the Pavement, released through Justified Insanity Records, introduced the quartet's bone-crushing approach to the Belgian extreme metal scene.

Deinos is a technical melodic death metal band from Gambolo, Italy, formed in 2020. Founded by Alberto Ragone, the project combines hardcore, symphonic, and modern elements with technically precise melodic death metal.

Dekathexis is a death metal/deathcore band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge death metal's technicality with deathcore's punishing breakdowns.

Demoralizer plays death metal and deathcore from Harderwijk in Gelderland, active since 2021 and breaking spirits through devastating breakdowns and guttural vocals. Their name's psychological warfare dimension carries into music designed to crush the listener's resolve.

Departed is a deathcore act from Banja Luka in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, delivering crushing breakdowns and guttural vocals from a region better known for turbo-folk than extreme metal. Their emergence speaks to deathcore's growing footprint across the Balkans.

Depopulation is a brutal death metal/deathcore band from Selm, Germany, active since 2013. They combine slam-influenced brutality with deathcore's devastating breakdowns.

Depraved Will plays melodic deathcore from Eindhoven, active since 2020 and operating from the Dutch city that hosts the annual Dynamo metal festival. Their corrupted-willpower name drives compositions that balance melodic hooks with punishing breakdowns.

Depths of Black is a death metal and deathcore band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, formed in 2016. The project delivers punishing extreme metal from the Ural region.

A brutal death metal and deathcore band from Vienna, Austria, active from 2007 to 2010 before splitting up. Unsigned and independent during their run, they operated in Vienna's underground extreme metal scene at the height of deathcore's European wave.