Damnatio Aeterna is a depressive black metal project born in 2015 in Bergamo, exploring themes of human fragility and existential despair across EPs like Humana Fragilitas and Pulvis et Umbra. The latter release examines tragedy as an artistic and existential concept, channeling philosophical anguish into bleak, atmospheric compositions.

Damnatus is a depressive black metal project from Alessandria in northern Italy, described simply as channeling "the pain of living." Albums like Quando nessuno ti aspetta nel mondo and Io odio la vita are sung in Italian and deliver raw, emotionally harrowing black metal steeped in nihilism and isolation.

Dannhad is a Sardinian depressive black metal project whose releases Rebirth and The End... explore themes of melancholy and psychological descent, guided by the philosophy that "only towards the long ways of the unconscious can you find real salvation." Their atmospheric approach emphasizes emotional weight and introspective darkness over sheer aggression.

Darkest Sorrow Bears Mortality is a depressive black metal solo project from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, active since 2017. Their self-titled 64-minute album explores themes of suicide, mental disorders, and existential philosophy through deeply personal, raw black metal.

Dastard is a depressive black metal/ambient project from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2022. They explore despair and isolation through raw depressive black metal and ambient textures.

Datura Metel is a depressive black metal project from France, formed in 2016. Named after the toxic plant, they explore despair through raw depressive black metal.

Dead Whore plays depressive black metal from the closed nuclear city of Sarov, formed in 2022 and channeling raw despair through lo-fi, emotionally devastating compositions. Their provocative name and restricted-access hometown lend an air of forbidden darkness.

DeadKropp plays depressive black metal from Moscow, active since 2021 and whose German-Russian hybrid name — evoking a dead body — captures the genre's fixation on mortality and decay. Their compositions trade in the slow-burning anguish that defines DSBM.

Death Beauty is a depressive black metal project from Toulon, France, formed in 2019. They explore the beauty in darkness through raw DSBM from the Mediterranean coast.