Drunad plays death metal and grindcore from Russia, active since 2018 and delivering the rapid-fire extremity both genres demand. Their mysterious name channels an air of the ancient and unknown into modern sonic violence.

Drunk Diver is a grindcore, sludge, and stoner metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, formed in 2013. The project blends grinding extremity with sludge and stoner weight.

Dry Food for Dogs is a death metal and grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2014. The project delivers raw and visceral grinding death metal from the Piedmontese underground.

Dry Heave is a black/death metal and grindcore band from England, formed in 2014. The band merge the ferocity of black and death metal with grindcore's relentless blast-beat intensity.

Duramater is a brutal death metal/goregrind band from Emden, Germany, formed in 2023. They push extreme boundaries with visceral brutality and goregrind excess.

Dushman is a black/death metal and goregrind band from Hay-on-Wye, Wales, formed in 2024. The band channel extreme metal aggression through a fusion of black metal, death metal, and goregrind.

Dysbiosis is a death metal, grindcore, and noise band from London, formed in 2025 and describing their sound as "deathbeat noisegrind." Their debut I (2025) delivers four tracks in under seven minutes, released on a limited cassette run of twenty-five glitter-sprayed copies.

Dysmenorrhea is a goregrind act from Malta, delivering the genre's characteristic ultra-guttural vocals, blast beats, and medically themed brutality from the Mediterranean's smallest island nation. Their gynecological name places them firmly in the tradition of goregrind's fascination with clinical horror.

Dysmorfic is an experimental grindcore band from Mantua, Italy, formed in 2000. One of the longer-running extreme acts in the Lombardy underground, the project pushes the boundaries of grindcore with experimental elements.