Dying Flame plays groove/thrash metal and metalcore from Assen in Drenthe, active since 2008 and fusing three genres' aggressive qualities into high-energy compositions. Their extinguishing-fire name lends a sense of urgency to music that burns through its fuel with ferocious intensity.

Dynamic Solution plays thrash/groove metal from Rotterdam, active since 2012 and solving the problem of how to merge thrash's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic weight. Their engineering-minded name suits a calculated approach to extreme metal construction.

Dyscarnate is a death and groove metal band from Horsham, West Sussex, formed in 2016. The band deliver crushing death metal with groove-heavy rhythmic foundations in their powerful, aggressive output.

Dysfunctional is an experimental groove metal band from Nantes, France, active since 2011. They push groove metal into experimental territory from the Loire estuary.

Dystocracy is a heavy/groove metal band from Lempäälä, Finland, formed in 2018. They rule through heavy grooves from the Finnish heartland.

Damonium plays death/groove metal from Yaroslavl on the Volga, active since 2010 and delivering heavy, rhythmically driven compositions from the historic Golden Ring city. Their demonic name and umlaut decoration add Germanic menace to Russian extreme metal.

Kraków's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and groove metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.

A product of Portugal's atmospheric and doom-laden metal tradition, this Cascais-based groove metal and thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2015, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.

Belgian progressive groove metal band from the Flemish Ardennes, blending groovy, aggressive riffs with a progressive sauce since 2011. Their 2023 concept album "Nihilosophy," produced with Tom MacLean of Haken fame, explores themes of death and meaninglessness across eleven orchestrally enhanced tracks.