Derhead is an avant-garde black metal and industrial project from Genoa, Italy, founded in 2001 by Giorgio Barroccu. With six releases blending post-black metal, industrial textures, and noise improvisation, the project draws thematic inspiration from Dostoevsky while incorporating analogue synthesizers and experimental elements.

Diabolicum is a black metal and industrial metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden, formed in 2001. The project merges black metal with industrial intensity from the Norrland coast.

Diabolos Rising is a darkwave and industrial project from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. The project merge dark electronic atmospheres with industrial textures in their genre-crossing output.

Die Krupps is an industrial metal band from Düsseldorf, Germany, founded in 1981, making them pioneering figures in the genre. Evolving from early industrial and EBM roots into full-blown industrial metal, they have influenced countless bands across four decades.

Die Vorboten started as a death/folk metal band in the coastal city of Wismar before transitioning into industrial hard rock, tracing one of the more unusual genre arcs in the German underground. Their German name — meaning "the harbingers" — proved prophetic, as they heralded their own sonic transformation.

Different State is a doom and industrial metal band from Ciechanow, Poland, formed in 2024. The project blends doom metal's heaviness with industrial metal's mechanical intensity.

Digimortal is a death and industrial metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2012. The project blends death metal with industrial and metalcore elements.

Discordance is an industrial death/thrash metal band from Puerto de Sagunto, Spain, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, they pioneer industrial-tinged extreme metal from the Valencian coast.

Dogmeat is an industrial metal band from Vääksy, Finland, formed in 2016. They deliver mechanized heaviness from the Finnish interior.