Dissonant Cognition is a melodic death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2017. Their Defy the Tyrant EP channels melodic death metal aggression with the intensity of the Scottish underground metal scene.

Distant Shapes is a melodic death and doom metal band from Nitra, Slovakia, formed in 2016. The project merges melodic death metal with doom metal's weight.

Distolirium is a melodic death metal band from Goslar, Germany, formed in 2021. They craft emotive melodic death metal from the Harz region.

Distoxity is a melodic death metal band from Novovoronezh, Russia, formed in 2012. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Voronezh region.

Distressed to Marrow is a melodic death metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver emotionally charged melodic death metal that cuts deep.

Divension is a melodic death metal band from Sargans, Switzerland, whose 2021 debut 'Conquer The Dying Sun' spans twelve tracks over sixty-three minutes of genre-crossing heaviness. Their sound balances gripping riffs and melodic choruses with thrash intensity, including the epic thirteen-minute title track.

Divine Chaos is a melodic death/thrash metal band from London, active since 2009 with a substantial discography including Every Empire Shall Fall, Decivilise (2018), and Oblivion Unleashed (2022). The band remain prolific into 2026, releasing the single Condemned to the Void and continuing their blend of progressive, melodic death, and thrash metal.

Divine Sins plays melodic death metal and deathcore from Hilversum, the Dutch media capital, active since 2009. Their oxymoronic name — sacred transgressions — frames their music as a paradox of beauty and brutality.

Divine Souls is a melodic death metal band from Kramfors, Sweden, formed in 2016. The project channels Scandinavian melodic death metal from the Angermanland coast.