Dark Prayer is a melodic death metal band from Naantali, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the southwestern Finnish coast.

Dark Revenge started as a melodic death metal act in the Siberian university city of Tomsk before evolving toward progressive metal and metalcore. Active since 2011, their stylistic journey traces an arc from Scandinavian melodeath influence toward more complex, contemporary territory.

Dark Ride is a melodic death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2020. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Polish capital.

Dark the Suns is a melodic death/gothic metal band from Valkeakoski, Finland, active since 2007. They blend melodic death metal with gothic melancholy from the Finnish heartland.

Dark Tranquillity is one of the Gothenburg Three — alongside At the Gates and In Flames — that defined the melodic death metal genre in the early 1990s. Their extensive discography, from Skydancer through decades of evolution, has shaped the sound of an entire subgenre while the band has continually refined and expanded their approach to melodic extremity.

Dark Veil is a melodic death metal band from London, England, formed in 2024. They deliver veiled melodic death metal from the British capital.

Darkcrowned plays melodic death metal from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2023 and bringing the Gothenburg-influenced sound to the subarctic. Their self-coronating name suggests sovereignty over their chosen musical domain — melodic extremity from the frozen north.

Darker It Gets is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from the South West Flanders region of Belgium, drawing members from the Kortrijk and Roeselare area's converging hardcore and metal scenes. The band's sound fuses melodic Scandinavian death metal riffing with metalcore structures, occupying a crossover space well-represented in Belgian extreme metal.

Darkest End is a melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. Their debut EP Winter's Blood (2019) delivers five tracks of atmospheric melodic death metal, with songs like Raven Cry and Cybele drawing on mythological themes.