Darkest Nightfall is a melodic death metal band from Cambridge, England, formed in 2020. They deliver nocturnal melodic death metal from the university city.

Darkfall is a Graz-based thrash death metal band active since 1995, built around what they call "high-quality and uncompromising Thrashed Death Metal." Their catalog includes albums Road to Redemption, At the End of Times, and Thrashing Death Squad, establishing them as one of the longer-running extremists in the Styrian metal scene.

Darkmess is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2019. The band fuse melodic death metal hooks with the aggression of modern deathcore.

Darkness by Oath is a melodic death metal band from Arrasate-Mondragón, Basque Country, Spain, active since 2009. They deliver powerful Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the Basque heartland.

Darkrite plays melodic death metal from Sovetsky in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of western Siberia, active since 2013. Their music brings Gothenburg-influenced melody to one of the most remote, oil-rich regions on earth.

Darkvoid is a melodic death metal and deathcore act from the Sicilian resort town of Taormina, founded in 2024 and blending crushing breakdowns with melodic guitar leads. Their sound sits at the modern intersection of extreme metal's heaviest and most accessible impulses.

DarkWinter is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Hollola, Finland, active since 2014. They blend Finnish melodic death metal with metalcore's modern edge.

Das Letzte is a melodic death/gothic metal band from the Cambs/Schwerin area of Germany, formed in 2022. They fuse the melodic hooks of Gothenburg-style death metal with gothic metal's dark romanticism.

Dawn of Memories plays progressive and melodic death metal from Modena, balancing intricate arrangements with emotionally resonant melody lines. Their songwriting navigates the space between technical death metal complexity and the accessibility of the Gothenburg melodeath school.