Drown My Day is a melodic death metal, deathcore, and groove metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2007. The project blends multiple extreme metal styles from the Lesser Poland capital.

Drown the Sun is a band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2019, whose sound evolved from metalcore into djent territory. They explore modern progressive heaviness through technical precision.

Drunken Dreams is a metalcore act from Maastricht, active since 2014 and channeling intoxicated visions into heavy, breakdown-laden compositions. Their name captures the blurred, hallucinatory quality of their music — aggression filtered through a haze of disorientation.

Dryrot is a band from Erlangen, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1989, whose sound evolved from thrash metal into groove/nu-metal/metalcore territory. As one of the oldest bands in this dataset, they have adapted through over three decades of stylistic evolution.

Dual-Coma is an industrial metal, metalcore, and thrash metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2013. The project blends industrial intensity with metalcore and thrash from the Upper Silesian scene.

Formed in West Flanders in 2021 by King Hiss guitarist Josh Fury alongside drummer Bert Guillemont (ex-Liar), Dudsekop draw on the lineage of Congress, King Hiss, and Liar to produce West Flemish black metal sung entirely in the local Ypres dialect. Their 2022 debut Liksems, released on Genet Records, pairs razor-sharp riffing with barked bilingual vocals and a self-described identity as 'West-Vlamse koavezworte metal' — West Flemish pitch-black metal.

Dulcamara is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Toledo, Spain, active since 2013. Named after the bittersweet nightshade, they blend melodic beauty with metalcore's intensity.

Dust n Brush is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Siewierz, Poland, formed in 2012. The project blends melodic death metal with metalcore intensity.

Dxrk Winter is a metalcore band from Northwich, Cheshire, formed in 2014. The band combine aggressive metalcore breakdowns with melodic elements in their independently released material.