Derelict Dream is a progressive metal band from Brighton, England, active since 2014. They craft dreaming progressive metal from the Sussex coast.

Derelict Earth is an extreme progressive metal band from Grenoble, France, active since 2011. They push extreme metal into daring progressive territory from the French Alps.

Deriva is a progressive metal band from Soria, Spain, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive metal from one of Spain's smallest provincial capitals.

Dernier Martyr is an avant-garde and progressive metal project from Greece, formed in 2023. The project pushes the boundaries of metal through experimental compositions and unconventional structures.

Desert Gatan is a stoner-sludge metal band from Brig, deep in the Swiss Alps, fusing heavy guitar riffs with psychedelic rock and progressive metal influences. Their albums 'Mental War' and 'Consume at High Volume' combine 1970s-inspired grooves with thick, crushing modern sludge.

Desertomen is a heavy, power, and progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. The band blend the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity and classic heavy metal foundations.

Deshody plays progressive thrash/groove metal from Sora in the Frosinone province, fusing thrash's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic weight and progressive metal's structural ambition. Their tri-genre approach creates compositions that are at once headbangable and intellectually engaging.

Desiderat is a progressive metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They explore complex, ambitious compositions with a cerebral approach to heavy music.

Despairation is a band from Naila, Germany, active since 2004, whose sound evolved from melodic power/speed metal into progressive and gothic rock. Their stylistic journey reflects an adventurous creative spirit spanning two decades.