Destince is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They push melodic death metal into progressive territory with ambitious songwriting.

Destrage is a Milanese band that began as a thrash metal/metalcore act before evolving into one of Italy's most inventive progressive metalcore outfits. Their later work combines dizzying technical proficiency with an anything-goes compositional philosophy, incorporating jazz, funk, and electronic elements into their chaotic metalcore framework.

Destroyers of All plays progressive death/groove metal from the university city of Coimbra, active since 2013 and living up to their absolutist name through technically accomplished, genre-spanning compositions. Their ambitious approach combines progressive complexity with death metal's weight and groove metal's rhythmic punch.

Destrudo started as a progressive death metal project in Rome before shifting toward the more atmospheric expanses of post-metal. Named after the Freudian concept of the death drive, their music traces an arc from cerebral aggression toward contemplative, cinematic heaviness.

Deterrent is a progressive metal band from Georgsmarienhütte, Germany, active since 2013. They craft intricate progressive metal with technical ambition.

Deuel is a progressive and melodic death metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2012. The band merge the technical intricacy of progressive metal with the heaviness of melodic death metal.

Deva is a gothic and progressive metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2019. The project weaves dark gothic atmospheres with progressive metal intricacy in an ambitious Milanese metal vision.

A progressive death metal studio project from Spillern, Lower Austria, created and performed entirely by one musician, Peter Royburger, since 2014. Drawing influence from Opeth, The Faceless, Wilderun, and Porcupine Tree, Royburger has released three albums: 'Dysthymia' (2018), 'GODISNOWHERE' (2021), and 'White Noise' (2024), each blurring the boundary between progressive metal and romantic-era classical composition.

A progressive metal band from Overmere in East Flanders, Devious Instinct build their sound around intricate compositional structures and dynamic shifts characteristic of European progressive metal. The band has maintained a presence on SoundCloud and Bandcamp as an independent act within the Belgian underground.