Dualisis is a progressive metal band from Brittany, France, emerging in 2025. They explore duality through progressive metal from France's Celtic coast.

Duelo Eterno is a melodic power/progressive metal band from Cáceres, Spain, formed in 2015. Their name meaning 'eternal duel,' they blend power and progressive metal from Extremadura.

DuraMadre is a progressive metal band from Possagno, in the Treviso province of Veneto, Italy, formed in 2020. The project explores complex and dynamic progressive metal compositions.

Dustynation is a progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2010. The band craft technically ambitious progressive metal with over a decade of development in the Greek metal scene.

Dvalin is a progressive folk metal band from Wurzburg in Franconia, named after one of the Norse mythological dwarves. Active since 2016, they weave traditional folk instruments and Norse-inspired themes through technically accomplished, structurally ambitious metal compositions.

Dvne is a five-piece progressive sludge and post-metal band from Edinburgh, exploring a dark sci-fi universe inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. Signed to Metal Blade Records, their discography spans from Progenitor (2013) through Etemen Aenka (2021) to Voidkind (2024), earning them Hellfest performances and international acclaim for their fusion of fierce riffs, psychedelic textures, and melodic grandeur.

Dvota is a death, groove, and progressive metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, formed in 2022. The project blends multiple metal styles from the Slovak capital.

Dynamic Lights is a progressive metal project from Pesaro, formed in 2023 and exploring the more luminous, melodic side of the progressive metal spectrum. Their name suggests an approach that favors shifting textures and illumination over the darkness that dominates much of the genre.

Dyssebeia is a progressive blackened death metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, whose 2023 debut 'Garden of Stillborn Idols' on Transcending Obscurity Records was hailed as a technical masterpiece. Drawing comparisons to Be'lakor and At The Gates, the four-piece crafts intricate, emotionally-driven compositions that balance aggression with contemplative depth.