Dante is a progressive metal band from the Augsburg/Munich area, active since 2010 and building a substantial catalog of technically accomplished, emotionally nuanced compositions. Named after the Italian poet, their music shares The Divine Comedy's ambition to traverse vast emotional and structural landscapes.

Dargoron plays power/progressive metal from Smederevo, the medieval Serbian fortress city, active since 2010. Their music combines power metal's melodic drive with progressive complexity, drawing thematic inspiration from the rich history of the Danube region.

Dark Aevum plays power/progressive metal from Deva in Transylvania, active since 2006 and whose Latin-inspired name — evoking a dark age — sets the stage for ambitious, narrative-driven compositions. Their two decades of work from the Transylvanian highlands have produced a substantial catalog of technically accomplished metal.

Dark Desire is a symphonic progressive metal band from the Odenwald region of Hesse, active since 2020 and layering orchestral elements over complex, dynamic compositions. Their sound bridges the grandeur of symphonic metal with the structural intricacy of progressive songwriting.

Dark Fantasy is a progressive metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2021. They explore fantastical themes through progressive metal from the Basque capital.

Dark Mass is a progressive metal band from Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, formed in 2015. The project explores complex progressive metal from the Luhansk region.

Dark Matter Secret plays progressive death metal from Moscow, active since 2015 and treating the invisible mass that holds the universe together as a metaphor for the hidden complexity in their compositions. Their cosmological name suits music that explores the unseen structures underlying extreme metal.

Dark Millennium is a German act from Bad Fredeburg whose roots stretch back to the early 1990s, playing a distinctive blend of progressive, death, and doom metal. They were part of the first wave of European progressive death metal, and their atmospheric, genre-blending approach remains as distinctive today as it was three decades ago.

Dark Moon is a progressive metal project from Valle di Cembra in Trentino, exploring intricate time signatures and layered arrangements against the backdrop of the Italian Alps. Their compositions favor cerebral complexity and atmospheric depth over conventional verse-chorus structures.