Drunk Diver is a grindcore, sludge, and stoner metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, formed in 2013. The project blends grinding extremity with sludge and stoner weight.

Drunken Crocodiles is a sludge and stoner metal band from Parma, Italy, formed in 2013. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out sludge and stoner riffs from the Emilia-Romagna scene.

Dræng is a sludge/stoner metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2024. They deliver heavy, fuzz-soaked sludge from the German capital.

Duality of Man is a sludge metal band from Brunswick in Lower Saxony, active since 2016 and exploring the tension between light and darkness through crushing, low-tuned compositions. Their philosophical name frames their heavy music as an examination of humanity's contradictory nature.

Dulle Griet is a sludge, black metal, and post-hardcore trio from London, formed in 2024 by vocalist Ivan Ferreira, drummer Ardo Cotones, and multi-instrumentalist Nick Desmond. Self-described as "an apocalyptic space opera of cosmic proportions," they draw from Swedish metal, Rodin, and Mussorgsky, debuting with their 2024 self-titled EP recorded at Bonafide Studios.

Dulur Gris is a sludge metal band from Arosio, in the Como province of Lombardy, Italy, formed in 2025. The project delivers crushing sludge metal weight from the pre-Alpine foothills.

Dunerider is a doom/sludge/stoner metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021. They ride through desert-scorched doom, sludge, and stoner metal.

Dungeon Master is a sludge and doom metal band from London and Southend-on-Sea, formed in 2020. The band deliver crushing, low-tuned sludge and doom metal with an emphasis on heaviness and atmosphere.

Duracefal plays sludge/doom metal from Yekaterinburg, Russia's Ural Mountains capital, formed in 2022. Their pharmaceutical-sounding name drives heavy, methodical compositions from the geographic dividing line between Europe and Asia.