Durge is a sludge and doom metal band from Kendal, Cumbria, formed in 2014. Their debut The First Days of Dystopia features four extended tracks of heavy, heady instrumental doom and sludge, recorded by Rob Crossland in January 2014 and mixed by Ben Booker.

Duskburn is a metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, that evolved from death metal beginnings into sludge and doom metal territory. The band's stylistic shift reflects a deepening exploration of heavy, slow-burning extremity.

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.

Dwaal is a post-metal and sludge metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2024. The project crafts atmospheric post-metal soundscapes with sludge metal's crushing weight.

The solo project of Corentin Longrée — first from Brussels, later Charleroi — Dyadhem channels black and sludge metal through dense, self-produced recordings in which Longrée handles all instruments, vocals, concepts, and artwork. Their debut full-length From Essential Bitterness and the follow-up He Who Claims to Be trace a dark, introspective trajectory through blackened sludge that operates entirely outside the label system.

Dying Giants is a doom/sludge metal band from Occitanie, France, formed in 2017. They deliver monumental doom and sludge from southern France.

Dyspathy plays doom/sludge metal from the small town of Privolzhsk in Ivanovo Oblast, active since 2020. Their emotional-disconnect name — a lack of sympathy — channels apathy into heavy, crushingly indifferent compositions from rural central Russia.

Détruits Bâtards is a sludge/doom metal and punk band from Metz, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning 'destroyed bastards,' they deliver filthy sludge, doom, and punk.