Desaster Area is a heavy/speed metal band with punk influences from Dortmund, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver high-energy speed metal spiked with punk attitude.

Despairation is a band from Naila, Germany, active since 2004, whose sound evolved from melodic power/speed metal into progressive and gothic rock. Their stylistic journey reflects an adventurous creative spirit spanning two decades.

Despise the Catatonia is a German death/thrash/speed metal act formed in 2024 that rails against paralysis — both physical and metaphorical — through a triple-genre assault of breakneck velocity. Their hybrid approach draws on each genre's most aggressive impulses for maximum impact.

Dessacrator plays thrash/speed metal from the university city of Leiden, active since 2011 and desecrating convention through high-velocity riffing. Their misspelled-desecrator name adds a deliberately crude edge to their classic thrash attack.

Destrukt started as a speed/thrash metal act in Thionville in Lorraine before evolving toward a heavier metal sound, tracing a path from youthful velocity to muscular power. Active since 2012, their evolution reflects a deepening musical maturity within the French metal underground.

Devilkommando is a black/thrash/speed metal band from Zagreb and Varazdin, Croatia, formed in 2025. The band blast through the intersection of black, thrash, and speed metal with relentless aggression.

Diabolic Night is a black/speed metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver blistering speed metal laced with black metal's sinister atmosphere.

Diamond Dust is a symphonic power/speed metal band from the Metz/Nancy area of France, active since 2013. They deliver shimmering power and speed metal from Lorraine.

Digitalis is a thrash and speed metal band from Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, formed in 2012. The band channel the ripping velocity of classic speed metal with thrash aggression in their independently released output.