Dogtor is a heavy/speed metal and hard rock band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019. They prescribe high-energy speed metal and hard rock.

Doom Patrol is a crossover thrash and speed metal band from Padua, Italy, formed in 2017. The project merges speed metal's velocity with crossover punk energy from the Veneto scene.

Doomsday is a speed/thrash metal band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. They unleash fast, ripping thrash with the velocity and urgency of classic speed metal.

Dr. Faust started as a speed/thrash metal act in the Black Sea resort of Sochi before evolving into death metal and grindcore. Active since 2016, their Faustian name — evoking the deal-with-the-devil legend — frames their genre transformation as a kind of bargain with extremity.

Dragon Lord is a power/speed metal band from Pamplona, Spain, formed in 2021. They deliver high-speed power metal from the ancient Navarrese capital.

A speed and power metal band from Jurbise, Hainaut formed in 1983, Drakkar are among Belgium's most enduring heavy metal acts, their first demo produced by Scorpions drummer Rudy Lenners and leading directly to a deal with Mausoleum Records and the 1988 debut X-Rated. The band subsequently opened for Metallica, Queensrÿche, Overkill, and Slayer, and remains active today with albums including Once Upon a Time... in Hell! (2014) and Diabolical Empathy (2017).

Draught is a melodic speed/heavy/death metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland, formed in 2020. They blend multiple metal styles into a versatile Finnish sound.

Dream Castle is a power and speed metal band from Rapallo, near Genoa, Italy, formed in 2016. The project delivers high-velocity power/speed metal with epic fantasy themes from the Ligurian coast.

Drittmaskin is a black, speed, and thrash metal band from Breim, Norway, formed in 2018. The project fuses black metal's rawness with speed and thrash metal's relentless velocity.