Daedric Tales is a Viennese power and symphonic metal band founded in 2009 by guitarist Yra, built around the world of The Elder Scrolls video game franchise. Their three full-lengths — Hircine's Call (2013), Cult of Ashes (2016), and The Divine Menace (2017) — pair female-fronted vocals with dense orchestration and choir arrangements, treating each song as a standalone narrative set within the game's lore.

Daegonian is a Bari-based act whose 2024 debut Through the Great Beyond plunges into Lovecraftian cosmic horror, with tracks named after H.P. Lovecraft's mythos like "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Court of Azathoth." Originally rooted in symphonic power metal, they shifted toward a heavier symphonic black/death metal sound built around expansive, narrative-driven songwriting.

Daemonicium is a symphonic black metal band from Jelenia Gora, Poland, formed in 2004. The project layers orchestral grandeur over black metal intensity from the Silesian underground.

Daevil is an Italian symphonic black/gothic metal project whose prolific output spans the Black Out series, Anthem to the Night under the alias "Daevil's Black Orchestra," and the 2025 album Wolfblood. The project's orchestral arrangements and darkly theatrical aesthetic create a densely layered sound that straddles the line between symphonic black metal grandeur and gothic melancholy.

Daidalos is a symphonic black metal project from Brunswick, Germany, founded in 2020 by Tobias Püschner. Their concept album "Dante," inspired by Dante's Inferno, showcases epic atmospheres drifting through frozen wastelands and collapsing empires with tragic grandeur.

Dallian plays a hybrid of progressive, symphonic, and death metal from Leiria in central Portugal, active since 2018. Their multi-genre approach layers orchestral grandeur and progressive complexity over a death metal foundation, creating ambitious compositions of considerable scope.

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 Haunters conjures symphonic black/death metal from the hilltop town of Atri in Italy's Teramo province, pairing orchestral keyboards with extreme metal aggression. Their compositions balance cinematic sweep with the ferocity demanded by both black and death metal traditions.

Dark Lightning is a symphonic metal band from the Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel area of Germany, formed in 2023. Their growing catalog including "The Demons We Create" and "Beautiful Beast" showcases orchestral grandeur woven through heavy metal foundations.