Darktemis is a symphonic metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011. They craft grand, orchestral metal from the Catalan capital.

Darktrail plays symphonic/power metal from Norway, active since 2021 and blazing a path through the intersection of orchestral grandeur and melodic metal power. Their trailblazing name suits compositions that navigate between soaring symphonic arrangements and driving power metal rhythms.

Darkwell is a gothic and symphonic metal band from Innsbruck, founded in 1999 by bassist Roland Wurzer and guitarist Roman Wienicke around what they describe as "the celebration of the dark sensualism." Albums Suspiria (2000), Conflict of Interest (2002), Metatron (2004), Moloch (2016), and Triste Saison (2021) document a long career in the female-fronted European gothic metal tradition, earning the band more than 850,000 scrobbles on Last.fm.

Darzamat is a symphonic gothic black metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 1996. One of Poland's veteran extreme metal acts, the project merges symphonic grandeur with gothic and black metal darkness.

Datura Stramonium is a symphonic black metal band from O Grove, Spain, formed in 2017. Named after the toxic plant, they blend symphonic grandeur with black metal's poison from Galicia's coast.

Dave Van Detta plays symphonic black/neoclassical metal from Vrsac near the Romanian border, active since 2017 and blending orchestral grandeur with classically influenced compositions. Their solo-artist format allows for ambitious, multi-layered music that bridges extreme metal and classical traditions.

De-Light plays symphonic metal from Novosibirsk, active since 2018 and whose hyphenated name suggests both the removal of light and the pleasure of music. Their Siberian origins bring a distinctive cold beauty to orchestral metal compositions.

Dead End Solution plays atmospheric and symphonic black metal, originally from Moscow before relocating to Minsk. Their cross-border journey mirrors a creative evolution from Russian atmospheric black metal toward the more orchestral extremes of the genre.

Dead on Mars is a progressive/symphonic death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018. They combine the technical ambition of progressive metal with symphonic grandeur and death metal's ferocity.