DivUrge is a symphonic power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2017. The band combine orchestral arrangements and powerful vocals with the driving force of power metal.

Dmitriy Chebotarev plays symphonic power metal from Petrozavodsk, the capital of Russian Karelia near the Finnish border, active since 2016. His solo project brings orchestral grandeur and soaring melodies from a region steeped in Karelian-Finnish musical heritage.

Dol Ammad is an epic space metal project from Thessaloniki, Greece, created in 2004 by composer Thanasis Lightbridge, merging bombastic power metal with synthesizers and classical choirs. Part of Lightbridge's trilogy of fusion projects alongside Dol Theeta and Dol Kruug, the discography spans from Star Tales (2004) and Ocean Dynamics (2006) through Winds of the Sun (2010) to Stella Nova (2025).

Dol Theeta is a progressive and symphonic metal project with electronic music influences from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2008 by composer Thanasis Lightbridge. A sister project to Dol Ammad, the band explores the fusion of electronic music and heavy metal from a progressive angle.

Dolmens is a symphonic black metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2020. Named after ancient megaliths, they channel primordial energy through symphonic black metal.

A melodic black metal band from Tyrol, Austria, formed in 1996 by members who would also be known for their work in Summoning-adjacent circles, signed to Prophecy Productions. Their third album 'Her Von Welken Nächten' became a reference work in German-language metal, and their extensive discography traces an evolution from symphonic black metal through acoustic folk approaches, with lyrics drawing on Romantic poetry and nature mysticism.

Down Syndrome started as a death/thrash metal act in the remote Komi city of Pechora before evolving toward symphonic death/black metal. Their controversial name and dramatic stylistic evolution from straightforward aggression to orchestral extremity mark one of the more unusual arcs in Russian extreme metal.

Down to Hell is a symphonic melodic black metal band from Malacky, Slovakia, formed in 2014. The project layers symphonic grandeur over melodic black metal.

Draconian Reign is a symphonic deathcore band from Nottingham, self-described as hailing from "the cold heart of the United Kingdom." Their releases It Came from Hell (2022), Necromantic (2022), and Tragedy Eternal (2023) fuse symphonic grandeur with deathcore brutality.