Dekant is a post-black/doom/death metal band from Inverness, Scotland, formed in 2019. They pour decanted extreme metal from the Scottish Highlands.

Dekathexis is a death metal/deathcore band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge death metal's technicality with deathcore's punishing breakdowns.

Dekonstruktor plays stoner/doom metal from Moscow, active since 2014 and systematically dismantling musical structures through heavy, fuzz-laden compositions. Their German-Russian hybrid name evokes deliberate disassembly — taking heaviness apart to rebuild it heavier.

Dekrepitation is a brutal death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver visceral, bone-crushing brutality from the depths of the underground.

Dekrepix is a thrash metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2011. The band deliver fast, aggressive thrash metal from the Irish capital's underground.

Founded by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt in the Netherlands in 2002, Delain became one of the most beloved acts in European symphonic metal over a fifteen-year run defined by the crystalline soprano of Charlotte Wessels and a gift for anthemic, accessibly melodic songwriting. Albums like We Are the Others (2012) and The Human Contradiction (2014) cemented their fanbase across multiple continents, before Wessels' departure in 2021 led to a significant lineup upheaval and the continuation of the band under Westerholt's sole direction.

Delaware is a heavy/speed metal band from El Masnou, Spain, formed in 2016. They deliver high-energy speed and heavy metal from the Catalan coast.

Delchia is a Vilnius-based experimental drone/doom metal project active since 2012, sculpting massive, sustained tones into slowly evolving compositions that test the boundaries of heaviness and patience alike. Their music demands total immersion, rewarding listeners who surrender to its glacial pace.

Delenda Est is a black metal band from Poland, formed in 2022. Named after the Latin phrase 'must be destroyed,' the project channels uncompromising black metal.