DemUnillusions started as a melodic heavy metal act in the Arctic naval city of Severomorsk before evolving toward symphonic metal. Active since 2016, their transformation from straightforward melody to orchestral grandeur mirrors a growing ambition befitting their extreme northern latitude.

Demoralyzer is a blackened crust-thrash band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, active since 2013 with a prolific run of releases blending punk fury with metal heaviness. Their Czech-language tracks like 'Metalomorfoza' and 'Balada Opilcova' fuse crust punk's urgency with thrash and black metal ferocity.

Den Duister blends black metal with dark ambient from the Dutch underground, active since 2016 and whose name — Dutch for "the dark one" — signals an immersion in total darkness. Their hybrid approach layers black metal's aggression beneath ambient's spectral atmospherics.

Den of Iniquity is a black/death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020. They forge a sinister blend of black and death metal from the Rhineland underground.

Denat THC is a doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Bielsko-Biala, Poland, formed in 2024. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out doom and stoner riffs from the Silesian Beskids.

Denata is a death and thrash metal band from Linkoping, Sweden, formed in 2012. The project fuses death metal with thrash velocity.

Dendera formed in Portsmouth and developed from a classic heavy metal-minded group into a more modern melodic metal band without losing their taste for big choruses and guitar-driven drama. Their early EP We Must Fight and debut album The Killing Floor introduced a sound rooted in galloping rhythms, twin-guitar leads, and high-register vocals, drawing energy from traditional British metal and power metal. Pillars of Creation broadened the songwriting with more aggressive riffing and a larger sense of scale, while the Blood Red Sky material showed the band moving toward darker tones and a sharper modern edge. Mask of Lies marked a heavier and more contemporary phase, bringing together clean vocals, screams, polished production, and songs shaped by personal conflict, resilience, and pressure. Dendera's strength has always been the combination of musicianship and directness: they write with the precision of a metal band that values solos and layered arrangements, but their hooks are built to land immediately in a live setting.

Dendrites is a groovy stoner rock and southern metal band from Volos, Greece, formed in 2016, featuring vocalist-guitarist Thanasis Timplalexis and a five-piece lineup including creative member Ioannis Valiakos. Their 2019 album Grow was recorded at Red Goat Studios in Volos and mastered by Steve Lado, earning international critical acclaim for its blend of stoner rock, desert rock, and heavy blues.

Dendrophilia is a post-metal and sludge metal band from Portalbera, in the Pavia province of Lombardy, Italy, formed in 2014. Their album 'Soak Up the Sun' blends alternative noise, sludge, and stoner elements into an eclectic and crushing sonic brew.