Dervish is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Kent, England, formed in 2019. They carry the whirling spirit of classic British heavy metal.

Des Esseintes is a doom metal band from San Dona di Piave, in the Venice province of Italy, formed in 2020. Named after the protagonist of Huysmans' decadent novel, the project crafts heavy doom metal steeped in literary and philosophical darkness.

Des Teufels Sturm is a black metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2022. They channel the devil's storm through cold, malevolent black metal.

Desaster is a Swiss heavy metal band from Frauenfeld, active since 1996 and one of the country's most enduring metal acts. With nearly three decades of output, they deliver high-energy, riff-driven heavy metal with an unpolished, raw aesthetic.

Desaster Area is a heavy/speed metal band with punk influences from Dortmund, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver high-energy speed metal spiked with punk attitude.

Descamisados is a death/thrash metal band from Amiens, France, formed in 2021. They deliver fierce death/thrash from Picardy.

Descarado is a doom and stoner metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs from the west coast.

Descend is a melodic thrash and death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2007. The band combine the precision of thrash metal with melodic death metal sensibility in their Greek extreme metal output.

Descend into Despair plays funeral doom metal from Radauti in Bukovina, active since 2010 and one of Romania's premier funeral doom acts. Their glacially paced compositions take the listener on an inexorable downward journey into the most crushing, sorrowful corner of the doom metal spectrum.