Descender is a thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2010. The band deliver aggressive thrash metal rooted in the traditions of the genre.

Descending is a melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. The band blend melodic death metal hooks with groove-heavy riffing and metalcore breakdowns.

Descending Chaos is a groove metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project delivers heavy groove metal from the west coast.

Descending Void is a death and doom metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, formed in 2012. The project merges death metal with doom metal's weight from the Volga region.

Descendit is a grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2020. Self-described as apolitical yet concerned with social inequities, the trio delivers raw grindcore with crust punk influences.

Descenery is a heavy metal band from Vladivostok, Russia, formed in 2017. The project delivers classic heavy metal from Russia's Pacific coast.

Descensvs is a depressive black metal band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, formed in 2020. They descend into despair through raw depressive black metal from the Canary Islands.

Descent Ark is a southern/groove metal and metalcore band from the Barcelona/Canet de Mar area of Spain, active since 2012. They merge southern groove with metalcore intensity from the Catalan coast.

Descent into Maelstrom is a melodic death metal band from Piacenza, Italy, formed in 2017 by Andrea Bignardi. The project's distinctive approach fuses metal intensity with dodecaphonic twelve-tone compositional techniques, creating an ambitious marriage of avant-garde classical theory and heavy music.