Descent to Destruction is a black and death metal band from Malmo, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project merges black metal with death metal from southern Sweden.

Desdania is a symphonic metal project that began in Brussels before relocating to Helsinki, pairing orchestral grandeur with powerful vocals and sweeping compositions. This Belgian-Finnish axis gives them a unique perspective, drawing from both regions' rich metal traditions.

Desdemona is a technical thrash metal band from La Bastide-des-Jourdans, France, active since 2011. Named after Shakespeare's tragic heroine, they deliver technical thrash from Provence.

Desdemonia is a death metal band from Helmdange in Luxembourg, one of the Grand Duchy's longest-running extreme metal acts with roots stretching back to 1998. Their Shakespearean name lends tragic gravitas to nearly three decades of uncompromising death metal.

Desecrated Extinction is a slam/brutal death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2022. They deliver desecrating slam brutality from the Granite City.

Desecrated Grounds is a death/thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They desecrate through fierce death/thrash from the Finnish capital.

Desecration of Mankind is a black metal band from Oleksandriia, Ukraine, formed in 2020. The project channels dark black metal from the Kirovohrad region.

Desecration Rites is a raw black metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2016. They perform unholy rituals through raw, uncompromising black metal from Aragón.

Desecrator of Ichor is a bestial black/death metal band from Greece, formed in 2024 and releasing through Casket Sanctuary Productions. Their debut Apex Nocturnus (2024) delivers ten tracks of pure bestial desecration across thirty-two minutes, issued as a limited digipak CD edition of one hundred hand-numbered copies.