Desert Priest is a black and doom metal band from Dnipro, Ukraine, formed in 2015. The project merges black metal with doom metal from the Dnieper River city.

Desert Rider is a stoner metal/rock band from the Umbrian city of Perugia, cruising through fuzz-laden, groove-heavy compositions inspired by the American desert rock tradition. Their sound channels Kyuss and Fu Manchu through the ancient streets of central Italy.

Desert Smoker is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from London, England, formed in 2017. They deliver desert-smoked heaviness across sludge, stoner, and doom.

Desert Storm is a power metal band from Vsetin, Czech Republic, active since 2008 and delivering the genre's characteristic blend of soaring melodies, powerful vocals, and galloping rhythms. Their long-running presence in the Czech scene reflects a dedication to the power metal craft.

Deserted Fear is a death metal band from Eisenberg, Germany, formed in 2025, whose sound evolved from pure death metal toward melodic death and groove metal. They bring a modern edge to their East German death metal foundations.

A Brussels-based death and thrash metal band active from 2009 to 2021, Deserter released their debut full-length Coils of the Lesser Serpent on Vile Records, a record notable for incorporating oriental and classical music influences alongside their driving thrash-death framework. The band's drummer Sander Vogt joined in 2012 and solidified the lineup that recorded their most developed material.

Desertomen is a heavy, power, and progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2022. The band blend the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity and classic heavy metal foundations.

Deserves to Die is a metalcore band from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, active since 2015 and delivering the genre's characteristic blend of heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals. Their provocative name channels the confrontational spirit of hardcore into metalcore's punishing framework.

Deshody plays progressive thrash/groove metal from Sora in the Frosinone province, fusing thrash's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic weight and progressive metal's structural ambition. Their tri-genre approach creates compositions that are at once headbangable and intellectually engaging.