Desum is a black/death metal band from Hungary, formed in 2018. The band channel extreme metal aggression at the intersection of black and death metal.

Desybes is a melodic thrash metal band from Belfort, France, active since 2007. They deliver melodic thrash from eastern France.

Desynchronized is a death metal band from Kaliningrad, Russia, formed in 2023. The project delivers aggressive death metal from Russia's Baltic exclave.

Desartico plays stoner/doom metal and rock from Zaragoza in Aragon, active since 2019 and evoking the dry, sun-baked character of the Ebro Valley through fuzz-drenched heaviness. Their name — a Spanish portmanteau of desert and Arctic — captures the temperature extremes of both their sound and their homeland.

Det Eviga Leendet is a black metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2018. The project's Swedish name, meaning 'The Eternal Smile,' channels atmospheric black metal.

Detached is a power and symphonic metal band from Modena, active since 2010 and pairing soaring vocal melodies with orchestral keyboard arrangements and driving rhythms. Their compositions channel the grandeur of European symphonic metal with the energetic momentum of power metal.

Detained is a heavy metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2015. The project delivers classic heavy metal from the university city.

Deteriors is a thrash metal band from Fabriano, in the Ancona province of the Marche region, Italy, formed in 1991. One of the longest-running thrash acts in central Italy, the band has delivered decades of aggressive thrash metal from the underground.

Determined is a thrash/groove metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, active since 2011. They combine thrash metal's speed with groove metal's rhythmic power.