Dog Chasing Sun plays stoner/doom metal from Moscow, active since 2018 and pursuing the blinding riff with canine determination. Their playful name belies the crushing weight of their fuzz-drenched, slow-motion compositions.

A gothic doom metal band from Graz, Austria, whose debut self-titled EP (2025) spans five tracks and 25 minutes of low-tuned, oppressive riffing and keyboard atmosphere situated between classic doom and Gothic metal. The release includes a cover of Type O Negative's 'Love You To Death' and conceptually explores themes of excessive pride, power, and inevitable decline.

Dog Tired is a groove metal band from Penicuik near Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2016. Their discography includes the albums Titan, It Came from the Sun, The Electric Abyss, and The Red Verse, all released through their own dogtiredmetal.com platform.

Doga is a melodic heavy metal band from Karviná, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. They blend catchy melodies with heavy metal muscle for an accessible yet hard-hitting sound.

Doggod is a sludge/stoner metal band from Tübingen, Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver heavy, fuzz-drenched sludge and stoner riffs.

Doghag is a Munich-based sludge metal act formed in 2023, delivering thick, distorted slabs of low-tuned heaviness. Their deliberately unpleasant name matches a sound that revels in ugliness and weight over beauty and finesse.

Dogjaw is a heavy/speed metal and punk rock band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. They deliver ferocious speed metal spiked with punk rock attitude.

Dogma Inc. is a grindcore and thrash metal band from Sala, Slovakia, formed in 2017. The project merges grinding extremity with thrash velocity.

Dogma IVS is a melodic death metal and metalcore act from Goslar in the Harz Mountains, active since 1999 and among the longer-running bands bridging these two genres in Germany. Their quarter-century career spans the entire evolution of melodeath-influenced metalcore.