Down the Drain is a melodic Viking/black metal band from the Hürth/Cologne area of Germany, active since 2013. They weave Norse themes through melodic black metal with a Viking spirit.

A post-metal and black metal trio from Liège formed in 2020 by members of Sonny's Heels and Face The Truth, Down to Dust blend noise-rock, hardcore, and blackened atmospherics into a sound ranging from Portrayal of Guilt intensity to Deafheaven sweep. Their 2022 EP No Room for Your Kind was produced by Tim de Gieter (Amenra), and subsequent releases Des Visages Meurtris (2023) and Cette Âme en Peine (2024) cement their position as one of Wallonia's most active experimental metal acts.

Down to Hell is a symphonic melodic black metal band from Malacky, Slovakia, formed in 2014. The project layers symphonic grandeur over melodic black metal.

Downcast Twilight is a melodic death and folk metal project from Birmingham, founded in December 2015 by OG in collaboration with author Marios Koutsoukos, and signed to Stygian Crypt Productions by the end of 2016. Each release explores a different historical era and civilisation, as heard on Wrath of the Anunnaki, Under the Wings of the Aquila, and Alba gu Brath.

Downcasted is a melodic death metal band from Rovaniemi, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver melancholic melodic death metal from the Arctic Circle.

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Downcross is an anticosmic black metal band from Stowbtsy, Belarus, blending melodic intensity with atmospheric dungeon synth passages. Their 2024 album 'White Tower' was hailed by listeners as a monolith of black metal perfection, building on a consistent output since 2019 including 'Invertebrata.'

Downfade is a groove/stoner metal band with thrash influences from the Kiiminki/Oulu area of Finland, formed in 2019. They fade down through heavy grooves and stoner riffs.

Downfall Corporation is a grindcore/death metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver frenzied blasts of grindcore fused with death metal's heaviness.