Dèria is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Figueres, Spain, formed in 2023. They play energetic heavy metal and hard rock from the Catalan town famous for Dalí.

Défaillance is a black metal band from Grand Est, France, active since 2005. Their name meaning 'failure,' they deliver raw black metal from eastern France.

Défi is a heavy metal band from Paris, France, active since 2012. Their name meaning 'challenge,' they deliver classic heavy metal from the French capital.

Défunt is a black/doom metal and ambient band from Marseille, France, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'deceased,' they explore the space between black metal, doom, and ambient.

Déhà is a prolific Brussels-based extreme metal project offering a vast catalog spanning black metal, doom, and ambient under a free-download ethos. Founded as a solo vehicle with numerous collaborative works, the project treats music as a transformative medium, releasing material through the Musical Excrements imprint.

Délirant is a black metal band from Alicante, Spain, formed in 2018. They deliver delirious black metal from the Mediterranean coast.

Détresse is a black metal trio formed in Vienna in 2023 with members drawn from Austria and Québec, a transatlantic lineup that brings together francophone lyrical sensibility and European extremity. Their debut album Pessimismes, released in 2025, is a six-track collection that leans into depressive and post-black metal textures.

Détruits Bâtards is a sludge/doom metal and punk band from Metz, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning 'destroyed bastards,' they deliver filthy sludge, doom, and punk.

Déçu is an atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Occitanie, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning 'disappointed,' they create immersive atmospheric black metal.