Virginia Beach's Devouring Swarm began in 2014 exploring the outer edges of technical death metal before evolving into a more direct and crushing death metal approach — a trajectory that reflects a maturation toward impact over intricacy. They stand as one of the more seasoned acts in the Virginia coastal metal underground.

Dallas brutal death metal. Pioneers of the slam death subgenre with guttural, inhuman heaviness.

Dew of Nothing is a melodic death metal band from Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico, originally formed in 1996 and active through 2002 before reforming in 2014. The band released their debut full-length "Doubleueird" in 1998, returned with "Outsider" in 2015, and issued the full-length "Black Vortex of Chaos" in 2024. They are signed to MAT Records.

Dhemag is a heavy metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2010. The band released their debut full-length "Mr. Sinner" in 2013 and followed with "The Exorcism" in 2016. They remain active and independent as of 2024.

From Galliano, deep in Louisiana's Lafourche Parish bayou country, Dhyana have been channeling the region's eerie stillness into drone/doom metal since 2021. Their sound is slow, heavy, and hypnotic — the musical equivalent of watching dark water move under cypress trees.

Tampa's Diabolic are veterans of the Florida death metal scene, having carried their brutal, relentless approach to the genre from a 2001 formation into the present day. Rooted in the same soil that gave death metal its defining sound, they remain one of the Tampa scene's stubbornly active long-runners.

Portland, Oregon's Diabolic Oath have been conjuring black/death metal in the Pacific Northwest underground since 2018. Their sound traffics in the most merciless intersection of both genres — cavernous production, blasting tempos, and a total disregard for comfort or accessibility.

Diabolous is a doom/stoner metal band with death metal elements from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2012. They released a self-titled EP in 2013 and their debut full-length "Infinite Doom" in 2018. Their lyrical themes draw on horror movies and occult imagery.

New York's Diabolus arrived in 2022 with a thrash metal agenda that leaves no room for half-measures — riffs first, second, and last, built in the aggressive tradition that the state's metal scene has long sustained. Despite being a newer outfit, their approach carries the conviction of bands with far more years behind them.