Haverhill, Massachusetts' Daggar operates in the heavy metal and hard rock space with a no-frills confidence that suits the blue-collar New England context. Since 2013, they've kept things direct and loud without overcomplicating the formula.

Washington's Dagger Moon drags doom metal's funeral pace through crust punk's corroded, anarchic energy — the result is filthy, slow, and corrosive in equal measure. Since 2014 they've explored the intersection where outsider heaviness meets underground metal's dirtiest impulses.

Unhinged Grindcore from Brownsville/Mission/Edinburg.

Hermetic black metal project featuring drummer Antinom, who went on to form Vasaeleth. Active 2003-2009 before disbanding.

Schaumburg, Illinois' Dagoth channels the speed metal and thrash overlap where tempos hit maximum velocity and the riffs carry a razor-sharp urgency. Since 2018, they've embraced the more amphetamine-fueled end of the thrash spectrum.

Virginia's Dahmed tears through brutal death metal, deathcore, and hardcore without stopping to consider where one ends and the other begins — the result is chaotic, punishing, and deliberately overwhelming. Since 2017, they've built a reputation in the underground for unrelenting intensity.

Saint Paul's Daigoro tear through the intersection of death metal brutality and grindcore velocity with thrash-sharpened riffs that refuse to let up. Formed in 2017, they bring a frantic, no-frills aggression to the Twin Cities underground.

Named after the mythic Norse sword that cannot be sheathed without drawing blood, Boston's Dainsleif fuse melodic death metal's sweeping intensity with folk metal's ancient melodic sensibility. One of the newer acts to emerge from the New England scene, formed in 2025.

Taking their name from the Islamic apocalyptic figure, Worcester's Dajjal deal in uncompromising black metal steeped in dread and hostility. Formed in 2018, the project channels an otherworldly malevolence through bleak, razor-edged compositions.