Dagas is a traditional heavy metal band from San Fernando, Buenos Aires, with roots stretching back to 1994. Drawing influence from Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and Black Sabbath, the band gained early recognition by opening for Mercyful Fate in Argentina in 1999, and has continued operating as an independent act focused on dark, occult-themed heavy metal.

Daily Fight is a heavy metal band from Lima, Peru, formed in 2015 and operating in the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal style. The independent act released their demo "Into the Fight" and the single "Passenger Love" in 2016, crafting straightforward heavy metal that draws on classic influences while addressing everyday struggles and metaphorical themes.

Daimoth is a black/heavy metal band from Timbaúba, Pernambuco, Brazil with a history of activity stretching back to 2000 and a period of reactivation around 2017. The band plays raw black metal with satanic lyrical themes, and released the demo "Inquisition" (featuring tracks such as "Nocturnal Terror" and "Fallen Angel") through Acclaim Records.

Dark Alliance is a heavy metal band from the Marília/Tupã region of São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2024. The band plays traditional heavy metal with themes centered on fantasy, evil, darkness, and power, and is listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum as an independent act with a lineup featuring vocals, twin guitars, bass, and drums.

Dark Division is a heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2016, blending heavy metal, hard rock, and progressive metal influences. The band released their debut album "Bring Down The Lies" in December 2016, followed by the EP "Parallel Structures" in January 2018.

Dark Night is a Christian heavy metal band from Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2008 and combining dark, horror-influenced aesthetics with an explicitly Christian lyrical perspective. The band has released a prolific run of independent albums including "Night of Halloween" (2011), "Cemetery Porter" (2012), "Tales After Midnight" (2013), "Zombie" (2014), "Funeral Night" (2015), and "The Crow" (2017), many of which were later remastered and reissued through Christian Metal Underground.

Dark Phoenix is a video game music (VGM) heavy metal band from Brazil that specializes in metal and progressive rock arrangements of classic video game soundtracks, drawing from series such as Mega Man, Castlevania, Street Fighter, and Metal Slug. The band brings jazz fusion and progressive influences to its arrangements, covering both iconic and underrated game music. Their recordings are self-released and available on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

Dark Whisper was a heavy metal band from Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The band's lyrical themes focused on warfare and death, and they operated as an unsigned independent act. They are listed in the Encyclopaedia Metallum and have since split up.

Darkorion is a melodic death/heavy metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2007. Exploring themes of introspection, the cosmos, and Lovecraftian mythology, the band released a self-titled demo in 2021 as an independent act.