Depressed is an old-school death metal band from Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed in 1998, with activity resuming around 2012. Signed to Black Lion Records, the band released their debut album Afterlife in Darkness in 2015 and followed it with Beyond the Putrid Fiction in 2019, both marked by fast blasting rhythms, thrashy riffs, and frenzied solos.

Depressiona was a depressive black metal project from Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, blending electronic and industrial elements with the raw abrasiveness of DSBM. Active from 2017 until their split-up, the band contributed a track to the 2019 DSBM Brazil compilation and self-described their sound as melancholic and politically charged.

Depressivesunday is a one-person depressive black metal and dark ambient project from Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina, operated by the artist known as Ojos Funéreos, who handles all instruments, vocals, composition, mixing, and mastering. The project released the single "Ojos podridos" in September 2022 through the Concordia-based DIY label Void Cult, followed by the nine-track album "Unending Autumn Funeral" in June 2023.

Depressor was a death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 1995. The band released a self-titled demo in 1995 and later issued The Book of the Dead in 2004, with additional material surfacing on Bandcamp, representing a long-running presence in the Brazilian underground death metal scene.

Depth Hate is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2015 with a sound characterized by heaviness blended with psychedelic nuances and English-language lyrics dealing with political and social themes. The band gained visibility on ReverbNation's Brazilian metal rankings, reaching the top position in 2016 among the most engaged Brazilian metal acts on social networks.

Dereallization is a depressive black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2021 and active in the Brazilian DSBM underground. The project explores themes of depression, drug abuse, and mental disorders, and appeared on the 2021 national DSBM compilation Coletânea de DSBM Nacional — I (Recanto da Dor).

Desacordo is a crossover thrash metal band from Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band released a self-titled EP in November 2021 and followed it with a second release in October 2022, delivering raw, aggressive thrash fused with hardcore punk energy rooted in the northeastern Brazilian underground scene.

Desahuciado is a black metal band from Quito, Ecuador, formed in 2020. Their sound dwells in themes of absence, nostalgia, and hopelessness, channeled through atmospheric black metal. They released their debut EP, Ecos de Melancresía, in 2024, followed by a split in 2025.

Desalento is a gothic metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, whose name translates to "Discouragement" in Portuguese. The band originally formed in 2001 and was active through 2008 before resuming activity, exploring lyrical themes of deception and anger in the gothic metal tradition.