In the old days one turboprop I flew had a slow speed descent option,
Flight Idle. hold level and let speed come back and take gear and full flap at the appropriate speeds then hold the flap limit speed. You spend longer at altitude but have a much steeper descent angle. Really it was only likely if you were on fire and the airport was right underneath you, or you were in really high mountains and knew you were over the valley floor. The preferred descent for things like depressurisation was still VMo/MMo or current speed if damage suspected.
All the jets I've been on are clean descent (speed brake excepting)