Sundsvall's Setherial have been one of Sweden's formative black metal acts since 1998. Nearly three decades from the Norrland coastal city, they helped establish the Swedish black metal sound alongside peers like Marduk and Dark Funeral.

Seuche ("Plague") deal in black/death metal from Bavaria, channeling pestilential themes through extreme metal aggression. Their name perfectly suits the virulent intensity of their sound.

Seuchen ("Plagues") practice black metal from the German underground, their plural-form pestilence name suggesting an even more widespread contagion of darkness than their near-namesakes. Active since 2020, they channel the genre's most misanthropic impulses.

Named after the French phrase for 'alone in the dark,' this Brest-based project has crafted atmospheric post-black metal since 2022. Seul dans le Noir channels Brittany's windswept coastal melancholy into shimmering tremolo passages and introspective soundscapes.

Marseille's Seules les Mortes, whose name translates to 'only the dead women,' emerged in 2019 with a post-black metal vision steeped in feminist and literary themes. Their compositions layer ethereal textures over black metal's abrasive foundation, reflecting the Mediterranean port city's cultural complexity.

Seven Portals channel black metal from Hanover, their name suggesting dimensional gateways to darkness. Formed in 2021, they bring esoteric black metal to the Lower Saxon capital.

Multi-genre extreme metal band from Tielt in West Flanders, active since 2008, blending black metal, death metal, grindcore, and crust punk into a volatile sonic cocktail. Their stylistic range reflects an uncompromising approach to extreme music that refuses genre boundaries.

Active since 2009 in Brest, Seviss has spent over a decade cultivating a harsh, frigid black metal sound shaped by Brittany's Atlantic storms and grey skies. Their catalog reflects the solitary, windblown character of France's westernmost peninsula.

Sexlucifer forge black/thrash metal from the Finnish underground, combining blasphemous provocation with dual-genre aggression. Active since 2016, they bring infernal intensity to the Nordic black/thrash scene.