Skalder channel black metal from Kothen in Saxony-Anhalt, drawing their name from the Nordic poetic tradition. Formed in 2020, they bring Scandinavian-influenced darkness to the central German plains.

Skalfar practice black metal from the Hanseatic port of Stralsund on the Baltic coast, channeling the genre's cold fury from one of northeastern Germany's most atmospheric medieval cities. Active since 2016, they draw from their maritime surroundings.

Skanttod channel black metal from Hesse, delivering harsh, uncompromising compositions from the central German highlands. Active since 2011, they've been a steady presence in the Hessian black metal underground.

Skarntyde practice black metal from Upper Bavaria, channeling the genre's dark atmospheres through their Alpine-region compositions. Their Scandinavian-sounding name reflects an allegiance to Nordic black metal traditions.

Viennese death/black metal project whose 2024 demo "Abyssalorum" channels the spectral unrest of Vienna's graveyards through four tracks of atmospheric extremity. Released on Urban Lurk, their sound conjures themes of perpetual damnation with an abyssal, macabre intensity that evokes the darkest corners of the city's history.

Skeuha practice black metal from Zurich, emerging in 2025 as one of the newest voices in the Swiss black metal scene. Their early work channels the genre's raw intensity through a fresh perspective.

Skigis practice black metal from Jyvaskyla, channeling the genre's dark intensity from the central Finnish Lakeland. Active since 2017, they bring forest-dwelling darkness to the Keski-Suomi underground.

Skilfingar blend folk and viking metal with black and death metal influences from Chemnitz, creating a multi-layered sound that draws on both Norse mythology and extreme metal aggression. Active since 2014, they bring pagan themes to the Saxon metal scene.

Skitliv is a Norwegian black-doom metal band founded in Oslo in 2005 by former Mayhem vocalist Maniac (Sven Erik Kristiansen) and Shining vocalist Niklas Kvarforth. The project's name translates from Norwegian and Swedish as 'shit life,' and the band's conceptual focus on nihilism and human degradation reflects Maniac's desire to process his post-Mayhem years and confront personal demons in a darker and more brooding context than his previous work. Signed to Season of Mist, Skitliv remain active as an outlet for Maniac's most extreme artistic impulses.