Novara's Stillness craft atmospheric black metal from the Piedmontese plains since 2014. Their name's paradoxical quiet suits compositions that build immense intensity from an initial state of calm.

South Holland's Stilte practice black metal with a Dutch name meaning "silence" since 2010. Over a decade, their paradoxical pursuit of quiet through extremity has produced compositions of atmospheric, meditative darkness.

Veenendaal's Stink channel black metal with characteristically Dutch directness since 2011. Their bluntly olfactory name and central Dutch origins strip away all pretense in favor of raw, unadorned aggression.

Stjarnfalt blend atmospheric black metal with ambient and trance elements from the Hallstahammar/Vasteras area since 2019. Their Swedish name meaning "star field" channels the cosmic expanse of the night sky into compositions of boundary-crossing atmospheric immersion.

Stoergeroisch channel depressive black metal from Bavaria, exploring the genre's most anguished emotional territory. Emerging in 2025, they represent the newest wave of Bavarian depressive black metal.

Stone of Erech forge folk and black metal from Madrid, drawing their name from Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. Active since 2015, they bring literary fantasy depth to the Spanish folk/black metal crossover.

Leeuwarden's Stormblown practice black metal from the Frisian capital since 2012. Their wind-ravaged name and North Sea-adjacent origins channel coastal atmospheric fury into compositions of raw, storm-driven extremity.

Stormcast evolved from atmospheric and melodic black metal in Nicosia to melodic/progressive death metal after relocating to Bristol, tracing a stylistic journey that mirrors their geographic one. Their music reflects both Mediterranean warmth and British grey in its shifting tonal palette.

Stormheit forge folk and black metal from the Tampere suburb of Ylojarvi, combining folk traditions with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Formed in 2023, they bring stormy paganism to the Pirkanmaa underground.