Seasons in Black forge death and black metal from the Bavarian Forest town of Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut, right on the Czech border. Emerging in 2025, their remote, border-town origins lend a wild, frontier energy to their extreme metal.

Sebold deal in black/death metal from Hanover, channeling extreme aggression from Lower Saxony's capital city. Formed in 2024, they represent the newest wave of Hanoverian extremity.

Seclorum Ornament emerged in 2024 from Thurgau, practicing black metal that draws on the genre's ornate, ritualistic traditions. Their sound reaches for the ceremonial and the transcendent within the framework of extreme metal.

Secluded Spire practice black metal from the Saarland, channeling solitary, tower-like atmospheres through their harsh compositions. Their name evokes the isolated, vertical intensity of their approach to the genre.

Saint Petersburg's Second to Sun practice raw black metal from the former imperial capital since 2011. Their cosmic name and cultural-capital origins channel the fire of approaching the sun into over a decade of atmospheric compositions.

Secretum Ritus ("Secret Rite" in Latin) practice pagan black metal from Helsinki, channeling hidden rituals through atmospheric compositions. Their Finnish capital base provides an urban setting for their mystical, nature-oriented extreme metal.

Murmansk's Sect practice black metal from the Arctic port city since 2012. Their cultish name and far-northern origins channel the extremism of polar isolation into atmospheric compositions from the Kola Peninsula.

Sectum Sempra channel melodic black metal from the French underground, drawing their name from the Harry Potter curse. Formed in 2022, they bring spell-casting darkness to the French black metal scene.

Securitate practice black metal from Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock in North Rhine-Westphalia, their name referencing the Romanian secret police in keeping with black metal's fascination with authoritarian imagery. Their crust-influenced output adds a punk dimension to their extremity.