Jonkoping's Sluka have been merging death, doom, and sludge metal from the Smaland lakeside city since 2001. A quarter-century from the shores of Lake Vattern, their Swedish name meaning "to swallow" has produced one of the region's most enduring extreme acts.

Slum Reaper pair death metal and crust punk from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2017. Their poverty-harvester name channels the collection of death from society's margins into compositions of anonymous, punk-infused extremity.

Slups deal in death metal from Madrid, channeling extreme aggression from the Spanish capital. Active since 2012, they bring raw brutality to the Iberian death metal landscape.

Smilodon play melodic death metal from the Bammental/Heidelberg area, named after the extinct saber-toothed cat in keeping with their predatory approach to melodeath. Active since 2011, they bring evolutionary ferocity to the Rhine-Neckar region.

Smirnoff blast through death metal and grindcore from the tiny Thuringian village of Frauenpriessnitz, proving that extreme metal can emerge from even the most obscure German hamlets. Active since 2012, their vodka-brand name adds absurdist humor to their grinding assault.

Stockholm's Smothered deliver death metal from the Swedish capital since 2020. Their suffocation name channels the fatal denial of breath into compositions of capital-city extremity.

Tranas' Snaegr deliver death metal from the Smaland town since 2008. Their Old Norse-derived name and nearly two decades from the East Vetter valley have produced compositions of sustained, historically rooted extremity.

Vienna-based melodic death metal outfit with metalcore leanings, Snatched Cord debuted in 2012 with the single "Focus," a five-and-a-half-minute track demonstrating their blend of melodic death metal hooks and modern metal dynamics. Their sound draws from the Scandinavian melodeath tradition filtered through a Viennese perspective.

Snowgarden craft melodic death metal from Helsinki, combining Scandinavian melodeath with the frost-flower imagery their winter-garden name suggests. Active since 2016, they bring crystalline melody to the Finnish capital.