Kharkiv's Sorrowful Land pair doom and death metal from the war-affected eastern Ukrainian city since 2023. Their terrain-of-grief name channels the sorrow saturating the landscape of eastern Ukraine into compositions of crushing, emotionally charged heaviness.

Melodic death metal band based in Vienna, Austria, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodicism with aggressive death metal foundations. Their compositions balance technical precision with accessible hooks, contributing to Vienna's diverse extreme metal landscape.

Sota de Bastos (a Spanish playing card) forge black/death metal from Madrid, drawing their name from the Iberian card deck. Formed in 2024, they bring distinctly Spanish symbolism to their extreme metal approach.

Sotajumala (Finnish for "War God") have been dealing in death metal from Jyvaskyla since 2001, making them one of central Finland's most established death metal acts. Their quarter-century of divine warfare represents a cornerstone of the Finnish death metal underground.

Sotakirves (Finnish for "War Axe") forge black/death metal from Helsinki, combining battlefield themes with extreme metal aggression since 2004. Their two decades of axe-wielding extremity make them veterans of the Finnish capital's underground.

Stockholm's Soturi pair melodic death metal and metalcore from the Swedish capital since 2024. Their Finnish name meaning "warrior" channels the martial spirit of Scandinavia's eastern neighbor into compositions of freshly-minted, melodically aggressive metal.

Soul Incursion deal in death metal from Helsinki, channeling the spiritual invasion their name describes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2021, they bring soul-penetrating aggression to the Finnish capital.

Soul Massacre unleash death metal from Havirov with albums like "Feast For Kings" and "Purgatory System" delivering relentless extremity across four full-length releases. Their Moravian-Silesian industrial city roots lend a gritty, working-class edge to their punishing sound.

Soul Tomb pair doom and death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2023. Their spirit-burial name channels the entombment of consciousness into compositions of anonymous, crushing heaviness.