Stonewielders craft doom and sludge metal from Bielefeld, building crushing compositions from the city famously said not to exist. Active since 2018, they bring ponderous, stone-wielding heaviness to the Westphalian underground.

Uppsala's Stormr pair heavy and doom metal from Sweden's academic capital since 2018. Their Old Norse name meaning "storm" channels the tempestuous energy of Viking-age weather into compositions of weighty, historically rooted metal.

Straw have been crafting heavy, stoner, and doom metal from Solingen since 1996, making them one of the longest-running stoner/doom acts in the Bergisches Land. Their three decades of riff-driven heaviness have cemented their place in the North Rhine-Westphalia underground.

Rome's Stremonium deliver doom metal named for the Datura genus since 2025. Their poisonous-botanical name and capital-city origins frame compositions of toxic, overwhelming heaviness.

Savona's Stria pair doom and sludge metal from the Ligurian coast since 2010. Their geological name, referencing surface markings, suggests a sound etched with deliberate, striated heaviness.

Stunner channel southern, stoner, and doom metal from Dresden, building groove-laden compositions with the sun-baked heaviness of the American South transported to the Elbe Valley. Active since 2017, they bring laid-back crushing weight to the Saxon scene.

Győr's Stvannyr weave black, doom, and folk metal into a tapestry of Hungarian heritage since 2018. Their multi-genre approach reflects the cultural intersection of their northwestern border-region home.

Kazan's Stygian Eternity pair melodic death and doom metal from the Tatar capital since 2013. Their name referencing the eternal River Styx channels the underworld's timelessness into compositions that merge melody with crushing weight from the Volga-Kama confluence.

Atmospheric doom/death/post-metal project from Flanders, formed in 2022, whose name references the River Styx of Greek mythology. Their multi-genre approach creates expansive, emotionally weighted compositions that draw from the heaviest and most atmospheric corners of extreme metal.