Founded in Salzburg in 2011, Sativa Root play entirely instrumental psychedelic stoner/doom metal, releasing three full-lengths including "Megalobong" and the 2023 album "Kings of the Weed Age," a six-track, 54-minute record recorded and mixed by Georg Traschwandtner. Their hypnotic approach forgoes vocals entirely, letting massive, slowly unfurling riffs and dynamic shifts carry the weight of each piece.

Satuaria craft doom/death metal from the German underground, building ponderous, crushing compositions that channel both genres' heaviest impulses. Their sound favors the slow, deliberate devastation that defines the doom/death intersection.

Saturn Twilight channel doom metal from the Finnish underground, building ponderous compositions inspired by the gas giant's dying light. Active since 2017, they bring planetary weight to the Finnish doom tradition.

Uppsala's Saturniids pair sludge and doom metal from Sweden's ecclesiastical capital since 2021. Named for the giant silk moth family, their entomological reference channels the weight of enormous nocturnal wings into compositions of crushing heaviness.

Saturnist deliver stoner and doom metal from Helsinki, building ringed, heavy compositions inspired by the sixth planet. Active since 2018, they bring gravitational pull to the Finnish capital's stoner/doom scene.

Satyam forge doom/death metal from the northern French city of Lille, building crushing compositions from the French-Belgian border region. Their Sanskrit-named ("truth") approach adds spiritual weight to their extreme metal.

Scarlett craft gothic and doom metal from Magdeburg, blending dark romanticism with crushing heaviness from the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Formed in 2022, they bring brooding atmosphere to the eastern German metal scene.

Turin's Scent of Darkness deliver funeral doom of glacial pace since 2020. Their Piedmontese origins in Italy's automotive capital contrast sharply with music that moves at the slowest possible velocity.

Dzerzhinsk's Schedu pair death and doom metal from the industrial city on the Oka since 2017. Named for the Mesopotamian protective spirit, their chemical-industry-city origins channel ancient guardianship through modern heaviness.