Sarapis channel doom metal from Frydlant nad Ostravici, building ponderous, heavy compositions that draw their name from the Greco-Egyptian deity. Their Moravian-Silesian origins lend a particular weight and atmosphere to their approach to doom.

Belgian instrumental stoner/sludge/doom metal duo of guitarist Roel Paulussen and drummer Jelle Stevens, who unleashed crushing riff-heavy mayhem from 2006 through 2016 across seven releases. Their farewell live album "Mutiny at Cafe Cafe" (2017) featured five guest vocalists and closed the book on a decade of heavyweight instrumental devastation.

Sarkophag channel doom/death metal from the Ore Mountains town of Annaberg-Buchholz, building sepulchral compositions that suit their tomb-inspired name. Their Saxon mountain origins lend a cold, isolated atmosphere to their crushing sound.

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.