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.

Scheiterhaufen ("Funeral Pyre") forge black and doom metal from Frankfurt am Main, combining the atmospheric menace of black metal with doom's crushing deliberation. Formed in 2024, they bring a new voice to the Hessian financial capital's surprisingly deep metal underground.

Piacenza's Schloost blend doom and stoner metal from the Emilian plains since 2013. Their nonsensical name suits an approach that favors thick, fuzzy riffs over intellectual pretension.

Scornful Enlightenment craft atmospheric sludge and doom metal from the Finnish underground, building immersive, heavy compositions that channel intellectual contempt. Formed in 2019, they bring crushing philosophical weight to the Finnish atmospheric metal scene.

A doom/gothic metal band from Judenburg, Styria, Scram! explore the atmospheric and melancholic intersection of doom and gothic metal, a combination documented on the Encyclopaedia Metallum among Austria's active extreme metal acts. Their Bandcamp page at abandcalledscram catalogues their independent output within the Austrian doom underground.

Screaming Skull combine thrash and doom metal from Nuremberg, blending high-speed aggression with crushing, deliberate heaviness. Their Franconian output navigates the extremes of tempo and weight within their dual-genre approach.

Scythian Fall craft sludge and doom metal from Furth near Nuremberg, building crushing, deliberate compositions that favor weight over speed. Their name, evoking the ancient nomadic warriors' downfall, lends historical gravity to their ponderous sound.