Shovell channel doom and stoner metal from Barcelona, building heavy, riff-driven compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring digging-deep heaviness to the Catalan underground.

Shrines of Dying Light are a self-described "melancholic doom metal band from Argovia," with albums "Insomnia" and "Sadness" embodying their focus on emotional weight and crushing deliberation. Their limited-edition digipack releases reflect a commitment to the physical, tactile experience of doom metal.

Shrooms Circle deliver stoner and doom metal from Vevey with a six-piece lineup that includes keyboards, adding symphonic depth to albums like "Venus" and "The Constant Descent." Their sound ranges from psychedelic heaviness to darker, more theatrical territory on releases like "S.L.E. (Sadistic and Lovely Execution)."

Stavropol's Shroud of Frost pair death and doom metal from the North Caucasus city since 2020. Their frozen-burial-cloth name channels the cold of the Caucasian highlands into compositions of atmospheric, crushing duality.

Nizhny Novgorod's Shuja pair death and doom metal from the Volga-Oka confluence since 2019. Their name and origins at the meeting of two great rivers channel the weight of converging waterways into compositions of dual-genre heaviness.

Sidewalk Mafia craft gothic and doom metal from Helsinki, combining dark urban themes with crushing heaviness. Formed in 2022, they bring street-level darkness to the Finnish capital's gothic doom scene.

Somma Lombardo's Sidhe blend doom and gothic metal with a name from Irish fairy mythology since their formation. This Lombard act channels Celtic mysticism through a distinctly Italian lens of dark romanticism.

Bratislava's Sighisoara pair gothic and doom metal from the Slovak capital since 2013. Named for the Transylvanian city where Vlad Dracula was born, over a decade of channeling vampiric heritage into darkly atmospheric compositions from the Danube.

Silent Stream of Godless Elegy are Czech folk/doom metal pioneers from Hranice, blending authentic Moravian folk traditions with crushing doom since 1995. Their nine-album catalog, including works like "Smutnice" and "Navaz," channels ancient Slavic melancholy through heavy instrumentation in a way that few bands have replicated.