Shadowthrone have been blending melodic death metal with gothic metal from Zweibrucken since 2000, making them veterans of the Rhineland-Palatinate extreme metal scene. Their quarter-century of activity has produced a body of work that balances aggression with dark romanticism.

Sharzall craft gothic metal from an undisclosed Slovak location since 2017. Their enigmatic name channels undisclosed meaning into darkly atmospheric compositions of anonymous Central European gothic metal.

Shroud of Tears craft gothic metal from the Galician port of A Coruna, weaving dark romantic themes through heavy compositions with the melancholy of Spain's rainy northwest. Active since 2014, they bring Celtic-influenced gloom to the Iberian gothic scene.

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.

Varese's Sidne deliver gothic metal from the Lombard lakes since 2020. Their sound trades in the atmospheric melancholy and dramatic tension that define gothic metal at its most evocative.

Siebenbürgen formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1994, blending melodic black metal with gothic atmospherics and themes drawn from vampirism, darkness, and Nordic folklore. The band secured a deal with Napalm Records on the strength of their 1996 demo Ungentum Pharelis, leading to their debut album Loreia in 1997. Their third album Delictum marked a shift to English-language lyrics and a more pronounced gothic sensibility, a direction they continued through Darker Designs & Images (2005) and Revelation VI (2008). Active across two periods from 1994 to 2009, they remain a notable entry in the Scandinavian gothic-black metal tradition.

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.

Silence the Yearning blend melodic death metal with gothic metal from the Spanish underground, combining aggressive extremity with dark romantic longing. Active since 2015, they bring emotional depth to their Iberian melodic extreme sound.