Botkyrka's Souvenir play melodic heavy metal from the Stockholm suburb since 2011. Over a decade from Greater Stockholm, their memento name channels the preservation of meaningful memories into compositions of accessible traditional metal.

Borlange's SOV practice black metal from the Dalarna city since 2015. Their terse acronym and copper-country origins channel concentrated darkness into atmospheric compositions from the Swedish heartland.

Sovengar play folk and viking metal from the Castilian city of Albacete, bringing Norse-themed compositions to the La Mancha plateau. Active since 2015, they create an unexpected but fascinating fusion of Scandinavian mythology with Iberian geography.

Ljubljana's Sovrag merge blackened death and thrash metal from the Slovenian capital since 2021. Their Slovenian name meaning "enemy" or "adversary" channels the confrontation with hostile forces into compositions of triple-genre aggression.

Sowulo is a Dutch neo-folk and dark folk project founded in 2010 by multi-instrumentalist and composer Faber Horbach, who performs and records the project entirely on his own. Drawing on Germanic and Norse pagan traditions, Horbach uses historical instruments — including Irish bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, and nyckelharpa — alongside Anglo-Saxon lyrics to construct immersive ritual soundscapes. The project's discography includes Alvenrad (2013), Sol (2016), Mann (2019), Wurdiz (2022), and Niht (2025), all released through Season of Mist. Sowulo occupies a serious and scholarly corner of the pagan folk spectrum, distinct from the more theatrical approaches common to the genre.

Soylent Green craft progressive metal from the Schleswig-Holstein town of Tellingstedt, their dystopian-film name hinting at conceptual ambitions beyond standard metal fare. Formed in 2022, they bring cerebral intensity to the North German countryside.

Space Chaser deliver thrash and speed metal from Berlin, channeling the genre's breakneck velocity through cosmic-themed compositions. Active since 2017, they've built a reputation for high-energy, interstellar thrash that combines old-school aggression with science fiction imagery.

Arvika's Space Cult pair progressive and stoner metal from the Varmland town since 2019. Their cosmic-worship name and origins near the Norwegian border channel the veneration of the universe into compositions of expansive, genre-crossing heaviness.

Falun's Space Dwarves deliver doom metal from the Dalarna capital since 2024. Their absurdist name combining cosmic scale with diminutive beings channels the comedy of universal smallness into compositions of freshly-minted heaviness.