Salavelatoria channel thrash metal from the Galician countryside near Ponte Caldelas, bringing aggressive velocity to the green, rain-soaked northwest of Spain. Active since 2016, they represent Galicia's growing thrash metal contingent.

Sallimus deliver melodic death metal from Oulu, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with northern Finnish intensity. Emerging in 2025, they bring Arctic melodic extremity to the Finnish death metal landscape.

Salome deal in death metal from Gronau/Epe on the Dutch-German border, their biblical name contrasting with the genre's extreme sonic violence. Their border-town origins place them at the intersection of German and Dutch extreme metal traditions.

Gothenburg's Saltas pair death and doom metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2018. Their enigmatic name and West Coast origins channel concentrated duality into compositions of crushing, melodically aware heaviness.

Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal band formed near Mannheim in 2000, whose name translates as 'dance of death.' The group built their sound around authentic period instruments including bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, and shawm layered over modern rock and metal frameworks, establishing themselves as pioneers of the Mittelalter metal genre with their 2001 debut Tavernakel. Over more than two decades and a dozen studio albums, including Brot und Spiele (2018) and Für immer frei (2020), the band expanded their sonic palette to include orchestral arrangements, most recently collaborating with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on 2024's Finsterwacht.

Almere's Salute the Exiled deliver death metal and deathcore from the planned city near Amsterdam since 2013. Their name honoring the banished channels outsider energy into compositions of modern extremity.

Salvage play heavy metal from the Ruhr Valley cities of Herdecke and Hagen, channeling the industrial heritage of Germany's steel belt into their riff-driven sound. Their working-class roots lend an authentic grit to their traditional metal approach.

A black/death metal outfit from Hollabrunn, Lower Austria, Salvation formed in 1998 and self-released a demo in summer 1999 before going on hiatus and later returning under the name Dark Deception. Their brief early-period output placed them firmly in the raw, underground end of the Austrian extreme metal scene.

Salo forge black/death metal and crust from the Normandy port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, drawing their name from the controversial Pasolini film. Formed in 2020, they bring provocative extremity to the Cotentin peninsula.