From the Pinzgau region of Salzburg province, Scapegod released their debut full-length "Dystopia" in August 2021, describing their style as black-influenced death/dark metal spanning everything from melodic, driving songs to misanthropic hate anthems with screaming guitars and fast double-bass drumming. The band pairs deep, guttural vocals with screaming delivery, giving their compositions a wide dynamic span.

Scapegrace play heavy metal with punk influences from Molln in Schleswig-Holstein, blending traditional metal riffing with punk's raw energy and DIY ethos. Emerging in 2025, they bring a crossover spirit to the North German metal scene.

Scaphandre (French for "Diving Suit") channel depressive black metal from Paris, exploring deep-sea isolation through their submerged aesthetic. Active since 2011, they bring diving-bell desolation to the French DSBM scene.

Scaphicide deliver thrash metal from the German underground, named after an ancient torture method that reflects their genre's tradition of morbid fascination. Their 2025 emergence adds fresh aggression to the German thrash landscape.

Scar of the Sun is an Athenian melodic metal band formed in 2004, originally active in London before establishing themselves in Greece with a sound that evolved from atmospheric modern metal toward a blend of metalcore, djent, and melodic groove metal. After releasing their first two albums A Series of Unfortunate Concurrencies and In Flood on Scarlet Records to favorable reviews, the band signed to Napalm Records and released Inertia in May 2021. The band has toured alongside acts including Dark Tranquillity, Paradise Lost, and Pain of Salvation, and headlined the Greek summer festival Rockwave.

Scar Tissue have been channeling depressive black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 1996. Three decades under their wound-healing name have produced one of Scandinavia's longest-running depressive black metal projects.

Scarabreed forge blackened death metal from Bremgarten, with releases like "Throne of the Dark Ages" drawing on medieval darkness and crushing extremity. Their sound marries the ferocity of death metal with the atmospheric malevolence of black metal.

ScaraSaton explore progressive metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2021. Their name merging scarab and Satan channels Egyptian-infernal themes into technically ambitious compositions.

Scarcyde have been delivering thrash and death metal from the southern Finnish city of Hameenlinna since 2008, making them fixtures of the Kanta-Hame extreme scene. Their nearly two decades of scarring intensity represent sustained commitment.