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Servants to the Tide

Hamburg, DE · 2021–present · active
Servants to the Tide are a Hamburg-based epic doom metal outfit featuring keyboards alongside traditional guitar work, creating a symphonic dimension to their crushing heaviness. Albums like "Where Time Will Come To Die" showcase their ability to blend orchestral grandeur with the genre's monolithic weight.
Doom Metal

Sethnefer

Oldenburg, DE · 2006–present · active
Sethnefer craft melodic doom/death metal and rock from Oldenburg, blending the emotional weight of doom with melodic accessibility since 2006. Their Egyptian-mythology-inspired name adds an exotic dimension to their North German sound.
Death MetalDoom Metal

Sethqen

Dresden, DE · 2012–present · active
Sethqen channel doom/death metal from Dresden, building ponderous, heavy compositions from the Saxon capital. Active since 2012, they bring the crushing deliberation of doom/death to one of eastern Germany's most culturally rich cities.
Death MetalDoom Metal

Seven Circles

Gothenburg, SE · 2013–present · active
Gothenburg's Seven Circles pair progressive heavy and doom metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2013. Named for the seven circles of hell, their Dantean reference channels infernal descent into compositions of over a decade of ambitious, genre-blending heaviness.
Doom MetalHeavy MetalProgressive Metal

Seven Sisters of Sleep

CA, US · 2009–present · active
Seven Sisters of Sleep is a sludge and doom metal band from Southern California, formed in mid-2009 from members of Tafkata and The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God. The band built their sound on a foundation of occult-themed, downtuned sludge drawing from doom, death metal, black metal, and d-beat, releasing records on A389 Recordings and Southern Lord, among others. They released multiple full-length albums before disbanding following legal troubles involving a former member, leaving behind a body of work regarded as important within the Southern California heavy underground.
Doom MetalSludge Metal

Seventh Circle

Santa Barbara, CA, US · 2008–present · active
Santa Barbara, California's Seventh Circle occupy a darkly syncretic extreme metal space, weaving together the bleakness of black metal, the heaviness of death metal, and the grinding weight of doom into a single suffocating whole. Active since 2008, they've developed a reputation for uncompromising, multi-dimensional heaviness that refuses easy categorization.
Black MetalDeath MetalDoom Metal

Severed Boy

Boston, MA, US · 2021–present · active
Severed Boy is a Boston, Massachusetts project formed in 2021 that dissolves the lines between black metal, death metal, and funeral-paced doom. Their Bandcamp presence reflects an underground one-person or small-band aesthetic, channeling bleakness through a dense, multi-genre lens.
Black MetalDeath DoomDeath MetalDoom Metal

Severer

Lafayette, LA, US · 2015–present · active
Severer is a Lafayette, Louisiana doom and sludge metal band formed in 2015, drawing naturally on the heavy, humid atmosphere that has made Louisiana a breeding ground for miserable, crushing music. Their sound channels the slow-burn punishment of sludge alongside the weighted despair of traditional doom, firmly rooted in the Gulf Coast underground.
Doom MetalSludge Metal

Sfumato

Darmstadt, DE · 2012–present · active
Sfumato blend doom with progressive metal from Darmstadt, taking their name from Leonardo da Vinci's painting technique of soft, hazy transitions between colors. This Renaissance art reference perfectly captures their approach: compositions that blur the boundaries between heaviness and atmospheric beauty.
Doom MetalProgressive Metal

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