SoundsOfSolace is a black metal project from eastern Kentucky, formed in 2022, drawing on the atmospheric and misanthropic currents of the genre while rooted in the rural isolation of Appalachian America.

Sovereign Blaze is a New York City black/death metal and noise project formed in 2025, channeling abrasive, dissonant extremity with elements of noise woven into their attack.

Sovnya is a New Jersey black metal and noise project formed in 2021, taking its name from a Slavic polearm and working in harsh, abrasive territory where raw black metal meets noise.

Soyuz is a US stoner/doom metal band formed in 2020, named after the Soviet-era spacecraft and exploring the heavy, hypnotic riff territory where fuzzed-out stoner rock meets the weight of doom.

Spaceboots is a raw and depressive black metal project from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2013. They work in the lo-fi, emotionally corrosive tradition of depressive black metal, pairing minimal production with bleak atmospheric intensity.

Dallas, Texas outfit Sparrows began in 2011 with a foundation in melodic death metal and metalcore before evolving toward a heavier blackened death metal sound, reflecting the broader evolution of the Dallas extreme metal scene.

Spawnsire is a black/death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2019, fusing the cold, dissonant textures of black metal with the heaviness and malevolence of death metal in the tradition of Chicago's prolific extreme metal underground.

Speaks in Tongues is a black metal and ambient project from Everett, Washington, formed in 2018, weaving atmospheric texture into raw black metal frameworks. Their approach draws on the dissonant, introspective side of the genre, blending harsh aggression with meditative sonic passages.

Spear Siege is a Texas blackened death metal act formed in 2025, combining the aggression of death metal with the cold, blasting ferocity of black metal. A newly emerged project, they represent the current wave of extreme metal coming out of the Lone Star State.