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.

Special Buddy Discount is a blackened grindcore band from Rochester, New York, active since 2012, fusing the relentless velocity of grindcore with the abrasive, lo-fi spite of black metal. The deliberately absurdist name belies music of genuine sonic hostility.

Species Splicer is a Lynnwood, Washington band formed in 2017 that operates in the overlapping territory of blackened brutal death metal and deathcore. Their sound grafts the chromatic density and guttural extremity of brutal death metal onto deathcore's breakdown-heavy architecture, with black metal atmosphere woven throughout.

Spectral Archfiend is a black metal project from West Lafayette, Indiana, formed in 2017, crafting raw and aggressive black metal with a firm grounding in the genre's second-wave traditions. The project channels themes of malevolence and darkness through a deliberately harsh sonic palette.

Spectral Blood is a Tampa, Florida death/black metal band formed in 2018, drawing from the city's legendary extreme metal lineage while incorporating the cold menace of black metal. Their sound merges Floridian death metal's thick, churning low end with black metal's atmospheric hostility.

Spectral Damnation is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Kingston, New York, formed in 2018, blending the epic melodic ambition of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity. Their music favors expansive arrangements, technical proficiency, and soaring vocal dynamics.

Spectral Decay is a black metal project from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 2023, delivering raw and uncompromising black metal shaped by the stark, arid character of the desert Southwest. A recent entry into the scene, they embrace the underground ethos of stripped-down, primitive black metal production.

Blasphemous Black Metal out of Texas.

Spectral Manifest is a Houston, Texas black/death metal band with roots going back to 2009, one of the longer-running acts operating at the intersection of those two genres in the state. Their work blends the infernal density of death metal with the blasphemous atmosphere of black metal in the tradition of South American and European underground extremity.

Spectral Omen is a black metal band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2024, emerging from a city with a strong extreme metal underground. Their nascent catalog channels ominous, riff-driven black metal consistent with the darker currents running through the Texas scene.