Spillage is a Chicago doom and heavy metal band formed in 2015, combining the grinding tempos and crushing weight of doom metal with the riff-centered swagger of traditional heavy metal.

Spinal Tap is the Los Angeles fictional heavy metal band created for Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, whose satirical portrayal of rock excess became one of the most influential comedies in music history and a touchstone for heavy metal culture worldwide.

Epic traditional doom/heavy metal. Nate Garrett delivers riffs and melodies with crushing emotional weight.

Spiritus Mundi is a heavy and thrash metal band from Sylvania, Ohio, formed in 2011, taking its name from W.B. Yeats and channeling classic metal aggression with a riff-centric approach rooted in the traditions of both genres.

Splatter Pattern is a heavy metal band from Clifton, New Jersey, formed in 2020, drawing on traditional metal influences with the grit characteristic of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan underground.

Splintered Throne is a heavy and power metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2012, playing melodic, anthem-driven metal with the soaring vocals and twin-guitar energy that characterize the classic power metal tradition.

Split Image is a heavy and thrash metal band from Campbell, California, formed in 2019, playing riff-driven traditional metal with a thrash edge rooted in the Bay Area's storied history with the genre.

Split Image is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from South Easton, Massachusetts, formed in 2019, combining hook-laden traditional metal with melodic hard rock in the classic New England style.

Split Point is a groove, thrash, and heavy metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2017, blending the syncopated punch of groove metal with the intensity of thrash in a hard-hitting style rooted in the Garden State's metal underground.