Space Vikings are a power metal band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 2011. They blend soaring melodic hooks and galloping rhythms with a playful conceptual premise, landing squarely in the anthemic, high-energy tradition of American power metal.

Spaz Attack is a heavy and power metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2017, delivering the high-energy riff-driven approach of classic American heavy metal with the melodic sensibility of the power metal tradition.

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.

Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.

Spellmaster is a power metal band from Massachusetts, formed in 2020, crafting melodic power metal with an emphasis on soaring vocal harmonies and anthemic compositions in the classic American power metal tradition.

Spiritual Sickness is a progressive power metal band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2012, combining the melodic sweep and clean vocal delivery of power metal with the technical complexity and shifting dynamics of progressive metal.

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.

Wilmington, North Carolina's Sponsel play a hard-driving blend of heavy, power, and speed metal, channeling the high-energy urgency of the classic American metal underground since 2017.

SSR is a Houston, Texas progressive/technical power-thrash metal band formed in 2022, blending the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggressive drive of thrash and the melodic ambition of power metal.

Portland, Oregon power/thrash metal band formed in 2012, State of the Art combines the soaring vocals and anthemic drive of power metal with the speed and aggression of thrash.

Philadelphia progressive power metal band formed in 2022, combining the anthemic melodic drive of power metal with the structural complexity and technical ambition of the progressive tradition.

Milwaukee power metal band formed in 2016, pursuing the bombastic melodic grandeur and soaring vocal style central to the European-influenced American power metal tradition.

Veteran Los Angeles progressive power metal band formed in 1995, recognized for elaborate compositions, technically proficient musicianship, and a decade-spanning catalog that helped define the American progressive power metal underground.

Radford, Virginia power and heavy metal band formed in 2012, delivering muscular traditional metal with an emphasis on strong melodic songwriting and classic heavy metal song structures.

Sacramento heavy and power metal band formed in 2011, combining the anthemic drive of power metal with the directness and grit of traditional heavy metal in the American style.