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Philadelphia's Ritual Earth blend stoner metal's fuzz-soaked groove with doom's crushing weight, a combination that trades in the psychedelic rather than the horrific. Since 2018 they've been developing a sound rooted in Electric Wizard territory while carrying the grittiness of a band forged in a city that doesn't romanticize its edges. The Philly underground gives them a scrappy foundation that keeps the stoner haze from drifting too far into self-indulgence.
Stoner/doom metal band from Perm, Russia, active since 2017. Their psychedelic name accompanies hazy, crushing stoner doom from the Ural city.
Ritual Mist is a doom metal band from Turku in southwestern Finland, active since 2012. The band delivers slow, atmospheric doom metal from Finland's oldest city.
Odesa psychedelic doom/stoner metal act formed in 2018, merging trippy sonic explorations with crushing heaviness from Ukraine's Black Sea coast. Their genre-spanning approach channels both psychedelia's vision and doom's oppressive weight.
Sludge/doom metal band from Portugal, formed in 2020. Their Dutch-styled name, meaning 'rituals,' accompanies crushing heaviness.
Plattsburgh, New York sits near the Canadian border in the northern Adirondack region — about as far from the coastal metal corridors as you can get while still being in New York State — and that geographic remove seems to suit Riven's thrash metal approach, formed in 2017. Their sound draws on the classic Bay Area and East Coast thrash traditions, favoring tight riff structures and aggressive forward momentum. The regional isolation gives their output a self-reliant quality common to metal scenes far from major metropolitan centers.
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Ankara melodic death/doom metal act formed in 2021, weaving sorrowful melodies through crushing heaviness from Turkey's capital. Their mournful approach channels the emotional weight of both traditions.
Saint Paul, Minnesota's Roach Eater have been serving up stoner/doom since 2019, a genre combination that thrives in the upper Midwest's long winters and appreciation for music that sprawls and crushes in equal measure. Their sound lives in the low end — fuzz-heavy riffs that move at funeral pace while carrying just enough psychedelic haze to keep things interesting. The name is deliberately off-putting, but it captures the band's refusal to make anything easy or comfortable.
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