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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Chicago sludge and doom metal band founded in 2016, crafting dense, slow-burning compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy music that values atmosphere as much as volume.
Colossal Stoner / Doom Metal from San Antonio.
Houston doom and heavy metal band formed in 2021, drawing on psychedelic hard rock and classic doom influences to craft a sound that bridges vintage heavy rock and modern metal.
Portland, Maine funeral doom metal band active since 2018, specializing in the genre's characteristically glacial tempos and immense sonic weight, bringing an extreme iteration of doom to New England.
Stone Elk is a stoner/doom metal outfit from Missoula, Montana, formed in 2016, delivering thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and loping tempos rooted in the wide-open terrain of the Mountain West.
Stone Giant is a doom metal band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 2015, known for monolithic riff structures and slow, crushing tempos that evoke the weight of the Rocky Mountain landscape.
Stone Magnum is a traditional doom metal band from Michigan City, Indiana, formed in 2012, rooted in the classic doom sounds of Black Sabbath and Candlemass with a distinctly Midwestern heaviness.
Houston power trio delivering Sabbath-style doom and savage sludge. Signed to Ripple Music.
Stone Ritual is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Redford Charter Township, Michigan, formed in 2015, weaving together the region's industrial heaviness with slow, ceremonial tempos and filthy, feedback-soaked tones.
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