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Boston's Wizard Cult formed in 2015 and have planted themselves firmly in the city's doom and stoner underground, conjuring slow-burning heaviness that pairs crushing guitar weight with an almost meditative, hypnotic quality. Their sound carries the ritualistic feel their name implies — repetition and density used as tools for inducing a trance-like state rather than simply bludgeoning the listener. They're a worthy addition to Boston's rich tradition of heavy, riff-obsessed acts.
Richmond, Virginia's Wizard Hand have been conjuring stoner doom heaviness since 2018, emerging from a city that has quietly built one of the South's most adventurous heavy music underground scenes. Their sound leans into the hypnotic interplay between earth-shaking low end and fuzz-soaked melody that defines the best of the stoner doom tradition. Richmond's fertile heavy scene clearly shaped their approach to slow, immersive riff craft.
Psychedelic doom metal project from Germany formed in 2017. Wizard Wolf conjures heavy, mind-bending soundscapes that merge the crushing weight of doom with psychedelic experimentation.
Symphonic doom/heavy metal and ambient band from Saint Petersburg, Russia active since 2015. Wizards blend the crushing weight of doom with symphonic arrangements and ambient passages.
Sludge and doom metal band from Ylivieska, Finland emerging in 2025. Wizards Sleeves delivers crushing sludge and doom from the Ostrobothnian plains of western Finland.
Kalispell, Montana's Wizzerd formed in 2015 in one of the most geographically remote metal scenes in the country, and that isolation informs their sprawling, cosmic take on stoner and doom metal. Their music reaches for the same vast open spaces that define Big Sky Country, building long, heavy compositions that feel as expansive as the landscape surrounding them. Among the handful of heavy bands calling Montana home, Wizzerd stand out for their genuine ambition and prolific output.
Dallas stoner doom with huge psychedelic riffs. Some of the heaviest grooves in Texas.
Funeral doom metal band from Grodno, Belarus whose extended compositions regularly exceed twelve minutes in length. Their acclaimed 2023 third album Along the Meandering Ordeals, Reshape the Pivot of Harmony builds on a catalog stretching back to 2014's A Step Into The Waters Of Forgetfulness, earning praise as some of the finest funeral doom in the genre.
Funeral doom band from Aarhus, Denmark delivering dark, slow-paced extremity across a deep catalog including The Forestroamer, Marrow of Dreams, and Deathstination. Their oppressive funeral doom crawls through extended compositions of grief-stricken heaviness.
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