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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Salt Lake City's Hyde Park blend stoner, sludge, and doom into something ponderous and psychedelic since 2021, the high-altitude desert setting lending their sound an arid, expansive quality. Fuzz-drenched and unhurried.
Fresno's Hymns to the Stone move at the pace of sediment, layering stoner fuzz, sludge grime, and doom weight into slow-burning rituals of sound. Since 2014, they've treated heaviness as a meditative practice rather than a competition.
Hyper Talbot is a doom/stoner/sludge metal band from Algeciras, Spain, active since 2014 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hypervenom is a stoner/sludge metal band from Salerno, Italy, active since 2018 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Hyperwülff is a stoner/sludge metal, electronic/soundtrack band from Bologna, Italy, active since 2014 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Hämnd is a sludge/post-metal band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2024. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Håndgemeng is a stoner/sludge metal band from Drøbak, Norway, active since 2018 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Nottingham-based sludge metal act active since 2019. Their occult name adds mystical overtones to heavy, abrasive compositions from the East Midlands underground.
Brutal death metal project from Lyon, newly formed in 2026. The freshest addition to France's second city's extreme metal scene, promising unrelenting brutality.
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