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Stoner/southern metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in June 2012, featuring Thiago Norvico (vocals), Wendell Lavor and Roger Avlis (guitars), Rubens de Castro (bass), and Henrique Silva (drums). The band has released two albums: I (January 2014) and White Mountain (September 2017), rooted in the heavy riff traditions of Black Sabbath, Pantera, and Corrosion of Conformity.
Spline is a southern metal band from Memphis, Tennessee, formed in 2010, channeling the groove, grit, and blues-inflected aggression that has defined the Memphis underground's hard edge for decades.
Huntingtown, Maryland southern and stoner metal band founded in 2019, blending the grit of Southern-style metal with the fuzz-drenched grooves of the stoner rock tradition.
StoneBender is a Southern metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2024, an unusual transplant of the Southern metal aesthetic — groove-heavy riffs and swampy, aggressive energy — to the Pacific Northwest.
Monroe, Louisiana sludge and southern metal band formed in 2014, grounding heavy, slow-grinding riff work in the southern metal tradition, infusing their sound with the regional grit and swamp-inflected atmosphere of the Deep South.
Experimental southern and black metal band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2021, defying easy categorization by blending the atmospheric harshness of black metal with the roots-inflected heaviness of southern metal and a restlessly experimental compositional approach.
Sun Gods in Exile is a heavy metal and Southern rock-influenced band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2009, blending classic hard rock swagger with the earthy, blues-inflected grit of Southern metal.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana sludge and Southern metal band formed in 2018, channeling the suffocating heaviness of the Gulf Coast underground through down-tuned riffs and a thick, swampy production aesthetic native to the region.
Apopka, Florida groove and Southern metal band formed in 2022, delivering heavy mid-paced riffing with a distinctly Floridian character that draws from the groove metal and Southern rock-influenced heavy metal tradition.
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