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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Abused Keyhole delivers stoner and doom metal from Naples since 2020, a city whose chaotic energy and ancient subterranean passages seem to feed their hazy, heavy sound. Their surreal name matches the lysergic quality of Neapolitan stoner doom.
Sinj's Achachak generate heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner metal from the Dalmatian hinterland, proving that the genre thrives in Croatia's sun-baked interior. Since 2020, they've been building a catalogue of riff-heavy psychedelic heaviness.
Acherontia is a sludge and stoner metal band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2012, featuring Rico on guitar and vocals, Rayo on bass and vocals, Jose on lead guitar, and Josep on drums. Their catalog spans from the 2012 debut Atropos through Kings of the World and Gods to the 2026 album Pink Shit Phantom Thunder, delivering vigorous metal characterized by heavy riffs recorded at La Atlantida Studios.
Acid Arno delivers stoner, drone, and doom metal from Berlin since 2024, channeling the German capital's experimental music legacy into crushing, psychedelic heaviness. Their irreverent name pairs chemical corrosion with casual familiarity.
Acid Fog is a doom and stoner metal band from Springfield, Illinois. With four releases, the band has carved out a hazy, riff-worshipping niche in the Midwest stoner doom scene.
Acid Goat channels doom and stoner metal from Birmingham since 2014, bringing psychedelic heaviness to the birthplace of the genre. Their irreverent name and Second City origins connect them directly to the tradition of Black Sabbath.
Acid Hammer delivers doom and stoner metal from Amsterdam as of 2025. Their corrosive-tool name drives compositions of psychedelic heaviness from the Dutch capital.
San Francisco stoner metal legends and one of the heaviest bands the Bay Area has ever produced. Their crushing, psychedelic riffs have made them pillars of the American stoner metal scene.
Athens' Acid Mammoth are one of Greece's premier doom-stoner acts, crushing listeners under mammoth-sized fuzz riffs and Black Sabbath-worshipping heaviness on albums like 'Under Acid Hoof' and 'Supersonic Megafauna Collision' for Heavy Psych Sounds. Founded by father-and-son guitarists Chris Babalis Sr. and Jr., the band's family bond fuels a uniquely cohesive and devastating wall of sound.
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