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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Stoner metal act from Halmstad, formed in 2015. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
French psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Dijon, formed in 2020. They craft hallucinatory doom from the Burgundian capital.
Fredrikstad-based stoner metal outfit active since 2008, building their sound on thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-heavy approach to heavy music. Their compositions channel the warmth of 1970s proto-metal through walls of modern distortion.
French stoner metal band from Montbéliard, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy stoner metal from the Franche-Comté industrial region.
Fort Worth hard rock/stoner heavily influenced by 70s classics like Uriah Heep and Deep Purple.
Stoner and groove metal band from Dobrich, Bulgaria, active since 2015. They combine fuzz-heavy stoner grooves with the rhythmic punch of groove metal.
Spanish stoner metal and rock band from Valencia, formed in 2019. They channel Conan-inspired stoner metal from the Mediterranean coast.
French stoner metal band from Bourg-en-Bresse, formed in 2022. They deliver flowing stoner metal from the Ain department of eastern France.
Finnish death/stoner metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2017. They blend death metal's brutality with stoner metal's hazy riffs.
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