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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Sundsvall-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2023, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Stoner metal act from Arbrå, formed in 2016. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Danish stoner metal and rock band formed in 2023. They play riff-driven stoner metal with a cosmic, sky-gazing approach.
German stoner/doom metal band formed in 2016. They blend blues-infused stoner grooves with doom metal's crushing weight.
Finnish doom/stoner metal band from Oulu, formed in 2010. They deliver tusked, heavy doom-stoner from the dark north of Finland.
Russian stoner/doom outfit active since 2021, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Danish psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Aalborg, formed in 2020. They conjure murky, bog-dwelling psychedelic doom from the marshlands of northern Jutland.
Stoner doom act from Moscow, formed in 2014. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Stoner doom act from Monastyryshche, formed in 2013. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
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