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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Lincoln, Maine sludge and stoner metal band Coelacanth draw from the isolation of rural New England to craft heavy, slow-rolling music with a distinctly bleak character. Their approach is rooted in thick riffs and an unhurried, grinding pace.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Nienburg, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden riffs and crushing low-end grooves from the Weser Valley.
Seattle's Cofgod blend doom, gothic metal, and stoner metal into heavy, atmospheric journeys that balance introspection with crushing weight, draped in the grey Pacific Northwest gloom.
Coiotes S.A. is a stoner metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2023. They released their debut album "Daqui Pra Frente Eh Nois" in April 2023, a ten-track record with lyrics in Portuguese blending heavy stoner riffs with hardcore energy and influences from Black Sabbath, Clutch, and Sleep. Singles "Cola Com Nois" and "Melhor Parte" drew attention from the heavy music press ahead of the album's release.
Stoner metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, rumbling since 2007. Cojones delivers heavy, fuzz-laden grooves with a laid-back swagger that belies the band's nearly two decades of output.
Chico, California's Cold Blue Mountain blend sludge and stoner metal into thick, sun-baked dirges, layering languid heaviness with a psychedelic undercurrent that keeps the music expansive and hypnotic.
Genre-spanning band from London, active since 2009. Cold in Berlin blend death metal, doom, gothic, and stoner influences into a dark, theatrical sound.
Vicksburg, Mississippi's Colossus fuses stoner metal's heavy grooves with traditional heavy metal's riff-forward clarity, a Southern outfit that grounds cosmic heaviness in the Mississippi Delta's deep-rooted musical tradition.
Groove-stoner-thrash act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2020. Colossus Form merges heavy grooves with stoner fuzz and thrash aggression.
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