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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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Oslo stoner metal and rock duo launched in 2023, delivering fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves from Norway's capital. Their downtempo heaviness channels the hypnotic repetition central to the stoner genre.
Westerly, Rhode Island's Coma Hole bring a heavy dose of stoner doom to the small New England scene, lumbering through molasses-thick riffs with a baked, meditative quality. Their sound is slow, heavy, and pleasantly disorienting.
Austin, Texas's Communion inhabit the slowest, heaviest end of doom and drone, letting notes decay into cavernous silence and drone into near-silence before crushing you under their weight. Funeral doom spaciousness and stoner haze combine into something monolithic.
Summerville, South Carolina's Compel traffic in slow-burning sludge and stoner metal, layering distorted riffs and hazy grooves into a suffocating wall of Southern-tinged heaviness.
Legendary doom-sludge-stoner metal band from Liverpool, England, active since 2007. Conan are renowned for their absolutely crushing, caveman-heavy approach to doom-sludge, earning them a devoted international following.
Gilbert, Arizona's Concertina blend fuzzed-out stoner metal grooves with the melodic hooks of traditional heavy metal, building a sound that is both hazy and hook-laden.
Barre, Massachusetts's Conclave deal in slow, oppressive sludge and stoner metal, piling on massive riffs and hazy low-end weight to create music that feels genuinely immovable.
Doom and stoner metal band from Rostock, Germany, formed in 2016. They deliver crushing, fuzz-drenched doom from the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Progressive stoner metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with the heavy, groove-laden sound of stoner metal.
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