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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Post-metal-sludge-stoner act from Faro in the Algarve, active since 2016. Crosta — Portuguese for 'crust' — delivers heavy, atmospheric post-metal from Portugal's sunny south.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Brighton, England, formed in 2021. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden heaviness from the English south coast.
Stoner metal band from Gothenburg, active since 2015. Crowlegion delivers heavy, fuzzed-out grooves from Sweden's metal capital.
Los Angeles band Crowned by Fire draw on Southern-fried riff traditions and stoner metal's slow-burning haze to craft music that feels simultaneously sun-baked and menacing. Thick grooves and a dusty, unhurried swagger define their sound.
Columbus, Ohio's Crowtalker wallow in the slow, heavy interplay between doom and stoner metal, layering fuzz-drenched riffs over plodding rhythms that settle deep into the bones. Their sound favors atmosphere and sustained weight over aggression.
Stoner metal act from Samara on the Volga, active since 2016. Crucifuzz delivers heavy, fuzzed-out grooves from the central Russian river city.
Doom and stoner metal band from A Coruna, Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden doom with stoner grooves from the Galician coast.
Austin heavy psych/proto-metal. Vintage-sounding riffs with a modern edge.
Doom and stoner metal band from Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver thick, occult-tinged doom with fuzz-drenched stoner grooves.
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