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Out of Trenton, New Jersey since 2015, DopeRider rolls out a heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner doom that owes as much to Black Sabbath as to the sludgier side of the Sleep catalog. The industrial decay of Trenton seems to seep into their sound, which hits with the grim persistence of a city that's been through the wringer and keeps crawling forward. Their riffs are slow, massive things — the kind that seem to push actual air when they drop.
Doperman is a heavy/stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver dopey, heavy stoner and metal grooves from the Finnish capital.
Dopesmoke is a doom and stoner metal band from Novo Mesto, Slovenia, formed in 2014. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs from the Dolenjska region.
Dopewalker is a doom and stoner metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2024. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs from the Ukrainian capital.
Double Space is a stoner/doom metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of activity, they are long-standing pillars of Danish stoner and doom.
Downfade is a groove/stoner metal band with thrash influences from the Kiiminki/Oulu area of Finland, formed in 2019. They fade down through heavy grooves and stoner riffs.
Lansing, Michigan's Dozic have been grinding out a gritty blend of stoner and thrash metal since 2012, combining the lumbering heaviness of the Midwest with the riff-forward momentum of classic Bay Area thrash. Their sound has the loose, high-energy feel of a band that built itself in dive bars, where fuzz-coated grooves and shredded tempos share equal billing.
Dragon Feeder emerged from Chicago in 2013 playing the kind of stoner metal that sits as comfortably alongside heavy psych rock as it does doom — slow, fuzz-drenched, and more interested in a hypnotic groove than in obliterating the listener. The city's dense, hardscrabble energy seeps into their riffs, which carry more grit than the sunbaked stoner acts of the American Southwest.
Levittown, New York's Dragons Bane have been trading in heavy, riff-centric stoner metal since 2013, built on the kind of thick, slow-rolling grooves that owe as much to Black Sabbath as to anything from the California desert scene. Long Island's working-class sensibility gives their sound a grounded, unflashy quality — they're more concerned with making rooms move than with cult-of-the-riff posturing.
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