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New Orleans has long been a breeding ground for slow, nasty heaviness, and Eat the Witch has been part of that tradition since 2014 — doom-drenched stoner metal with a swampy, occult undercurrent.
Ecstatic Vision are a heavy psych quartet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013 by guitarist Douglas Sabolik following the dissolution of A Life Once Lost. Drawing from Detroit proto-punk (MC5, The Stooges), krautrock (Can, Guru Guru), space rock (Hawkwind), and Zambian rock, the band signed to Relapse Records for their debut Sonic Praise (2015). Subsequent albums Raw Rock Fury (2017), For the Masses (2019), and Elusive Mojo (2022) continued to push the band's raw, exploratory sound.
Stoner metal band from Privas, France formed in 2019. They bring heavy, fuzzy stoner riffs from the Ardeche region of southern France.
Chicago's Edgar Allan Ectoplasm have one of heavy music's better names, and they back it up with a lurching, fog-thick blend of doom, stoner, and sludge metal that evokes humid dread — active since 2013.
Groove and stoner metal band from Dublin, Ireland active since 2015. They bring heavy, riff-driven grooves from Dublin's vibrant metal scene.
Champaign, Illinois is not a city anyone expects to produce sludge, but Edna — with that deceptively unassuming name — has been dragging down midwestern tempos with thick, fuzz-drenched stoner weight since 2017.
Doom and stoner metal quartet from Helsinki, Finland active since 2014, blending doom with psychedelic and desert rock textures. Their Finnish-language material features dual guitar attack from Visa Lattunen and Juho Laakkonen.
Stoner/doom metal act from Vigo in Galicia, northwestern Spain, crafting heavy, haze-filled compositions since 2018. Their name, derived from "ephemeral," adds a philosophical dimension to their slow-burning, atmospheric doom.
Active off and on since 1999. One of Austin's earlier sludge/stoner acts, predating much of the city's current heavy scene.
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