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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Gaupa is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal band from Falun, Sweden, active since 2018 and blending mind-expanding psychedelia with crushing doom from the Dalarna region. The project channels Swedish heavy music's most adventurous impulses.
Kaliningrad-based sludge and stoner metal outfit formed in 2015, delivering low-tuned heaviness from Russia's Baltic exclave. Their fuzz-drenched sound channels the hypnotic repetition and crushing weight central to the sludge and stoner traditions.
Rhode Island's Geomancer works within the melodic progressive metal tradition, favoring patient song structures, lush arrangements, and technically accomplished playing that never loses sight of the tune. Active since 2018, they bring a thoughtful craft to a genre often dominated by flash.
Towering Stoner / Doom Metal from Houston.
Ghost:Whale is a Brussels-based experimental doom trio built around the unusual lineup of two bass guitars, drums, and samples, with no traditional guitar. Their 2024 double album Dive:Two spans two hours of hypnotic, cosmic doom, recorded at Riverside Studio in Hampteau and co-released by labels across Europe and North America.
Ghostworm is a stoner/doom metal project from the Netherlands, formed in 2014. They deliver heavy stoner doom from the Dutch underground.
Ghozer is a stoner metal band from the Midlands, formed in 2018. They deliver fuzz-drenched stoner metal from the heart of England.
Giant Monster Attack is a stoner metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2013. Their kaiju-referencing name captures the colossal, crushing character of their stoner metal from the Scottish capital.
Out of Orono, Maine, GiantGiant layer stoner heaviness beneath progressive arrangements and doom-paced tempos, creating music that feels simultaneously earthbound and labyrinthine. The double name signals the doubled-down ambition behind every riff.
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