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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)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Anchorage's Halfbreed mash stoner fuzz with thrash aggression — a combination that sounds like a remote Alaskan winter: isolating, harsh, and oddly beautiful. One of the more distinctive acts to emerge from Alaska's small but committed metal scene since 2021.
Atlanta's Halmos have been dragging riffs through the Georgia heat since 2012, fusing the molasses weight of sludge metal with the hazy warmth of stoner grooves. Their sound sits in the slow, crushing pocket where feedback meets sweat.
Psychedelic stoner/doom metal quartet from Freiberg, Germany, formed in 2017, delivering desert vibes and atmospheric riffs with heavy fuzz. Their albums Sfaira and Atmos channel the vast, hypnotic qualities of desert rock into immersive, riff-heavy stoner doom.
From Worcester in United Kingdom, this stoner rock/doom metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2015. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
New Jersey's Hand of Weed keep the doom and stoner metal flame lit with fuzzed-out riffs and a smoky, slow-motion heaviness that earns every minute of its runtime. Active since 2015.
Painesville, Ohio's Hangnail have been grinding away since 1998, their thrash and grindcore roots keeping them lean and mean across nearly three decades of relentless, no-frills extremity.
Hanky-Panky is a stoner/thrash metal/punk band from Calais, France, active since 2015 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Based in South Sweden, this stoner/doom metal project has been a fixture of Sweden's underground since 2015. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
Hardwaste is a stoner metal/rock band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2023 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
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