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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Il Malpertugio is a stoner metal band from Caserta, Italy, active since 2011 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Imandra is a groove/stoner/sludge/post-metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2010 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Houston's Imp Tea brews stoner and doom metal into a slow, hazy concoction that reflects the city's humid lethargy — heavy enough to crush, loose enough to feel lived-in.
In from the Cold is a sludge/stoner metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, active since 2011 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Incandescente is a stoner/doom metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2021, crafting hazy, riff-heavy compositions drenched in psychedelic warmth and crushing weight. The band channels Barcelona's creative energy into slow-burning, sun-baked doom.
Indivia is a stoner/doom metal band from Padua, Italy, active since 2014 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Infernal Fat Cat is a stoner/doom metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2025 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Inferno (XII) is a stoner/doom metal band from Växjö, Sweden, active since 2010 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Injustice System is a stoner/post-metal band from Kamen, Germany, active since 2014, building dense, heavy compositions that merge the hazy riffs of stoner metal with the expansive dynamics of post-metal. The band delivers weighty, immersive music from the Westphalian town between Dortmund and Hamm.
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