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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Iron Bra is a stoner/doom metal/grunge band from Oslo, Norway, active since 2021 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.
Iron Sect is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2024 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.
Crushing Southern / Heavy Metal, Stoner / Doom Metal from College Station.
Iron Swan is a sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2013 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.
Ironrat is a groove/stoner metal band from Bradford, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Irreversible Mechanism is a Minsk-based progressive/technical metal project featuring Vladislav Nekrash on guitar and bass, Andrew Parmon on guitar, and Dan Presland on drums. Originally rooted in progressive death metal before incorporating stoner rock elements, the band is known for highly technical, instrumental-leaning compositions produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by Nekrash.
Isaak is a stoner metal/rock band from Genoa, Italy, 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.
Metal band from Guadalajara in central Spain, active since 2013, evolving from early sludge/post-metal into heavier stoner metal/rock territory. Their stylistic shift reflects a move toward riff-driven heaviness.
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