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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Nikky Blonde is a doom/stoner metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2009. Their playful name contrasts with the heavy, brooding nature of their music.
Industrial stoner metal act from Sermoneta Scalo near Latina, formed in 2015 and fusing mechanical rhythms with fuzz-drenched heaviness. Their unconventional hybrid channels the best of both industrial and stoner traditions.
New York's Ninth Degree started life rooted in stoner metal before pivoting to a harder thrash sound, a trajectory that speaks to their restless refusal to stay in one lane since forming in 2019. The shift mirrors the broader evolution of the New York underground, where stylistic rigidity has always been less valued than energy and conviction.
Richmond, Virginia's No Dawn for Man have been hauling slow, smoke-thick doom since 2013, pairing the fuzz-heavy desert rock influence of stoner metal with the glacial, crushing tempos of traditional doom. There's a bleak hopelessness embedded in their name and their sound alike — riffs that lumber forward under immense weight, as if reflecting Richmond's hard-bitten character back through a haze of amplifier worship.
Twente sludge/stoner metal outfit formed in 2013, delivering crushing heaviness and fuzz-drenched grooves from the Overijssel region. Their anarchist-inflected name hints at the confrontational spirit behind their oppressive sonic weight.
Turin stoner/doom/groove metal and hard rock act formed in 2015, merging multiple heavy styles into a versatile sonic palette. Their eclectic approach draws from the riff-driven traditions of stoner, doom, and groove metal.
Nocturnal Weed is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Ulm, active since 2019. The band delivers haze-drenched doom from the Danube city where Einstein was born.
Nodrāztie Zīmuļi is a sludge/stoner metal band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2022. Their Latvian name adds local character to their heavy, groove-laden sound.
Noiserip is a sludge/stoner/doom metal act from Ylöjärvi, Finland, delivering crushing, extended compositions that merge the suffocating weight of doom with grinding sludge and stoner grooves. Their self-titled 2020 release channels raw, unfiltered heaviness across two sprawling tracks.
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