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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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Brest-based Pulsar has been flying the power metal flag in Belarus since 2017, a country where extreme styles dominate the local scene. Their commitment to soaring vocals and uplifting melodies makes them a relative rarity in the Belarusian metal landscape.
Springfield, Massachusetts's Palace in Thunderland have been building towering psychedelic stoner-doom architectures since 2007, where fuzzed-out riffs slowly collapse into themselves like ancient stone ruins. Every song feels like an altered-state ritual stretched across geological time.
Progressive and stoner metal band from Finland, formed in 2020, whose Finnish name means 'burning pharaoh.' They combine progressive complexity with stoner metal's heavy, psychedelic grooves.
Stoner rock and metal band from Palermo, Italy, formed in 2012, delivering sun-baked, fuzz-drenched stoner grooves from the Sicilian capital. They bring Mediterranean warmth to their heavy, psychedelic sound.
Pankar are a stoner/sludge metal band from Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2014 and active as an independent act. Their lyrical themes draw on Mapuche philosophy and the cultural resistance of indigenous peoples, setting them apart from more conventional stoner rock subject matter.
Pantano are a stoner metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, operating as an independent act without label backing. The band's thematic focus spans personal struggles and everyday life in the port city, delivered through the heavy, fuzz-saturated guitar work characteristic of the regional stoner rock underground.
Páramo Bonzai is a stoner/doom/fuzz rock quartet from Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, formed in November 2018. The lineup consists of Enzo Cabezón on vocals, Rodrigo Luna on guitar, Andrés "Primo" Osvaldo on bass, and Joaquin "Pogo" Páramos on drums. They have released three records: the debut full-length Canis Majoris (2019), the follow-up EP Kwanyip (2022), and El Rey Del Abismo (2024).
Hagen's Pariahlord has been dealing in fuzz-drenched stoner metal since 2020, channeling the Westphalian city's industrial heritage into low-and-slow riff worship. Their doom-adjacent grooves carry the weight of the Ruhr region's steel-town legacy.
Stoner metal band from Dudley, England, formed in 2018, delivering fuzz-drenched stoner metal grooves from the Black Country. Their heavy riffs echo through the industrial heartland of the West Midlands.
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