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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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Augusta, Georgia's Possum Rot have been dragging stoner metal through the red clay of the Deep South since 2018, thick with fuzz and moving at the deliberate pace of something that doesn't need to rush. Their name is perfectly placed — there's a swampy, roadside authenticity to their sound that no amount of production polish could manufacture.
Stoner metal band from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2021, generating heavy, fuzz-driven stoner metal energy from the Pomeranian port city. They bring electrifying riffs to the northwestern Polish underground.
Seattle's Powerhitter has been rolling out thick, fuzz-drenched stoner metal since 2015, the kind that feels native to the Pacific Northwest's overcast skies and long winters. Grooves take priority over aggression here — riffs that lock into a heavy, unhurried swing, built to fill a room and make your ribs vibrate. They inhabit the classic space between Black Sabbath's lumbering weight and the desert-rock swagger of the American stoner scene, localized to Seattle's particular brand of slow-building intensity.
Stoner and doom metal band from Norway, formed in 2018, whose name references the famous Dark Souls catchphrase. They deliver heavy, sun-worshipping doom and stoner metal grooves.
Stoner, doom, and post-metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2018, crafting heavy, meditative compositions that blend multiple strands of heavy music. They contribute to Lyon's thriving doom and stoner metal community.
Stoner and doom metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2011, delivering over a decade of heavy, prophetic stoner doom from the Russian capital. They are veterans of the Moscow stoner scene.
Psychedelic doom and stoner metal band from Pamplona, Spain, formed in 2016, conjuring ancient oceanic visions through hazy, heavy psychedelic doom. Their fantastical name matches the otherworldly nature of their stoner metal.
Tampa's Prescribed Fire emerged in 2020 with a stoner metal and rock sound rooted in the humid, swampy weight that the Florida underground handles particularly well. Slow, fuzz-drenched riffs and a hazy psychedelic atmosphere define their approach, marrying the heavy slow-burn of the genre's doom-adjacent tendencies with the loose-limbed, open-road spirit that has always made stoner metal feel lived-in.
Stoner and sludge metal band from Kostroma, Russia, formed in 2012, applying crushing pressure through over a decade of stoner-sludge from the historic Volga city. They bring consistent heaviness to the Russian underground.
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