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Divine (2024)
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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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Filthy Sludge Metal out of Texas.
Saint Earth pair stoner and doom metal from the Halland/Vastmanland region since 2015. Their sanctified-ground name channels the holiness of the earth itself into compositions of heavy, fuzz-driven Scandinavian weight.
Samowa channel stoner and doom metal with psychedelic rock influences from Bergisch Gladbach, building hazy, riff-heavy compositions that lean into cosmic heaviness. Their Rhineland origins provide a surprisingly laid-back backdrop for their sun-baked, fuzz-drenched sound.
Samsara Blues Experiment were a Berlin-based stoner/doom outfit active from 2007 to 2020, led by Christian Peters alongside Hans Eiselt and Thomas Vedder. Albums like "One With The Universe" and "Waiting For The Flood" earned them a devoted following in the psychedelic doom underground before Peters continued with Fuzz Sagrado.
Sandiablo was a stoner metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring guitarist Claudio Filadoro, vocalist Gabriel Raimondo, bassist Adrian Corrales, and drummer Martín Cipriano. The band recorded a single self-titled EP in 1998 across various studios before dissolving in 1999 when Filadoro joined Los Natas, the seminal Argentine stoner rock group.
Sandy Leather deliver stoner/doom metal and rock from Berlin, building fuzzy, riff-heavy compositions that channel the genre's laid-back heaviness. Their German capital base gives them access to one of Europe's most fertile underground music scenes.
Santa Planta channel stoner and doom metal from Madrid, building riff-heavy compositions with the sacred-plant aesthetics their name suggests. Formed in 2021, they bring herbal heaviness to the Spanish capital's stoner scene.
Santo Rostro channel stoner and doom metal from the Andalusian city of Jaen, building olive-oil-country heaviness through fuzzy, riff-driven compositions. Active since 2013, they bring southern Spanish warmth to the European stoner/doom scene.
Belgian instrumental stoner/sludge/doom metal duo of guitarist Roel Paulussen and drummer Jelle Stevens, who unleashed crushing riff-heavy mayhem from 2006 through 2016 across seven releases. Their farewell live album "Mutiny at Cafe Cafe" (2017) featured five guest vocalists and closed the book on a decade of heavyweight instrumental devastation.
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