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Stoner/rock band from Uberaba, Minas Gerais, formed in 2021 when guitarists Fabiano Zoreya and Leandro Keka — both veterans of the Horror Punk band Abracadave — reunited to play together. The band operates primarily as an instrumental project.
Phoenix, Arizona sludge and stoner metal band formed in 2024, channeling the desert Southwest's arid heat into lumbering, fuzz-drenched riffs and a hazy psychedelic atmosphere.
Portland, Oregon stoner and doom metal act formed in 2021, stacking thick, fuzz-laden riffs atop slow grooves drawn from the Pacific Northwest's fertile heavy underground.
Slow Green Thing deliver stoner/doom metal and hard rock from Dresden, building hazy, verdant compositions that match their organic name. Active since 2014, they bring psychedelic heaviness to Saxony's Elbe Valley.
Brooklyn stoner and doom metal band formed in 2017, blending lumbering riff work with a heavy psychedelic undercurrent that draws on New York City's diverse heavy rock tradition.
Pensacola, Florida stoner and doom metal band formed in 2013, named with wry humor and built on the bedrock of heavy, slow-burning fuzz riffs and psychedelic grooves of the Gulf Coast underground.
Oakland stoner metal outfit formed in 2007, drawing from the Bay Area's rich tradition of heavy, fuzz-drenched rock with a particularly thick low-end sensibility.
Dubuque, Iowa duo formed in 2016 playing a crushing blend of sludge and stoner metal, bringing a raw Midwestern heaviness to the fuzz-and-feedback end of the genre.
Starkville, Mississippi band formed in 2024 playing sludge and stoner metal, a newly emerged voice in the South's expanding heavy underground.
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