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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Akron, Ohio's Sloth Wampa lean into the fuzzed-out, slow-burning intersection of stoner and doom metal since their 2020 formation, delivering the kind of heavy, sun-baked riffs that make the body move at glacial speed. Their name signals a self-aware approach to the absurd side of the genre's lore while keeping the music genuinely heavy.
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.
Atlantic City, New Jersey stoner and doom metal act formed in 2020, stacking fuzz-heavy rock grooves atop a doomy foundation drawn from the Garden State's underground heavy scene.
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.
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