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Stoner/groove metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo, formed in 2019 by guitarist and vocalist Adrian Godoy, bassist Luis Victor, and drummer Gustavo Gumerato. The band released their debut EP Along in 2019 followed by their first full-length album Unglory in April 2023, recorded at Lunchbox Music studio with production and mixing by Rafael Freitas.
Southern Whiskey Rebellion is a New Orleans, Louisiana band formed in 2005 whose Southern/stoner metal sound draws from the region's bluesy, hazy heaviness, combining the slow burn of stoner metal with distinctly Louisianan grit.
Soyuz is a US stoner/doom metal band formed in 2020, named after the Soviet-era spacecraft and exploring the heavy, hypnotic riff territory where fuzzed-out stoner rock meets the weight of doom.
Space Coke is a stoner/doom metal band from Columbia, South Carolina, formed in 2015, delivering fuzz-laden, slow-burning riffs that sit at the intersection of heavy psychedelia and crushing doom.
Arvika's Space Cult pair progressive and stoner metal from the Varmland town since 2019. Their cosmic-worship name and origins near the Norwegian border channel the veneration of the universe into compositions of expansive, genre-crossing heaviness.
Space Lord is a sludge/stoner/doom metal trio from Kenilworth, New Jersey, formed in 2017, stacking massive fuzzed-out riffs across the heavy spectrum from swampy sludge to slow, weed-charred doom.
Space Rhÿno is a stoner metal band from Houston, Texas, formed in 2013. They deliver thick, fuzz-saturated riffs rooted in the heavy psychedelic tradition, drawing on Houston's long-running connection to sludge and stoner sounds.
Space Satan is a stoner/doom metal band from Monrovia, California, formed in 2016. Their sound combines the slow, crushing weight of doom with the hazy, riff-forward groove of stoner metal, owing a debt to the desert rock tradition of Southern California.
Dnipro's Space Sugar pair doom and stoner metal from the central Ukrainian metropolis since 2012. Over a decade from the Dnieper River city, their cosmic-sweetness name has channeled the saccharine vastness of space into compositions of fuzz-laden heaviness.
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