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Stoner and progressive metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2025 by vocalist Lucas Donnard, guitarists Bruno Barros and Rodrigo Peixoto, bassist Filipe Marks, and drummer Thiago Caeiro. The band released two singles — C137 (June 2025) and Blood, Fire, Doom & Death (July 2025) — before issuing their debut EP 500 Years in August 2025.
Allentown, Pennsylvania's Seer have been blending the psychedelic haze of stoner metal with doom's glacial weight since 2015, carving out a sound that's as much about atmosphere and texture as it is about raw heaviness. Rooted in the tradition of amplifier worship, their approach to stoner/doom is patient and deliberate, rewarding listeners willing to sink into its slow-burning gravity.
Selfexile blend doom metal, stoner grooves, and death 'n' roll from Sokolov, creating a murky, riff-driven sound that swings between slow-motion devastation and swaggering heaviness. Their western Bohemian roots lend a gritty, industrial-town edge to their music.
Septic Apes deliver stoner and sludge metal from Jyvaskyla, building hazy, primate-themed compositions from the central Finnish Lakeland. Active since 2012, they bring infected simian grooves to the Keski-Suomi stoner scene.
Hailing from Sacred Mountain, North Carolina, Serpent Garden have been cultivating heavy, hazy stoner metal since 2008 — one of the longer-tenured acts in the region's underground, built on fuzz-drenched riffs and a slow-burning, ritualistic heaviness.
Rooted in Toulon's sun-baked Mediterranean coast, Serpent View has been churning out thick, resinous stoner/sludge/doom metal since 2014. Their sound contrasts the region's seaside warmth with crushing, low-tuned heaviness and crawling tempos.
A New York stoner metal project active since 2010, Seventh Void trade in the slow-burning, heavily fuzzed groove that defines the genre — thick, hypnotic riffs built to rumble at high volume and low speed. Their Bandcamp presence suggests a band that remains committed to the underground, releasing music on their own terms.
Austin's Sex Chamber have been blending stoner metal's fuzz-soaked swagger with speed metal's throttle since 2012, producing a grimy, high-octane sound that thrives in the Texas capital's anything-goes heavy music environment. They move fast and heavy at the same time, rarely letting either impulse win.
Shades of God combine death, thrash, and stoner metal from Munich, drawing their name from a Paradise Lost album and channeling a similar eclecticism. Their triple-genre Bavarian approach refuses to settle into any single mode of heaviness.
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