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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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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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Richmond, Virginia stoner/doom metal band formed in 2013, named for the prophetic oracles of antiquity and channeling a similarly hypnotic, ritual-heavy atmosphere through slow tempos, fuzz-laden guitar tone, and the lysergic heaviness that defines the Virginia doom scene.
Olympia, Washington stoner/doom duo formed in 2018, building slow, haze-soaked riffs into hypnotic, heavy structures — fitting for a city steeped in DIY culture and Pacific Northwest atmosphere.
Knoxville's Sign of the Sorcerer trade in hazy psychedelic doom and stoner metal, blending lysergic riffs with slow, heavy grooves in a style rooted in the occult and classic fuzz worship since 2019.
New Jersey-based Sigourney combine the murky, feedback-drenched heaviness of sludge metal with the hazy, loping grooves of stoner metal, crafting a sound that is both oppressive and hypnotic since 2020.
Dallas outfit Sik have been blending groove metal's locking rhythmic punch with the fuzz-heavy swagger of stoner metal since 2012, channeling the hard-edged heaviness that has long defined the Texas underground.
Now-defunct psychedelic stoner/sludge metal band from Ghent whose members have continued as Bogbogbog, Silent Snare delivered "goosebumps-inducing psychedelic outbursts" across their self-titled 2018 album and 2015's "Darken EP." Their genre-warping sound combined fast thrashy passages with sludgy breakdowns and hypnotic stoner interludes.
A brand-new project out of Marquette, Michigan formed in 2025, Siltgrove blend stoner and doom metal into something that feels shaped by the Upper Peninsula's isolation — slow, heavy, and suffused with the kind of earthy weight that the region's landscape seems to demand.
Silver Gallery has been dispensing thick sludge and stoner metal from the Marseille underground since 2013. Feeding off the gritty energy of France's Mediterranean port city, they craft riff-heavy jams soaked in fuzz and feedback.
Columbus, Ohio's Sin Nombre — the name meaning "no name" in Spanish — have been marinating in the thick intersection of sludge and stoner metal since 2013. Their Midwestern locale adds a certain grey industrial weight to a sound already defined by heaviness, heat, and deliberate, grinding momentum.
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