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Yardley, Pennsylvania's Sins of Magnus have blended stoner and doom metal since 2010, combining the hazed, fuzz-heavy riffing of desert rock with the lumbering tempos and oppressive weight characteristic of East Coast doom.
Minneapolis, Minnesota's Sirens of Titan have been playing stoner metal since 2017, taking their name from Kurt Vonnegut and translating psychedelic, fuzz-laden heaviness into a sound that fits naturally within the Twin Cities' adventurous heavy music community.
Pittsburgh band formed in 2011 who slam together stoner metal's loping, fuzz-saturated grooves with thrash aggression and a death 'n' roll swagger, landing somewhere between Electric Wizard and a swampier Entombed. Their Steel City roots come through in music that feels lived-in and deliberately heavy.
Orlando, Florida sludge and stoner metal band active since 2010, locking into slow, tar-thick grooves and feedback-laden heaviness with the swampy persistence that Florida's humid underground breeds. Their name alone signals the kind of bleakly humorous, road-worn vibe their music inhabits.
Six Months of Sun channel stoner metal from Geneva, building hazy, riff-driven compositions that evoke sun-baked heaviness. Their sound draws on the psychedelic end of the doom/stoner spectrum with a Swiss sensibility.
Skeletizer is a stoner/doom metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2026 and already carving out space in a Florida metal underground better known for death metal than slow, hazy heaviness. Their sound draws from the fuzz-drenched, riff-worshipping traditions of Electric Wizard and Sleep, transplanted to Florida heat.
Skeptic Green channel stoner metal from San Pedro del Pinatar in the Murcia region, building hazy, riff-heavy compositions from the Mediterranean coast. Active since 2014, they bring sun-baked, skeptical heaviness to southeastern Spain.
Peoria, Illinois' Skincase launched in 2023 rooted in stoner and doom metal's hazy, riff-forward tradition, an outfit from the industrial Midwest heartland that leans into fuzz-laden heaviness and psychedelic weight.
Columbia, Missouri's Skooma have been deep in the stoner and doom underground since 2009, the band's name borrowed from Elder Scrolls fantasy lore as a fitting label for music built on hazy, repetitive riffs and slow, narcotic heaviness.
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