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Troy, New Hampshire's Skrogg have been hauling massive stoner-doom riffs since 2011, cultivating a sound built on fuzz-soaked low-end and tempos that rarely rush — exactly the kind of unhurried heaviness that the small-town New England underground quietly sustains.
Winston-Salem's Skullcollector have been wallowing in the tar-thick overlap of doom, sludge, and stoner metal since 2013 — a North Carolina act that favors bone-heavy riffs, deliberate tempos, and a tone that sounds permanently coated in smoke.
Portland's Skulldozer emerged in 2015, bringing the Pacific Northwest's love of fuzz and fog to stoner-doom — slow and massive in the way that Oregon's heaviest acts tend to be, built on riffs that move like heavy machinery.
Albuquerque's Skulldron have been working the stoner-doom corridor since 2012, with the high desert altitude and baking New Mexico heat lending their sound a suitably hazy, heavy quality — fuzzed-out riffs stretched over long, hypnotic structures.
Fargo, North Dakota's SkuzzQueen launched in 2024 as one of the newer entrants in the American stoner metal scene, bringing fuzz-heavy riffs and narcotic groove to one of the country's colder and more isolated metal markets. Their name signals a self-aware irreverence that fits naturally within stoner metal's slacker mythology.
Sacramento's Sky Pig have been combining stoner, sludge, and doom metal since 2018, trafficking in slow-grinding riffs soaked in fuzz and feedback that nod equally to Electric Wizard and Saint Vitus. The band occupies the fertile Central Valley heavy underground, where volume is treated as a virtue unto itself.
Chicago's Sky Summoner formed in 2020, blending traditional heavy metal's muscular songcraft with stoner metal's fuzz-drenched ease into something that sits naturally alongside the city's underground rock scene. They bring a groove-conscious approach to classically influenced metal that keeps the songs accessible without sacrificing weight.
Skythen channel stoner and sludge metal from Hamburg, building hazy, riff-heavy compositions that draw their name from the ancient Scythian nomads. Active since 2015, they bring historical weight to their Hanseatic stoner/sludge sound.
Slat sludge through heavy, tar-thick compositions from Brno, channeling the genre's trademark slow-burn aggression through a Czech lens. Formed in 2021, they bring stoner-inflected doom to the Moravian capital's diverse metal scene.
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