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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Fort Wayne, Indiana outfit formed in 2018 who draw from the deep well of stoner, doom, and sludge metal, building songs around heavy, slow-rolling riffs and oppressive atmospheres that reward patience and reward volume.
Oakland, California outfit formed in 2018 who fuse stoner metal's hazy, fuzz-drenched weight with crossover thrash's punk-inflected velocity — a pairing that captures something of the Bay Area's tradition of genre-blending heaviness.
Thrill of Confusion is a sludge and stoner metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden grooves and crushing sludge riffs from the volcanic island nation.
Memphis, Tennessee's Throne weave symphonic orchestration through the foundation of black and death metal, adding cinematic grandeur to the aggression in a way that reflects the city's long history of genre-defying musical ambition.
Providence, Rhode Island's Throne of Saturn deal in the slow and heavy end of the sonic spectrum, fusing stoner rock fuzz with doom metal's ceremonial weight since 2014. Their sound draws naturally from New England's dense psychedelic and heavy underground, favoring low-tuned drone and cosmic riff repetition.
Richmond, Virginia's Throttlerod have been grinding out fuzz-heavy stoner metal since 2003, building a reputation as a relentless live force in the South's heavy underground over two decades. Their sound is rooted in massive, repetitive riffing and the dirty, road-worn aesthetic that defines the genre's best practitioners.
Omaha's Through the Stone ride the line between heavy metal muscle and stoner metal haze, delivering mid-paced riffs with a fuzz-soaked swagger that reflects the blue-collar grit of the Nebraska underground since 2015.
Atlanta's Thrumm emerged in 2022 with a slow-burning stoner-doom approach, layering fuzz-heavy guitar work and meditative tempos into the kind of suffocating, low-end-saturated sound the city's underground has long nurtured.
Washington state's Thud have been stirring doom, thrash, and stoner influences into a combustible mix since 2016, their Bandcamp presence under the name Songs for Children suggesting a sardonic sensibility beneath the genre-blending heaviness.
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