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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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V-8 Compressor is a stoner/heavy metal/rock band from Imperia, Italy. They play riff-heavy stoner rock and metal from the Italian Riviera.
V.O.I.D. is a stoner/doom metal band from Milazzo, Sicily, formed in 2019. They deliver heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner doom from the Sicilian coast.
Valfader is a stoner/post-metal band from Bath, England, formed in 2013. They combine stoner metal's heavy grooves with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Valveline is a groove and stoner metal band from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2011. Their catalog includes releases "In The Name Of The Freaks," "Raise Your Gun," and "The Final March," delivering a hard-driving blend of riff-heavy stoner rock and groove metal.
Vast Pyre is a stoner/doom metal band from Eisenach, Germany, formed in 2024, inviting listeners to "dive into a world of heavy-hypnotising riffs and unhinged souls." Their releases deliver slow, crushing stoner doom with hypnotic repetition and oppressive atmosphere.
Southern California's Velvet Merlin conjure stoner and doom metal from the sun-bleached coast of San Clemente, where fuzz tones and heavy grooves seem as natural as the Pacific breeze. Founded in 2020, they balance psych-tinged weightlessness with riff-first heaviness.
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Corona, California's Vitreous Earth has been plying stoner-doom's slow-burning Southern California wavelength since 2018, crafting music that favors haze, weight, and prolonged riff meditation over any urgency whatsoever. Their sound is rooted in the Inland Empire's sun-scorched geography — heavy and unhurried, like pavement expanding in July heat.
Karlskrona's Void Commander generates massive, fuzz-drenched grooves at the intersection of doom and stoner metal. Their slow, riff-worshipping approach channels the psychedelic weight of Sleep and Electric Wizard through thick walls of distorted sound.
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