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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Salt Lake City's Hibernaut pile sludge, stoner, and doom into a slow-moving mass that seems calibrated to induce a specific kind of narcotic heaviness. Formed in 2023, they occupy the hazy zone where riff weight and psychedelic drift become the same thing.
Stoner/doom metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2023. Their thick, riff-heavy sound channels the hypnotic weight of stoner doom from the Bavarian capital.
Franklin, Indiana's Hidden Dagger blend stoner haze and doom weight with groove metal's rhythmic snap, arriving at something simultaneously lumbering and propulsive. Since 2018 they've proven that mid-tempo heaviness can carry as much punch as anything faster.
An uncompromising southern/stoner metal project from Larissa, active since 2012. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
Neo-psychedelic doom metal from Amsterdam
Drone-laced riffs and thunderous grooves with bluesy vocals and electric violin in a maelstrom of feedback, loops, and effects.
Emerging from Oslo's underground, this stoner metal/rock act has been forging dark sonic fury since 2014. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
High is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from England, United Kingdom, active since 2006 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Texas desert rock creating massive riffs influenced by Alice in Chains and Queens of the Stone Age.
Sludge/stoner metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014, blending heavy riffs with blues inflections and schizophrenic vocals. Signed to Svart and Argonauta Records, their 2021 Live at WDR Rockpalast album captured their only pandemic-era performance at Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord for the iconic German TV program.
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