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Astral Dog emerged in 2016 from Balmazújváros, a town on the Hortobágy steppe in eastern Hungary, to deliver hazy stoner metal and rock. Their spacefaring canine identity contrasts with the flat, earthbound landscape of the Great Plain that birthed them.
Astral Goat Dominion is a doom and stoner metal band from Germany, formed in 2025, whose name evokes the cosmic, occult, and psychedelic imagery central to the stoner doom aesthetic. The band is among the newest entries in the German stoner doom underground.
Astral Kompakt is an instrumental stoner rock band from Cologne, Germany, whose catalog spans from the 2018 demo through releases like Obacht, Auszeit, and the 2024 album Goldader. The band's purely instrumental approach channels stoner and doom metal's heavy, riff-driven groove without vocals, letting the weight of their compositions speak for itself.
Indianapolis stoner metal act riding thick, fuzzy grooves through the Circle City's underground, blending space-rock ambition with doom-laden heaviness.
Lexington, Kentucky folk metal act blending traditional folk instrumentation with metallic heft, adding a unique flavor to the Bluegrass State's growing heavy music community.
Springfield, Missouri stoner metal act riding retro-futuristic grooves from the Ozarks, blending space-rock psychedelia with heavy doom-laden riffs.
Liberty, North Carolina stoner metal band whose name tells you everything you need to know — fuzzy, smoke-heavy grooves from the Piedmont Triad region.
Astrodon is a sludge, stoner, and doom metal band from Germany, formed in 2014, named after the sauropod dinosaur whose massive, prehistoric weight mirrors the colossal heaviness of their sound. The band inhabits the low-end intersection of sludge, stoner, and doom metal where crushing riffs and glacial tempos dominate.
Astroghoul is a stoner and doom metal band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2018, whose debut demo consists of four extended compositions ranging from nine to fifteen minutes of crushing, spacious doom. The band's rehearsal bootleg release, with artwork by Anton Ohlow, showcases the expansive, slow-burning heaviness that defines their approach to stoner doom from the Baltic coast.
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