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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Minus Mountain is a stoner and progressive metal band from Lübeck, Germany. Their 2025 self-titled debut album spans eight tracks of doom-infused progressive stoner metal, released on limited vinyl and CD editions.
A psychedelic stoner/doom metal act from the Black Sea port of Odesa, Mist Tower has been crafting heavy, mind-expanding compositions since 2020. The band channels the coastal fog imagery of their name into thick, psychedelic doom.
Mister Doom is a doom and stoner metal act from the naval city of Portsmouth, delivering crushing, monolithic riffs since 2024. The straightforward name signals a no-nonsense commitment to the heaviest, slowest end of the metal spectrum.
A stoner/doom metal act from Rome, Misty Morning has been crafting hazy, fuzz-drenched compositions since 2009. The band channels the languid atmosphere of their name into heavy, groove-laden doom.
Columbia, South Carolina's MNRVA traffic in the overlapping territories of doom, stoner, and sludge metal, building slow-burning riff structures with a hazy, sun-baked weight. Founded in 2023, the band carries on the Southern tradition of heaviness as a physical, almost geological force.
Moby Dig is a psychedelic doom and stoner metal trio from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2018. Self-described as a three-headed stoner collective with the motto "stay high and slow," they deliver crushing, haze-drenched doom and stoner metal.
Mojo Rudo is a stoner rock and doom metal trio from Collado Villalba near Madrid, Spain. Their self-titled 2024 debut album spans nine tracks of heavy, blues-inflected riffing threaded with dark folklore, psychological horror, and human struggle.
Molarbear is a stoner and sludge metal act from Belfast in Northern Ireland, delivering crushing, fuzz-heavy compositions. The band brings thick, grinding grooves to the Belfast underground with a sound as heavy and unyielding as their ursine namesake.
Pittsburgh's Mold Farmer blend the fuzz-soaked riff worship of stoner metal with the funeral pace of doom, cultivating a sound that's both hazy and heavy in equal measure. Since 2019 they've added another layer to Pittsburgh's already rich tradition of slow and heavy music.
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