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Old Stove cook up a thick, fuzz-coated brand of stoner rock powered by the guitar and vocals of Gabriel Freitas, with Lucas Braga on bass and Murilo Costa on drums locking in a heavy, desert-scorched groove. Their 2015 debut album #1 opened with the slow-burning "Place Pigalle" and showcased a band clearly schooled in the low-slung psychedelia of the genre's American forebears.
Berlin sludge/stoner/doom metal act delivering triple-layered heaviness since 2021. Named after the largest volcano in the solar system, their sound aspires to similarly colossal proportions through low-tuned, feedback-drenched compositions.
Nuremberg psychedelic stoner/doom metal act active since 2011, marrying mind-expanding psychedelia with crushing doom weight. Over fifteen years they have developed a sound that is equal parts Sabbathian heaviness and lysergic exploration.
Stoner metal/rock band from Nevinnomyssk in Russia's Stavropol region, active since 2015. Their witch-themed name accompanies hazy, riff-heavy stoner metal from the North Caucasus.
Lynchburg, Virginia's Opium Church came together in 2025 under the banner of Appalachian doom hippies — and true to that self-description, they blend stoner and doom metal with the hazy, ritualistic warmth of the Blue Ridge foothills. Heavy, slow, and thoroughly at peace with taking up space.
Belgian stoner/doom metal band from Mechelen, delivering hazy, riff-drenched heaviness since 2017. Their narcotic name channels the intoxicating, mind-altering character of their stoner doom grooves.
Orate are a stoner/grunge outfit from Santiago, Chile who have been active since 2004, drawing on grunge, indie rock, and stoner influences in their songwriting. They released a self-titled debut in 2004 and returned over a decade later with El Ave Madrina in 2017, an eight-track album that leans into hazy, groove-driven rock with Spanish-language lyrics.
Orate are a stoner/grunge outfit from Santiago, Chile who have been active since 2004, drawing on grunge, indie rock, and stoner influences in their songwriting. They released a self-titled debut in 2004 and returned over a decade later with El Ave Madrina in 2017, an eight-track album that leans into hazy, groove-driven rock with Spanish-language lyrics.
Metz-based Orbis traffics in the low-end rumble where stoner metal meets doom, piling fuzz-drenched riffs atop lumbering rhythms. Their heavy, smoke-filled grooves recall the desert-baked heaviness of Sleep and Electric Wizard filtered through a French sensibility.
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