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Proof (2024)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Manchester stoner/sludge metal band formed in 2018, self-described northern stoner doom heavyweights. Their growing catalog including Solitude and Savagery and Mean Sugar delivers massive, slow-burning heaviness with the grit expected from the north of England.
Hailing from Everett, Washington, Barbarian Wasteland trades in the slow, haze-soaked intersection of doom and stoner metal, carving out a groove-oriented sound since 2019.
Arnhem-based stoner metal outfit active since 2021, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
Szeged-based stoner metal outfit active since 2012, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
Bardasagat is a Patagonian stoner metal band from Neuquén, Argentina, active since 2018 and comprising Mauro and Ariel on guitar and vocals, Franco on bass, and Matías on drums. The band has released the "Samsara/Atreyu" record and captured their live energy on "En vivo '23" (2023), self-describing their sound as "stoner patagónico."
Fargo, North Dakota's Barnaby Jones deal in a blend of stoner, doom, and heavy metal, carrying on the mid-tempo, riff-heavy tradition of the genre from the Northern Plains underground since 2016.
Sandvika-based stoner metal outfit active since 2009, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
New Jersey/New York stoner/doom metal band Barrow Downs — named after the haunted burial mounds of Tolkien's Middle-earth — have been grinding out heavy, haze-drenched riffs since 2020.
Stoner metal act from Viseu, formed in 2016. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
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