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Vienna psychedelic doom/stoner quartet formed in 2016 and signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records, Ryte build their mostly instrumental sound from down-tuned twin guitars, jazzy drumming, distorted bass, and theremin landscapes across four extended tracks. Blending doom, prog, jazz, and space rock, they have performed at festivals like Lake on Fire and shared stages with Sacri Monti and Golden Void.
RZMNR is a three-piece stoner/doom metal instrumental band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2016. Their self-titled debut album — five heavy, sludge-laden jams each named for one of Tolkien's five Istari wizards written in Middle-Earth languages — was praised for its cohesive flow and riff-driven craftsmanship.
Suffocating Doom / Stoner Metal / Shoegaze out of Texas.
Filthy Sludge Metal out of Texas.
Saint Earth pair stoner and doom metal from the Halland/Vastmanland region since 2015. Their sanctified-ground name channels the holiness of the earth itself into compositions of heavy, fuzz-driven Scandinavian weight.
Samowa channel stoner and doom metal with psychedelic rock influences from Bergisch Gladbach, building hazy, riff-heavy compositions that lean into cosmic heaviness. Their Rhineland origins provide a surprisingly laid-back backdrop for their sun-baked, fuzz-drenched sound.
Samsara Blues Experiment were a Berlin-based stoner/doom outfit active from 2007 to 2020, led by Christian Peters alongside Hans Eiselt and Thomas Vedder. Albums like "One With The Universe" and "Waiting For The Flood" earned them a devoted following in the psychedelic doom underground before Peters continued with Fuzz Sagrado.
Sandiablo was a stoner metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring guitarist Claudio Filadoro, vocalist Gabriel Raimondo, bassist Adrian Corrales, and drummer Martín Cipriano. The band recorded a single self-titled EP in 1998 across various studios before dissolving in 1999 when Filadoro joined Los Natas, the seminal Argentine stoner rock group.
Sandy Leather deliver stoner/doom metal and rock from Berlin, building fuzzy, riff-heavy compositions that channel the genre's laid-back heaviness. Their German capital base gives them access to one of Europe's most fertile underground music scenes.
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