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Spectral Sorcery is a Pennsylvania psychedelic doom and stoner metal band formed in 2023, crafting slow, haze-drenched heavy music that prioritizes atmosphere and lysergic texture over aggression. Their sound draws from the fuzzed-out, riff-worshipping traditions of desert rock and occult doom.
Speed Goat deliver lumbering doom and stoner metal from Manchester, their riffs coated in the kind of fuzz that could strip paint. Formed in 2021, they bring a lo-fi, riff-worshipping ethos to the city's thriving heavy scene.
Spent is a Washington state doom and stoner metal band active since 1995, delivering slow, heavily fuzzed riffs steeped in the Pacific Northwest's long tradition of heavy, psychedelic-tinged sludge.
Cardiff's Spider Kitten have been lurking since 2003, spinning a web of doom, industrial, and stoner metal. Their eclectic approach yields a sound that is by turns crushing, mechanical, and hypnotically groovy.
Spirit Division is an Indianapolis, Indiana doom and stoner metal band formed in 2014, delivering fuzz-drenched riffs and hypnotic grooves in the tradition of heavy psychedelic doom.
Spiritu is a stoner and doom metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 2023, fusing the sun-baked heaviness of the desert Southwest with the slow, hypnotic groove of stoner doom.
Spliff Witch is a doom, stoner, and sludge metal band from Anderson, South Carolina, formed in 2021, delivering hazy, heavy-riffed music steeped in the psychedelic fatigue and swamp-weight of the Southern sludge tradition.
Belfast's Spliff Witchard have been dealing low-and-slow sludge and stoner riffs since 2012. Their name says it all: hazy, heavy, and unapologetically devoted to the riff as sacrament.
Split Lung is a stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Fresno, California, formed in 2015, specializing in heavy, slow-burning riffs and oppressive atmosphere within the Central Valley's underground heavy music scene.
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