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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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The Hague's Stitchfork deal in stoner metal from the Dutch seat of government since 2018. Their rural-implement name and political-capital origins create a friction between earthy heaviness and metropolitan sophistication.
Los Angeles stoner and sludge metal act formed in 2017, stacking fuzzed-out riffs and swamp-heavy grooves against the backdrop of the Southern California heavy underground.
Stonaut channel stoner and groove metal from Helsinki, building heavy, rhythmic compositions with astronaut-themed cosmic exploration. Formed in 2022, they bring orbital stoner grooves to the Finnish capital.
Colossal Stoner / Doom Metal from San Antonio.
Huntingtown, Maryland southern and stoner metal band founded in 2019, blending the grit of Southern-style metal with the fuzz-drenched grooves of the stoner rock tradition.
Stone Cadaver channel stoner metal and rock from Aarhus, building riff-heavy compositions with the fossilized heaviness their geological name suggests. Active since 2014, they bring petrified groove to the Jutland stoner scene.
Stone Elk is a stoner/doom metal outfit from Missoula, Montana, formed in 2016, delivering thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and loping tempos rooted in the wide-open terrain of the Mountain West.
Stone Emperor is a Los Angeles stoner metal band formed in 2020, channeling the heavy psych and hard rock traditions of the Southern California underground into walls of distorted, groove-driven sound.
Stone Gnome is a stoner/sludge metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2021, fusing the Bay Area's history of heavy psych with grimy sludge textures and psychedelic guitar work.
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