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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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Emmeloord's Stone in Egypt deal in stoner metal from the Flevoland polder since 2000. Over a quarter-century, this land-reclaimed-from-sea project has built one of the Netherlands' most enduring stoner metal legacies.
Fort Worth stoner rock trio known for dark, spacious psychedelic jamming they call Doom Jazz.
Stone Marrow is a progressive stoner metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 2019, combining complex song structures and intricate instrumental passages with heavy, fuzz-laden stoner grooves.
Stone Monolith deliver stoner metal from the tiny southwestern Finnish town of Humppila, building massive, monolithic compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring geological weight to the Kanta-Hame scene.
Houston power trio delivering Sabbath-style doom and savage sludge. Signed to Ripple Music.
Gothenburg's Stone of Duna pair sludge and stoner metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2023. Their Dune-referencing name channels the desert sci-fi mythology of Frank Herbert into compositions of thick, sandworm-heavy fuzz.
Bergamo's Stone Prophets bring stoner metal to the Lombard hills since 2026. Their oracular name channels prophetic visions through the sacrament of the riff from one of Italy's most elevated cities.
Stone Ritual is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Redford Charter Township, Michigan, formed in 2015, weaving together the region's industrial heaviness with slow, ceremonial tempos and filthy, feedback-soaked tones.
Stone the Wizard is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stoner metal act formed in 2021, evolving from blues rock roots into a heavier, fuzz-driven sound rooted in classic stoner rock and heavy psych traditions.
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