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Sun Black Smoke is a stoner/sludge metal band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 2013, built on massive, haze-soaked riffs and a thick, abrasive low-end that reflects the industrial grit of their home city.
Sun God Ra is a Chicago, Illinois stoner/doom metal band formed in 2017, channeling ancient mythological imagery through sun-baked, fuzz-heavy riffs and hypnotic, slow-rolling grooves.
Sun King Ba is a Chicago, Illinois sludge/stoner metal act formed in 2022, stacking downtuned, smoke-thick riffs over a punishing rhythmic foundation drawn from the city's heavy underground scene.
Sun Mantra is a stoner/doom metal band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 2023, building meditative, fuzz-driven soundscapes that channel the repetitive pull of heavy riff worship.
Sun Mass is a stoner/doom metal band from Kansas City, Missouri, formed in 2023, delivering slow, ceremonial riff cycles that evoke a sense of ritual weight and sprawling, sun-bleached heaviness.
Sun of Grey is a doom/stoner metal band from Colorado Springs, Colorado, formed in 2017, drawing on the high-altitude bleakness of the Front Range in their slow, fuzzed-out compositions.
Sunburster is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sludge/doom/stoner metal band formed in 2012, combining the grime and aggression of sludge with the slow, narcotic groove of stoner and doom.
Sunbëarer is a stoner/doom metal band from Asheville, North Carolina, formed in 2022, contributing to the city's fertile heavy underground scene with fuzz-laden riffs and slow, hypnotic heaviness.
Sunczar deliver stoner metal from Frankfurt, building riff-heavy compositions powered by the hazy intensity of their solar-czar concept. Their Hessian capital base gives them access to one of Germany's most vibrant underground music scenes.
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