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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Los Angeles' The Cimmerian draw on the ancient and barbaric spirit their name invokes — stoner/sludge metal built for the long haul, riff-heavy and swaggering with the kind of fuzz-soaked weight that the genre's best practitioners have always known how to deploy. Formed in 2022, they enter a Los Angeles heavy scene with deep roots and find their place in the lineage naturally.
Virginia Beach's The Crimson Electric have been fusing Southern metal's bluesy swagger with the slow, narcotic weight of stoner metal since 2007, a combination that suits their coastal Virginia setting more than it might seem. Their music has a humid, road-worn quality to it — the kind that suggests long drives down flat coastal highways with the volume turned all the way up.
Born in 2024 in Sparta, New Jersey, The Crooked Skulls trade in stoner metal that leans as much on rock's loose, swinging feel as on anything crushing. Their recent arrival means they're still defining their sound, but the stoner metal and rock foundation points toward a band more interested in atmosphere and groove than spectacle.
Indie sludge band from Lausanne in Switzerland's French-speaking region. Their catalog includes the releases Conjure, Horde, and Fuel! Flames! Blast!, blending sludge metal weight with indie rock sensibility.
The Curf is a stoner rock/stoner doom metal band from Athens, active since 2007. Their music delivers heavy, fuzz-laden grooves and crushing doom riffs, contributing to Athens' vibrant stoner and doom scene.
The Cyon Project from Turin evolved from melodic death metal into heavy and stoner metal, reflecting a stylistic transformation since 2015. A decade of canine-themed compositions from the Piedmontese capital.
The Deep Blue is a stoner/doom metal band from Margate on the Kent coast, formed in 2021. Their oceanic name suits their heavy, drowning riffs and slow-burning doom, drawing from the seaside atmosphere of the Thames Estuary.
Psychedelic Heavy / Stoner Metal from Houston.
Brand new out of Bloomington, Indiana in 2025, The Devil Let Us arrive fully formed in the molten intersection of stoner, groove, and sludge metal — slow, massive, and unrepentantly heavy. Bloomington's college-town atmosphere has long nurtured experimental heavy music, and this band channels that spirit into something seismic and groove-laden. The triple threat of stoner fuzz, groove metal's locked-in pocket, and sludge's abrasive drag makes for a deeply physical listening experience.
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