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The Stoned Witches Experiment is a doom/stoner metal band from Olbia, Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2018. They create fuzz-drenched, psychedelic doom and stoner metal with occult-tinged grooves.
The Stones of Arkham from Leipzig merge stoner metal's fuzz-drenched grooves with doom metal's slow-burn heaviness, all through the Lovecraftian lens their name demands since 2014. Their cosmic horror-themed approach to riff worship channels both the weird fiction tradition and the psychedelic doom underground.
Chicago's The Swan King craft music at the junction of stoner metal's fuzz-soaked riff worship and post-metal's expansive, textural reach, building songs that alternate between narcotic groove and patient, building intensity. Formed in 2012, they draw from the deep well of Chicago's heavy and experimental underground.
Stoner doom institution. 'Age of Winters' put Austin heavy rock on the map.
Out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, The Virgos drag gothic atmosphere through sludge and stoner terrain — slow, heavy riffs coated in dark, moody texture that owes as much to Type O Negative's gloom as it does to Sleep's monolithic low end.
Livermore, California's The Watchers traffic in heavy and stoner metal rooted in classic riff craft, blending the fuzzy, blues-tinged warmth of stoner rock with traditional metal muscle — a Bay Area outfit keeping an analog, no-nonsense approach since 2016.
The Wimps from Lyon deliver stoner metal and rock with the self-deprecating irony their meek name belies since 2016. Despite the name, their compositions pack the fuzz-drenched punch of the heaviest stoner traditions.
The Wiring from Wiesbaden craft stoner and doom metal that plugs into the fuzz-drenched, riff-worshipping tradition of the genre since 2016. Their electrical namesake suits the buzzing, amp-driven heaviness they channel from the Hessian state capital.
The Wisdoom is a doom/stoner metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2011. They craft heavy, fuzz-laden doom and stoner metal with massive riffs and psychedelic undertones.
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