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Voidripper is a stoner/doom metal band from Oberhausen, Germany, formed in 2026. They play crushing, riff-heavy stoner doom from the Ruhr Valley.
Boise's Voidstrider have been carving out a heavy/stoner metal niche since 2019 that also pulls freely from psychedelic rock — warm fuzz tones, riff-forward songwriting, and a loose cosmic swagger that keeps the music from feeling purely riff-mechanical. The heavy metal backbone gives their material more structure than most stoner acts, while the psychedelic rock influence keeps it from going fully headbanger. Idaho isn't overrun with bands doing this well.
Durham, North Carolina's Voidward have been playing stoner metal and psychedelic rock since 2013, which puts them among the more seasoned acts in a genre where many bands flame out before hitting the five-year mark. Their sound has the lived-in warmth of a band that's spent years dialing in tone — fuzz-soaked, unhurried, and rooted in the kind of heavy rock that trusts the riff to do the work. Over a decade in, they're still one of the Triangle's reliable heavy underground fixtures.
Volcanova is a stoner metal/rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2020. Their albums "Radical Waves" and "Cosmic Bullshit" — the latter recorded at Studio Helviti and mastered by Esben Willems — deliver heavy, groove-laden stoner rock from the Icelandic underground.
Bielsko-Biala's Volt Ritual generates thick, fuzz-drenched grooves at the intersection of doom and stoner metal, channeling the psychedelic heaviness of Sleep and Electric Wizard. Their slow, riff-worshipping approach favors hypnotic repetition and massive distorted tone.
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Vukojarac is a sludge/stoner metal band from Sinj, Croatia, formed in 2020. They deliver heavy, low-tuned sludge and stoner metal from the Dalmatian hinterland.
Houston's Vulgarnaut have been hauling their stoner-doom payload since 2016, with a sound thick enough to match the heat and humidity of the Gulf Coast. Their riffs move slowly and deliberately, stacking fuzz and feedback in the tradition of the heaviest Texas underground.
Völva is a stoner/doom metal band from Akureyri, Iceland, formed in 2018. They deliver crushing stoner doom from northern Iceland.
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