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Doom and stoner metal project from England formed in 2013. With the Dead delivers crushing doom steeped in the heaviest traditions of British metal.
Portland's Wizard Cage arrived in 2023 with a sound rooted in the Pacific Northwest's fertile sludge and stoner metal underground, piling doom's funeral-pace heaviness onto a bed of fuzzed-out, psychedelic riff work. As one of the newer acts in Portland's sprawling heavy music scene, they're already embracing the slow, crushing aesthetic that the city has elevated into an art form. Their name captures the lysergic, occult-tinged darkness that runs through their music.
Chicago's Wizard Castle have been hauling heavy, stoner-inflected metal through the Windy City's underground since 2012, fusing traditional heavy metal muscle with the hazy, riff-centric languor of stoner metal. Their dual identity — rooted in classic metal but drenched in fuzz — gives them a timeless quality that appeals across subgenre lines. They're a reliable presence in the Chicago scene, built on the kind of riffs that demand to be played loud.
Boston's Wizard Cult formed in 2015 and have planted themselves firmly in the city's doom and stoner underground, conjuring slow-burning heaviness that pairs crushing guitar weight with an almost meditative, hypnotic quality. Their sound carries the ritualistic feel their name implies — repetition and density used as tools for inducing a trance-like state rather than simply bludgeoning the listener. They're a worthy addition to Boston's rich tradition of heavy, riff-obsessed acts.
Houston stoner/psych doom. Trippy, heavy, and cosmically groove-laden.
Richmond, Virginia's Wizard Hand have been conjuring stoner doom heaviness since 2018, emerging from a city that has quietly built one of the South's most adventurous heavy music underground scenes. Their sound leans into the hypnotic interplay between earth-shaking low end and fuzz-soaked melody that defines the best of the stoner doom tradition. Richmond's fertile heavy scene clearly shaped their approach to slow, immersive riff craft.
Kalispell, Montana's Wizzerd formed in 2015 in one of the most geographically remote metal scenes in the country, and that isolation informs their sprawling, cosmic take on stoner and doom metal. Their music reaches for the same vast open spaces that define Big Sky Country, building long, heavy compositions that feel as expansive as the landscape surrounding them. Among the handful of heavy bands calling Montana home, Wizzerd stand out for their genuine ambition and prolific output.
Dallas stoner doom with huge psychedelic riffs. Some of the heaviest grooves in Texas.
Wolfpussy formed in Portland, Oregon in 2012, channeling the city's love of heavy, slow, and sun-baked into a stoner metal sound built on thick riffs and unhurried groove. Portland has long nurtured heavy music that values texture and feel over technical complexity, and Wolfpussy fits squarely in that tradition — the kind of band that wants the room to move together rather than stand in awe. Their name alone signals a band with a sense of humor about the gravity its genre sometimes takes too seriously.
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