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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Stoner metal/rock band from Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia formed in 2023. Woygn delivers heavy stoner grooves from the small Carinthian town in the northern mountains of Slovenia.
Brooklyn's Wretched Tsar have been dragging sludge and stoner metal through New York's underground since 2016, combining the slow, crushing weight of sludge with the hazy, amplifier-worship side of stoner metal. The result is heavy in both mass and atmosphere, made for dark rooms and loud speakers.
Stoner and groove metal band from Oldenburg/Ostfriesland, Germany formed in 2019. Write Zero lays down heavy, groove-laden riffs anchored in the stoner metal tradition from the flat coastlands of northwestern Germany.
Stoner and doom metal band from Manchester, England formed in 2019. Wvlf delivers heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs from one of England's most prolific music cities.
Heavy and stoner metal band from London, England active since 2015. Wychhound blends classic heavy metal power with stoner rock's psychedelic groove from the British capital.
Tennessee's Wëëdkiller are a nascent stoner/doom act formed in 2026, crafting slow, hazy heaviness from the fertile Southern underground where heat and humidity seem to seep into every downtuned riff. Their name and sound together point toward a band comfortable wallowing in the slow burn.
Stoner metal/rock band from Lublin, Poland, formed in 2025 with a five-piece lineup including vocalist Arni Lundberg. Their debut EP channels the raw energy of stoner rock and desert metal, with five tracks including "The Witch" and "WAR WAR WAR" emerging from Poland's eastern countryside.
Stoner metal band from Turin, Italy, active since 2007. The band delivers heavy, groove-laden stoner metal riffs from one of Italy's industrial heartlands, building a steady presence in the Italian underground scene over nearly two decades.
YOB formed in Eugene, Oregon in 1996 under the direction of guitarist and vocalist Mike Scheidt, building a body of work that stands among the most singular and emotionally resonant in American doom metal. After an initial period of activity through 2005, Scheidt reformed the band in 2008 and continued with bassist Aaron Rieseberg and drummer Dave French, releasing a sequence of acclaimed albums — Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014), and Our Raw Heart (2018, Relapse Records) — the latter composed while Scheidt recovered from a near-fatal intestinal disease. Their capacity to sustain long-form compositions of both crushing weight and genuine transcendence has made them a defining act in modern doom.
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