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Legendary doom metal band from Coventry, England, active since 1991. Founded by Lee Dorrian after leaving Napalm Death, Cathedral became one of the most influential doom metal bands in history, blending stoner rock, 70s hard rock, and crushing doom across a celebrated discography.
Los Angeles sci-fi doom trio whose debut channels the analog grit of Sleep and Monolord into dystopian, riff-heavy slow-burn doom with DIY ethics and a futuristic conceptual bent.
Heavy and stoner metal band from the Antrim/Armagh area of Northern Ireland, formed in 2015. They blend classic heavy metal with stoner grooves.
Caveira is a stoner metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2003. The band features a five-piece lineup and delivers a dark, heavy sound rooted in the stoner and doom traditions. They released the EP “Spine” in 2021, which was picked up by the Stoned Meadow of Doom YouTube channel and gained attention in the international underground stoner scene.
Groove and stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They blend heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzz-laden sound.
Post-metal and stoner band from Bristol, England, formed in 2016. They blend expansive post-metal dynamics with stoner metal grooves from the West Country.
Celestial Funeral is a doom and stoner metal project from Rio Claro, São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2020. Their first recording, “Tubal Cain – People of Goda,” blends stoner and doom metal with passages into black metal, and was released as a single in 2020 on Bandcamp and Spotify. The project is dedicated to exploring the sonic diversity of heavy metal across its heavier sub-genres.
Death-doom-stoner act from Nijmegen, with renewed Bandcamp activity since 2020 but a history stretching back to the early 1990s. Celestial Season is a veteran Dutch doom act, pioneering atmospheric death-doom in the Netherlands.
Doom and stoner metal band from Aachen, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves rooted in the stoner-doom tradition.
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