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Agitat Solum creates sludge, stoner, and doom metal from Loures in the Lisbon district as of 2026. Their Latin name meaning 'shake the ground' captures the seismic heaviness of their freshly forged sound.
Agnauseam is a groove and stoner metal band from Columbus, Ohio. The band blends heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzzed-out sensibility.
Airain fuses progressive metal with stoner elements from the Alpine town of Embrun since 2025, channeling the high-altitude atmosphere of the Hautes-Alpes into heavy, groove-laden compositions. Their French word for "bronze" evokes the weighty, resonant quality of their sound.
Akashic Haze is a stoner/doom metal band from Circleville, Ohio. Their 2022 EP "Hashteroid" — a portmanteau that tells you everything you need to know — delivers four tracks of hazy, riff-driven stoner doom.
Akedia are an Innsbruck stoner and sludge metal band who released Aion in 2020 and Il Lato Peggiore in 2022, building a sound rooted in slow, massive riffs and psychedelic heaviness. The project leans into the existential resignation implied by their name — acedia being the theological concept of spiritual apathy — channeling that weight into dense, low-tempo metal.
Al is a stoner/doom metal band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. With eleven releases since 2020, the project has been remarkably prolific, delivering a steady stream of hazy, riff-heavy stoner doom.
Alabama Church Fire is a doom/stoner metal band from the Rossville, Georgia/Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Their 2018 EP "Forever Homely and High" delivers three tracks of heavy, Southern-fried doom with a provocative band name that evokes the region's painful history.
Alabama Thunderpussy is a Southern and stoner metal band from Richmond, Virginia. One of the pillars of the early 2000s stoner/Southern metal scene, the band earned a devoted following with albums like "Constellation" and "Open Fire" before going on hiatus, leaving behind a legacy of riff-worshipping heaviness that helped define the genre.
Alamo Black is a doom/stoner metal band from Denver, Colorado. With two EPs spanning 2018 to 2025, the band plays heavy, groove-laden doom stoner from the Mile High City.
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