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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Sludge and stoner metal band from Lower Saxony, Germany. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden riffs and heavy grooves rooted in the stoner-sludge tradition.
San Marcos, TX doom and stoner metal band that mixes heavy psych fuzz with the dirge-like pace of traditional doom. They ride the slow burn of Texas heat into heavy, hazy oblivion.
Doom and stoner metal band from Kingston upon Hull, England, active since 1993. With over three decades of activity, Cosmic Juggernaut are among the most enduring doom-stoner acts in Britain.
Doom-stoner band from Prešov, formed in 2023. Cosmic Lord delivers heavy, spacious doom and stoner grooves from eastern Slovakia.
Champaign, IL doom and stoner metal band that exhales enormous, fuzz-drenched riffs at a pace that borders on ceremonial. Their music is heavy in the way weather systems are heavy.
Stoner metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver heavy, fuzz-drenched riffs and psychedelic grooves from the Rhine-Ruhr metropolis.
Stoner metal and hardcore punk band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2015, blending influences from Red Fang and Every Time I Die. Their releases including 'Systemic Failure' and 'Superlative Spacetime' deliver a heavy mix of stoner riffs with punk urgency.
Doom-stoner band from Umeå, active since 2013. Cosmic Overlord delivers lumbering, space-themed doom from northern Sweden.
Doom and stoner metal band from Heraklion, Crete, formed in 2014. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden doom-stoner from the Cretan capital.
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