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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Denver's Deer Creek have been pulling from the mile-high city's well of sludge, doom, and stoner heaviness since 2006, crafting records that move slow and hit hard.
Out of Aberdeen, South Dakota, Deer Skull blend stoner swagger and traditional heavy metal into something that carries the wide-open isolation of the Great Plains in every riff.
Deerslayer is a doom and stoner metal band from Arjang, Sweden, formed in 2014. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs from the Varmland region.
Deformus plays a hybrid of heavy, stoner, and sludge metal from 's-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant, active since 2017. Their genre-blending approach creates deformed, misshapen compositions that refuse to fit neatly into any single category — as their name implies.
Deibel is a sludge/stoner metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver thick, heavy grooves drenched in fuzz and sludge.
Dekonstruktor plays stoner/doom metal from Moscow, active since 2014 and systematically dismantling musical structures through heavy, fuzz-laden compositions. Their German-Russian hybrid name evokes deliberate disassembly — taking heaviness apart to rebuild it heavier.
Bangor, Maine's Delph have been crafting stoner doom since 2017, their sound shaped by the long winters and isolated wilderness of northern New England. The band blends fuzz-heavy stoner grooves with doom metal's glacial pacing, producing music that feels as unhurried and inevitable as the Maine landscape itself.
Gaithersburg, Maryland's Demassify have been stacking fuzz-laden riffs since 2020, navigating the thick overlap between stoner metal, doom, and classic heavy metal. Their sound calls to mind long desert highways and low-slung power chords — deliberate, heavy, and deeply rooted in the analog warmth of hard rock tradition.
Sacramento's Dementia started out in the stoner and heavy metal tradition before pivoting toward nu-metal as their sound evolved over the years. Formed in 2013, they represent the California underground's tendency to absorb and recombine influences across metal's many stylistic eras.
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