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Dreadbeggar is a stoner and sludge metal two-piece from Hertfordshire, England, formed in 2018. Their releases include the Torment Addiction demo, Sludgefuck Blues, 9mm Painkiller, and Shibari Sigils, all channeling heavy, low-tuned stoner sludge from a stripped-down duo format.
Dreadstar is a stoner metal band from Dzhankoi, Ukraine, formed in 2025. The project delivers heavy stoner metal.
Drioma is a stoner metal/rock band from Kumanovo in North Macedonia, channeling the genre's trademark fuzz-drenched riffs and laid-back grooves through a Balkan sensibility. Their name — derived from a Greek word related to drowsiness — captures the hypnotic, trance-inducing quality of their heavy, psychedelic sound.
Driptorch is a stoner/groove metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2015. They ignite with fuzz-drenched stoner grooves and heavy riffs.
Drogula is a Buenos Aires stoner/doom duo founded in March 2022 by Nicolas Casabona (guitar/vocals) and Marcelo Soria (drums), who describe their sound as "sludge stoner space doom with occultist touches of necropsycodelia." The band released their debut full-length "Volume 1" on March 1, 2023, followed by "Volume 2" in January 2025, with both records receiving vinyl editions through Austin-based Herby Records.
Madison, Wisconsin's Droids Attack have been a fixture of the Midwest stoner metal underground since 2004, building a catalog of heavy, fuzz-loaded riff rock that nods to the desert rock lineage while keeping things rooted in the Midwest's own brand of unpretentious heaviness. Over two decades they've honed a sound that's equal parts groove and tonnage.
Drone Hunter is an instrumental sludge and stoner metal trio from Varazdin, Croatia, formed in 2012 by Luka Klen, Marko Gotal, and Filip Hajdarovic. Self-described as "a rock band playing heavy riffs without a singer," their 2022 tenth-anniversary EP In Gear was recorded at e-minor studio and mastered by Jeff Henson at Red Nova Ranch in Austin, Texas.
Dronegoola Machine plays stoner/sludge metal from Moscow, active since 2015 and constructing massive, drone-influenced compositions through their self-described sonic apparatus. Their machine-name format signals an industrial approach to heavy, repetitive riffing.
Dront is a doom and stoner metal band from Norrkoping, Sweden, formed in 2013. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs.
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