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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Chicago heavy metal and stoner collective that exploded onto the scene in 2024 with eight releases in a single year. Operating as a label-like entity with numbered catalog entries, they curate a roster of heavy sounds from the city's vibrant underground, blending NWOTHM classicism with fuzz-drenched grooves.
Richmond, Virginia stoner metal outfit with an experimental streak, active since 2020. Their catalog ranges from straight-ahead fuzz worship to the remix-oriented Cordyceps Disco Remixed, suggesting a band that treats stoner metal as a starting point rather than a destination.
Anatomy Corruption is a death/stoner metal band from Mundo Novo, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2018. The band occupies an unusual niche, blending the psychedelic, riff-heavy groove of stoner metal with death metal aggression — a combination that sets them apart from the standard extreme metal output of Brazil's northeast.
Los Angeles stoner metal collective with a staggering fourteen releases since 2021, making them one of the most prolific heavy bands on the West Coast. Their catalog spans EPs, full-lengths, and everything between, with Nothing Grows In A Straight Line capturing their organic, ever-evolving approach to heavy psych.
Andvara explores progressive stoner metal from Sundbyberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area since 2017. Named after the dwarf of Norse mythology who guarded a treasure of gold, they bring mythological wealth to psychedelic heaviness.
Detroit stoner metal project whose 2020 single Siren in Scorpio blends cosmic imagery with fuzzy, groove-heavy riffs. Motor City heaviness filtered through astrological mysticism.
Los Angeles stoner metal project from the California underground.
Angus Black conjures doom and stoner metal from Helsinki since 2017, blending crushing heaviness with the hazy grooves of psychedelic rock. Their sound navigates the murky intersection of Finland's doom metal heritage and stoner rock's cosmic wanderings.
Denver gothic and progressive metal project whose 2020 EP Beyond the Pale blends dark atmospherics with technical ambition. Named after the sociological concept of normlessness, they channel existential unease into heavy, ornate compositions.
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