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Södermanland-based doom metal and stoner metal act, active since 2023 delivering wah-soaked leads and bass-heavy grooves in the tradition of Kyuss and Sleep. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2014. They bring fuzzy, heavy riffing and slow-burning heaviness from the Finnish capital.
A recent arrival from Salt Lake City, Fabler has been crafting heavy, earth-bound doom and stoner metal since 2023 — slow riffs steeped in desert haze that reward patient listeners.
Phoenix's Face the Flames lean into the slow and the heavy, crafting stoner-doom that trades the desert city's relentless heat into fuzz-soaked riffs and brooding, patient tempos since 2017.
Faceless Empress is a stoner heavy metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2022, drawing comparisons to Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and desert rock acts like Kyuss and Dozer. The four-piece released their debut EP The Escapist in August 2024, produced and mixed at Magia Negra Studios.
Facing Forward is a stoner metal/rock band from Paris, France, formed in 2011. The band delivers heavy stoner grooves from the French capital.
Evansville, Indiana's Faerie Ring has been blending doom and stoner metal since 2018, bringing heavy, psych-laced riffs and an occult-folk sensibility to a part of the Midwest not always associated with the heavier end of the spectrum.
Fort Collins, Colorado's Falcon Haptics has been delivering stoner metal and heavy rock since 2020 — a city at the base of the Rockies that pairs well with the slow, weed-hazed enormity the genre demands.
Metairie, Louisiana's Fall from Grace leans into stoner and doom metal with the low-end density and swampy atmosphere that the Gulf South does better than most, a band formed in 2018 in the shadow of New Orleans.
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