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Bala is a sludge metal and stoner rock duo from Galicia, Spain, formed in 2013 and consisting of guitarist/vocalist Anxela Baltar and drummer/vocalist Violeta Mosquera. Operating without a bassist, the pair construct a dense, fuzz-saturated sound rooted in heavy riffing and raw energy, with lyrics delivered in both Spanish and Galician. The band released two albums on Santiago de Compostela label Matapadre before signing with Century Media Records for Maleza in 2021.
Barizon are a stoner/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro who released their debut full-length "Towards the Rising Sun" in 2014 through Monstro Discos, recorded at Estúdio Superfuzz. Described as eight sludgy stoner doom rippers packed with hallucinogenic heaviness, the album drew comparisons to Down, Red Fang, and Mastodon, placing the band among Rio's more prominent underground stoner acts. The five-piece features Alexandre "Beef" Barbosa on vocals alongside Eduardo Sodré and Gabriel Zander on guitars.
BASK is a stoner rock and post-rock band from Asheville, North Carolina, active since 2012 and distinguished by an unusual integration of Americana songwriting with heavy, reverb-saturated stoner and desert rock. The band began recording their debut album American Hollow in 2014, followed by Ramble Beyond (2017) and III (2019), all released via Season of Mist. They have toured alongside High on Fire and Black Tusk, and their regional Appalachian flavor sets them apart within the broader sludge and stoner rock sphere.
Founded in Borlänge, Sweden in 1999 as a side project by Dozer guitarist Tommi Holappa, Demon Cleaner's Karl Daniel Lidén, and Lowrider vocalist Peder Bergstrand, Greenleaf began as an informal outlet for 1970s hard rock and proto-metal influences free from the pressures of their main bands. The project gradually evolved into a full touring act with Holappa as the sole original member, releasing eight studio albums including Revolution Rock (2001), Agents of Ahriman (2007), and Nest of Vipers (2012). Their consistent output has made them a reliable presence in the European stoner rock scene for over two decades.
Hammer of the Gods was a stoner rock and metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active around 2012. The band self-released a self-titled EP in 2012 featuring material recorded in 2011, operating as an independent act before eventually splitting up. Their sound drew from the heavier end of the stoner rock spectrum within São Paulo's underground metal circuit.
John Garcia is a vocalist from Arizona best known as the founding singer of Kyuss, the desert rock band whose early-1990s output helped define the stoner rock genre. His 2014 self-titled solo debut on Napalm Records marked the beginning of an active solo career that has included The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues (2017) and a collaboration under the John Garcia and the Band of Gold name, showcasing his signature gravelly vocal delivery in a range of desert-tinged heavy rock settings.
Lonely Kamel emerged from a series of basement jam sessions in Oslo, Norway, around 2006, delivering a smoky blend of stoner rock, blues, and psychedelia. The quartet built a steady catalog through the 2010s, including Dust Devil (2011), Shit City (2014), and Death's-Head Hawkmoth (2018) on Stickman Records. Their sound places them squarely within the European heavy-psych tradition, drawing on vintage American blues-rock while maintaining the unhurried groove characteristic of Scandinavian stoner rock.
Mammoth Mammoth coalesced in Melbourne, Australia in 2007 from the musical restlessness of guitarist Ben Couzens and vocalist Gareth Sweet, delivering a self-described smash of stoner, glam, doom, punk, and psychedelic rock influences. The band signed to Napalm Records and released Volume V: Mount the Mountain (2017) and Kreuzung (2019), having built their following through a decade of high-volume touring and a series of independently released early records. Their fuzzed-out, high-energy approach aligns them with Australian hard rock traditions while filtering them through the American stoner rock aesthetic.
Mil Tormentas (Spanish for "A Thousand Storms") is a stoner rock and sludge metal band from Buenos Aires that formed in late 2013. They released their self-titled debut EP on November 1, 2014, recorded at La Nave de Oseberg, and put out their music through South American Sludge Records, the label founded by Sergio Chotsourian of Los Natas.
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