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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Chicago sludge and doom metal band founded in 2016, crafting dense, slow-burning compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy music that values atmosphere as much as volume.
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Colossal Stoner / Doom Metal from San Antonio.
Houston doom and heavy metal band formed in 2021, drawing on psychedelic hard rock and classic doom influences to craft a sound that bridges vintage heavy rock and modern metal.
Huntingtown, Maryland southern and stoner metal band founded in 2019, blending the grit of Southern-style metal with the fuzz-drenched grooves of the stoner rock tradition.
Uppsala's Stone Brigade play heavy metal from Sweden's ecclesiastical capital since 2019. Their lithic-military name and university-city origins channel the disciplined weight of stone soldiers into traditional metal compositions.
Stone Cadaver channel stoner metal and rock from Aarhus, building riff-heavy compositions with the fossilized heaviness their geological name suggests. Active since 2014, they bring petrified groove to the Jutland stoner scene.
Denton, Texas black metal band formed in 2020, contributing to the North Texas extreme metal scene with cold, abrasive compositions in the American black metal tradition.
San Francisco heavy metal band formed in 2019, rooted in the classic traditions of the genre and operating within the Bay Area's historically rich metal landscape.
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