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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Stonecrow is a thrash metal band from Bainbridge Island, Washington, formed in 2007, one of the longer-running acts in the Pacific Northwest thrash underground, built on aggressive tempos and sharp, driving riffs.
Stonecutters is a sludge metal band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 2009, emerging from one of the South's most fertile underground metal scenes with thick, punishing low-end and corrosive, slow-burning heaviness.
Stoned is a thrash/heavy metal band from Waukesha, Wisconsin, formed in 2010, blending the aggressive riff attack of thrash with traditional heavy metal songwriting from the Milwaukee area underground.
Stoned Beaver is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from the Black Hills of South Dakota, formed in 2025, one of the newer entrants to the region's nascent heavy underground, blending slow, fuzz-saturated grooves with oppressive sludge weight.
Stoned Cobra is a stoner metal band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 2013, part of the Deep South's thriving heavy rock underground, built on coiled, serpentine riffs and hazy psychedelic energy.
Stoned Ghost is a progressive heavy metal band from New Jersey, formed in 2019, combining the melodic depth and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the punch and attitude of traditional heavy metal.
Stoned God fuse progressive, death, and groove metal from Gottingen, creating a multi-genre sound that moves between cerebral complexity and riff-driven heaviness. Active since 2016, they bring divine, altered-state intensity to the Lower Saxon university city.
Kyiv's Stoned Jesus have become one of Ukraine's most internationally recognized stoner and doom metal acts since 2012. Over a decade from the Dnieper capital, their provocatively irreverent name has produced a catalog of riff-heavy compositions that have earned them a significant global following.
Varese's Stoned Monkey blend sludge and stoner metal from the Lombard lakes since 2011. Their primate-themed intoxication name captures the fuzzy, primal quality of their heavy approach.
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