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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Sneek's Stonehawk pair groove and stoner metal from the Frisian waterway town since 2012. Their predatory-mineral name channels the hunting instinct through compositions of thick, heavy-cruising grooves.
Stonehead is a groove metal band from Farmington Hills, Michigan, formed in 2010, delivering the syncopated, chunky riff patterns and aggressive mid-tempo punch that define the groove metal sound.
Stonehenge is a heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2013, rooted in the traditional heavy metal sound with an emphasis on classic riff-driven songwriting.
Stonehenge is a heavy metal band from Albany, New York, formed in 2013, part of the upstate New York metal scene and committed to the no-frills songcraft of traditional heavy metal.
Stonelayer is a progressive metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2017, building intricate, layered compositions that reflect the Midwest's growing progressive metal community.
Umea's Stoneload thrash from the Vasterbotten capital since 2010. Over a decade from Sweden's cultural north, their burden-of-stone name has channeled the crushing weight of carried rock into compositions of relentless aggression.
Stonem play metalcore from Landsberg am Lech in Upper Bavaria, combining aggressive breakdowns with melodic passages from the banks of the Lech. Active since 2015, they bring modern heaviness to the Bavarian lake district.
Stoneman is a stoner/doom metal project from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2023, exploring heavy, narcotic tempos and thick, rolling guitar tones in the vein of classic doom and stoner rock.
Stoneman is a crossover thrash and hardcore band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2023, merging the frenetic energy of hardcore with the aggressive riff attack of thrash metal.
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