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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Stoner metal act from Rome, formed in 2003. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Wrocław-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2011, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
The Hague-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2020, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Athens-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2015, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Stoner metal act from Sweden, formed in 2025. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Belfast heavy outfit active since 2003, described as doom meeting stoner meeting heavy blues meeting psychedelic proto-punk in a back-alley knife fight. Their discography from Oblivion Switch through Drown the Phoenix spans nearly two decades of genre-defying heaviness rooted in the Northern Irish underground.
Stoner/groove metal and hard rock band from Denbigh in North Wales, formed in 2018. They deliver riff-heavy grooves infused with stoner swagger and hard rock attitude.
Sludge/stoner metal and hard rock band from Nottingham, self-described purveyors of speed doom. Their releases including Mood Poisoning and Fantasy Dealer deliver crushing low-end riffs to the East Midlands underground.
Stoner metal band from Ipswich in Suffolk, formed in 2018, whose motto is simply follow the riff. Their releases including Nug Hungus and a live recording from The Smokehouse capture raw, riff-driven heaviness.
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