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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Sludge and stoner metal band from Nienburg, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden riffs and crushing low-end grooves from the Weser Valley.
Stoner metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, rumbling since 2007. Cojones delivers heavy, fuzz-laden grooves with a laid-back swagger that belies the band's nearly two decades of output.
Genre-spanning band from London, active since 2009. Cold in Berlin blend death metal, doom, gothic, and stoner influences into a dark, theatrical sound.
Groove-stoner-thrash act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2020. Colossus Form merges heavy grooves with stoner fuzz and thrash aggression.
Oslo stoner metal and rock duo launched in 2023, delivering fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves from Norway's capital. Their downtempo heaviness channels the hypnotic repetition central to the stoner genre.
Legendary doom-sludge-stoner metal band from Liverpool, England, active since 2007. Conan are renowned for their absolutely crushing, caveman-heavy approach to doom-sludge, earning them a devoted international following.
Doom and stoner metal band from Rostock, Germany, formed in 2016. They deliver crushing, fuzz-drenched doom from the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Progressive stoner metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with the heavy, groove-laden sound of stoner metal.
Doom-sludge-stoner trio from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2017. Coroza layers massive, low-tuned riffs over plodding tempos, channeling the grey skies of southern Ireland.
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