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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Przemyśl-based thrash/stoner metal act active since 2013, fusing thrash metal's riff-driven aggression with stoner metal's fuzz-drenched groove. Their unconventional hybrid delivers both headbanging intensity and heavy, laid-back swagger.
Cagliari-based stoner metal outfit active since 2015, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
Spanish stoner/doom metal and progressive rock band from Cádiz, formed in 2023. They blend stoner-doom heaviness with progressive rock's expansive structures from the Andalusian coast.
Manchester stoner metal/rock band formed in 2011, compared to a blend of Clutch, Gypsyhawk, and The Sword. Their album Burning Mother delivers blistering riffs, melodic vocals, and classic rock guitar solos across ten tracks of stoner rock and sludge.
Stockholm-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2017, 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.
French heavy/stoner metal and hard rock band from Strasbourg, formed in 2020. They blend stoner metal with hard rock from the Alsatian capital.
Stoner metal act from Halmstad, formed in 2015. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
French psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Dijon, formed in 2020. They craft hallucinatory doom from the Burgundian capital.
Fredrikstad-based stoner metal outfit active since 2008, building their sound on thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-heavy approach to heavy music. Their compositions channel the warmth of 1970s proto-metal through walls of modern distortion.
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