Gainesville, Florida's Crystal Balls fuse black metal fury with crushing doom tempos, creating a suffocating atmosphere unique to the Sunshine State underground. Their music is cold and unrelenting.

Suffocating Stoner / Doom Metal / Alternative Rock from Los Angeles, California / El Paso.

Raleigh, North Carolina duo Crystal Spiders play fuzz-drenched stoner doom rooted in heavy 70s riffs and psychedelic atmosphere. Their full-length debut showcases a confident grasp of groove and weight.

Madison, Wisconsin trio Cthonian Lich crawl through a swampy fusion of doom, sludge, and stoner metal, conjuring psychedelic dread from the Midwest. Their riffs move like shifting tectonic plates — slow, heavy, and unstoppable.

Prolific one-man project with over fifteen full-lengths since 2013. Unpredictable, genre-bending compositions blending doom, prog, and symphonic elements.

Portland, Oregon stoner and doom metal outfit Cull move at a heavy, methodical pace, building oppressive walls of fuzz that carry the Pacific Northwest's heavy tradition. Their music is slow, deliberate, and saturated with low-end weight.

Phoenix, Arizona doom/sludge outfit Culldron cook up thick, sweltering metal that mirrors the scorching heat of the Sonoran Desert. Their heavy, low-tuned sound drags and churns with relentless desert oppressiveness.

Long Island husband-and-wife duo Cult of Herodias craft deeply immersive funeral doom anchored by Kristina Rocco's sweeping classical vocals and suffocating, slow-motion arrangements. Active since 2012, the Holbrook outfit fuses experimental doom with a liturgical atmosphere that makes each release feel like a prolonged, mournful ceremony.

Baltimore's Cult of Leviathan blend progressive ambition into a death/doom core, sprawling across tempos and textures without losing the suffocating weight that defines the genre. The Maryland band operates as an independent act, favoring labyrinthine song structures that reward patient listeners.