From the small rural community of Bevent, Wisconsin, Karma Bloody Karma work the intersection of sludge, doom, and post-metal — music that sounds as weathered and vast as the Wisconsin interior since their 2023 formation. Heavy, slow, and emotionally unsparing.

San Jose, California's Kevel have been in the heavy fuzz game since 2014, pairing stoner rock's psychedelic warmth with doom metal's glacial pace for a sound that's hazy, heavy, and fully hypnotic.

King Woman is the San Francisco project of vocalist and songwriter Kristina Esfandiari, originally conceived as a solo endeavor around 2009 and later expanded into a full band. Their 2017 Relapse Records debut Created in the Image of Suffering, preceded by the 2015 EP Doubt on The Flenser, merged crushing doom metal with the hazy textures of shoegaze, drawing critical comparisons to Swans and Chelsea Wolfe. The follow-up, Celestial Blues (2021, Relapse), deepened the band's exploration of trauma, religious disillusionment, and atmospheric weight.

Blasphemous Post-Black Metal / Ambient out of Texas.

Buffalo, Wyoming's Lament Cityscape build dystopian soundscapes from sludge, post-metal, doom, and industrial noise — music that sounds like a city collapsing in slow motion. Active since 2004, they're one of America's most inventive architects of sonic decay.

Crushing Doom / Post-Metal out of Texas.

Lybica is an instrumental post-metal trio from South Florida, founded in 2020 when Killswitch Engage drummer Justin Foley—here operating as a guitarist—joined forces with Doug French and Joey Johnson from the Gravel Kings. The band signed to Metal Blade Records and released their self-titled debut in September 2022, an entirely wordless record that centers Foley's melodic guitar work against a backdrop of heavy rhythmic dynamics. Their approach favors carefully constructed atmosphere over aggression, reflecting the post-metal tradition of bands like Russian Circles and Pelican.

Pittsburgh's Marsh Dweller began in the melodic black metal tradition before evolving into sludge and post-metal terrain, tracing an arc that mirrors the city's industrial grit. Their later material layers atmosphere and weight in equal measure.

Minneapolis' Massive Green operate at the intersection of stoner metal and post-metal, a pairing that suits the Twin Cities' history of experimental heaviness. Brand new as of 2026, the band hints at psychedelic heft and atmospheric depth.