Charlotte's P.O.W. drag down riffs from the murk of sludge and doom, rolling out slow-burn heaviness rooted in weed-soaked Southern misery. Formed in 2014, they trade in the kind of suffocating low-end that makes the floor feel like it's sinking.

Los Angeles newcomers Pagoto smash crossover thrash and sludge together into a filthy, high-energy hybrid that owes as much to hardcore warehouses as it does to metal stages. Formed in 2024, they bring the reckless aggression of the LA underground to both styles at once.

Chicago's Pale Horseman have been serving up punishing Midwestern sludge since 2013, built on bottom-heavy riffs and the kind of negative space that makes silence feel threatening. Their sound carries the weight of the city's industrial history with every down-tuned chord.

Saginaw, Michigan's Pancreas wade through the slow-motion collision of doom and sludge, creating something physically oppressive enough to match the post-industrial weight of their struggling rust-belt city. Active since 2012, they build riffs like they're pouring concrete.

Patriarchs in Black is a New Jersey doom and sludge metal band formed in 2021 by guitarist Dan Lorenzo (Hades, Vessel of Light) and drummer Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, A Pale Horse Named Death). Their debut album Reach for the Scars arrived in 2022, establishing a heavy, riff-centered sound indebted to classic doom and southern sludge, with subsequent releases including My Veneration and Visioning maintaining steady output. The band regularly features rotating guest vocalists and instrumentalists from across the heavy rock and metal worlds.

Phil Anselmo's post-Pantera project delivering raw, unfiltered thrash and sludge.

Orange County's Pigeonwing has been pushing sludge metal into new territory since 2012, balancing crawling heaviness with an underlying melodic sensibility that gives their misery unexpected depth.

Johnson City's Pilgrimm has been trudging through the sludge since 2007, bringing the weight of Appalachian isolation to their slow-burn, Southern-tinged heaviness.

Cleveland's Pillärс (stylized with an umlaut and a grimace) combines crust punk's political bite with doom and sludge's crushing tempo, forging music as heavy as the city's industrial legacy demands.