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Fayetteville, Arkansas sludge/doom metal band formed in 2024, Stash Hag deal in slow, corrosive heaviness rooted in the Southern sludge tradition with a crushing low-end focus.
Fort Wayne, Indiana sludge and doom metal band formed in 2020, delivering slow-churning, down-tuned riffs with the corrosive weight characteristic of the American Midwest sludge scene.
San Antonio sludge metal band formed in 2022, built around suffocating low-end and caustic noise in the tradition of Texas heavy underground acts with an uncompromising approach to filth-drenched heaviness.
Colorado Springs outfit founded in 2015 that fuses psychedelic doom and sludge metal into slow, haze-drenched soundscapes rooted in the high-altitude heaviness of the Rocky Mountain region.
Los Angeles stoner and sludge metal act formed in 2017, stacking fuzzed-out riffs and swamp-heavy grooves against the backdrop of the Southern California heavy underground.
Geneva, Illinois drone, doom, and sludge metal band formed in 2021, layering oppressive sonic weight across slow, cavernous compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy experimentalism.
Chicago sludge and doom metal band founded in 2016, crafting dense, slow-burning compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy music that values atmosphere as much as volume.
Stone Eater is an atmospheric sludge metal band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2016, crafting dense, slow-burning soundscapes that layer oppressive heaviness with an expansive, melancholic atmosphere.
Stone Gnome is a stoner/sludge metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2021, fusing the Bay Area's history of heavy psych with grimy sludge textures and psychedelic guitar work.
Houston power trio delivering Sabbath-style doom and savage sludge. Signed to Ripple Music.
Stone Ritual is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Redford Charter Township, Michigan, formed in 2015, weaving together the region's industrial heaviness with slow, ceremonial tempos and filthy, feedback-soaked tones.
Stone Sloth is a doom/sludge metal band from Santa Cruz, California, formed in 2016, embracing deliberately slow tempos and down-tuned riffs that capture the heavier side of the Northern California coast's underground scene.
Stone Titan is a sludge metal band from South Windsor, Connecticut, formed in 2012, delivering punishing low-end heaviness and abrasive, feedback-drenched textures characteristic of the Northeast's sludge underground.
Stoneburner is a doom/sludge metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2020, channeling the heavy, churning intensity of the Pacific Northwest underground into slow, smoke-blackened riffage.
Stonecutters is a sludge metal band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 2009, emerging from one of the South's most fertile underground metal scenes with thick, punishing low-end and corrosive, slow-burning heaviness.
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