Chicago's Ladies of Leisure bring fuzzy, laid-back riffcraft to the stoner metal and hard rock intersection, with a heavy groove that feels right at home in the Windy City's DIY scene. Active since 2014, they're among Chicago's most relaxed-yet-heavy acts.

Franklin Square's Leeds Point tap into Long Island's blue-collar metal tradition, blending heavy and stoner metal into a riff-heavy, earthy sound that has been growing steadily since 2014.

Charleston, West Virginia's Left Behind drag sludge and stoner metal through a metalcore filter, letting the Appalachian weight of their hometown seep into every lumbering riff. Slow-burning and heavy, they have been at it since 2013 with no signs of lightening up.

Minnesota's Let It Breathe lace stoner rock's fuzz-drenched groove with genuine doom heaviness, a Mankato outfit that sounds like a blizzard rolling in off the prairie — slow, thick, and inevitable.

Richmond, Virginia's Letcher have been hauling stoner and doom metal out of the city's fertile heavy underground since 2006, their sound as weathered and slow-burning as the James River at dusk.

Fresh out of Prineville, Oregon, Lord Doomitron deliver high-desert doom and stoner metal built for long drives through nowhere, thick with fuzz and slow-motion menace.

Denver stoner metal outfit Lord Velvet arrived in 2023 with fuzz-soaked grooves and a mile-high heaviness — laid-back on the surface, crushing underneath.

Phoenix stoner/doom outfit Loserfur cook up a hazy, sun-baked misery that thrives in the desert heat, blending fuzz-heavy riffs with a loose, narcotic groove.

Fort Worth sludge trio that went on a long hiatus then reunited. Features a guest vocal from Craig Welsh of legendary Texas hardcore act Brutal Juice.