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Butterflies (2025)
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The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Evidence (2023)
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Smoke the Light is a stoner metal band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2022, building their sound on fuzz-heavy riffs, rolling rhythms, and the hazy, psych-tinged energy characteristic of the stoner metal genre.
Smokestack Lightning is a psychedelic stoner and doom metal band from Burlington, formed in 2017, channeling Howlin' Wolf's iconic song title into music steeped in hazy, slow-burning riffs and lysergic desert rock atmosphere.
Rochester, New York sludge and stoner metal band founded in 2011, channeling down-tuned riffs and slow, crushing grooves reminiscent of the Southern sludge tradition.
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Houston, Texas stoner metal and rock outfit formed in 2023, channeling fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves consistent with the South Texas heavy rock underground.
Tallahassee, Florida doom and stoner metal band formed in 2013, blending hazy psychedelic riffs with lumbering sludge tempos in the tradition of Southern fuzz-doom.
Grand Rapids, Michigan stoner and sludge metal band formed in 2013, combining bong-thick riffs with the murky, swampy undertones typical of the Midwest sludge underground.
Clarksburg, West Virginia stoner and Southern metal band formed in 2013, building a sound rooted in Appalachian grit and the greasy, riff-heavy traditions of Southern hard rock.
Pittsburgh blackened psychedelic stoner and doom metal band formed in 2024, combining the murk of stoner doom with black metal's abrasive atmosphere in a hazily oppressive hybrid.
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