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Hailing from Watertown, New York, Cacus plays stoner and doom metal rooted in thick, mid-paced riffing and a hazy, amplifier-worshipping aesthetic.
A doom and stoner metal project, Caduceus brings a heavy, narcotic quality to the genre, built around monolithic riffs and a slow, hypnotic sense of dread.
Seattle psychedelic doom/stoner metal band drawing on the Pacific Northwest's deep tradition of heavy, hazy riffing since 2015.
San Diego's Call of the Wild blend heavy, doom, and stoner metal with hard rock into a thick, riff-driven sound that has been rolling since 2020.
Chapel Hill stoner metal and rock outfit Caltrop began circulating in 2009, contributing to underground compilations with a fuzzed-out, riff-heavy sound tied to North Carolina's heavy rock scene.
Seattle's Camarosmith blended heavy and stoner metal with hard rock swagger during their run in the 2000s, later surfacing on Weedian Records' 2023 Trip to Washington compilation.
Chicago instrumental stoner/doom duo Camel Heavy let their riffs do the talking, crafting wordless, hypnotic heaviness within the fuzzed-out tradition since 2015.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania outfit blending thrash, stoner metal, and punk with a lycanthropic/Satanic thematic bent, active from 2007 until their split-up.
New Orleans doom and stoner metal outfit active from 2017 before splitting up, drawing from the Crescent City's deep well of heavy, swampy riff traditions.
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