Virginia Beach veterans Mugwart have been grinding out sludge and stoner metal since 2003, building a reputation on thick, fuzzed-out riffs and the kind of slow-burn heaviness that rewards patient listeners.

Madison, Wisconsin's Murder of Crows (not to be confused with their California namesake) meld doom metal's oppressive weight with stoner fuzz and crust punk's rawness, arriving at something low, slow, and corroded. Active since 2019, they're part of Madison's fertile heavy underground.

Rockford, Illinois duo Mushroom Forager blend stoner fuzz with the glacial tempos of doom metal, conjuring earthy, psychedelic heaviness that feels rooted in the soil of the upper Midwest. Since 2015, they've carved out a niche in the Illinois underground where low-tuned riffs and hazy atmosphere converge.

Athens, Georgia's Music Hates You have been plying their trade in Southern stoner metal since 2011, drawing on the region's blues-soaked heaviness and fusing it with the fuzz-thick, riff-forward sound of the genre. The college town's fertile creative ecosystem has clearly shaped the band's loose, lived-in approach to heavy music.

Brooklyn's Mutoid Man fuse sludge and stoner metal into something swaggering and overpowering — thick, groove-laden riffs married to a rock sensibility that keeps their sound dynamic and weirdly infectious since 2014.

Formed in 2025 in Winchester, Virginia, Muttering Bog dwell in the murky overlap of doom, sludge, and stoner metal, conjuring the kind of slow, oppressive heaviness that matches the name's imagery of still, dark water.

Nashville's My Wall stacks the crushing weight of doom and sludge metal atop a stoner-rock foundation, building slow-burning riffs soaked in fuzz and Southern grit that grind forward with deliberate, hypnotic heaviness.

Joliet, Illinois stoner metal act Mylph, formed in 2023, rolls out thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a heavy-rock swagger that nods to the genre's psychedelic roots while drawing from the Midwest's unsung tradition of down-tempo heaviness.

North East, Maryland's Mythosphere traffic in the slow, haze-soaked intersection of doom and stoner metal, built on heavy riffs and a loose, psychedelic weight. Active since 2022, the band leans into the hypnotic repetition and fuzz-heavy tones that define the stoner doom sound.

New York's Ninth Degree started life rooted in stoner metal before pivoting to a harder thrash sound, a trajectory that speaks to their restless refusal to stay in one lane since forming in 2019. The shift mirrors the broader evolution of the New York underground, where stylistic rigidity has always been less valued than energy and conviction.

Richmond, Virginia's No Dawn for Man have been hauling slow, smoke-thick doom since 2013, pairing the fuzz-heavy desert rock influence of stoner metal with the glacial, crushing tempos of traditional doom. There's a bleak hopelessness embedded in their name and their sound alike — riffs that lumber forward under immense weight, as if reflecting Richmond's hard-bitten character back through a haze of amplifier worship.

Minneapolis trio Northern Hammer emerged in 2020 at the intersection of sludge, stoner, and doom metal — genres that align naturally with Minnesota's long, brutal winters. Their music carries the slow-motion heaviness of the doom tradition filtered through the fuzz-soaked, narcotic quality of stoner metal and the mean, antagonistic edge of sludge. It's a fitting sound for a city that knows cold and knows how to make something heavy out of it.

A very recent formation out of New England, November Fire arrived in 2024 playing psychedelic doom and stoner metal that carries the languid, fuzz-drenched weight of the region's long winters. Their Bandcamp presence signals a band already thinking beyond the riff, incorporating psychedelic drift into a doom framework that emphasizes mood and slow-burning intensity over speed.

Cleveland's Nucleon came together in 2022 at the intersection of heavy metal and stoner metal, letting psychedelic drift pull against the gravity of traditional metal heaviness. The band draws on the Rust Belt's long history of loud, working-class rock while pushing into fuzzed-out, hypnotic territory. Still a young act, they've positioned themselves as part of a new wave of Ohio heavy music.

New Jersey's Nucleus has been pursuing a brand of stoner metal since 2013 that favors thick, rolling riffs and the kind of slow-burn intensity the genre does best. Their hard rock roots give the music a directness that keeps it accessible without softening the heaviness at its core. Over a decade of activity cements their place as a steady presence in the East Coast underground.