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New Jersey/New York stoner/doom metal band Barrow Downs — named after the haunted burial mounds of Tolkien's Middle-earth — have been grinding out heavy, haze-drenched riffs since 2020.
Savannah, Georgia's Bastardane blend the swaggering riff weight of groove metal with stoner metal atmospherics, active in the Southern underground since 2019.
San Antonio metallic hardcore influenced by NYHC. Released on Deathwish Inc.
Fort Worth hard rock/stoner heavily influenced by 70s classics like Uriah Heep and Deep Purple.
Suffocating Doom / Stoner Metal from Los Angeles, California (early); Houston, Texas (later).
Austin psychedelic doom — Muddy Waters sitting in with Mastodon.
Towering Stoner / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Fort Worth doom quartet blending classic doom, desert rock, and NWOBHM influences. Three Texans and one Englishman delivering heavy, fuzz-drenched riffs.
Formed in Syracuse, New York in 2017, Cactus Cathedral crafts slow-burning stoner and doom metal weighted with riff-heavy grooves and an earthy, psychedelic undertow.
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.
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