Columbia, South Carolina's MNRVA traffic in the overlapping territories of doom, stoner, and sludge metal, building slow-burning riff structures with a hazy, sun-baked weight. Founded in 2023, the band carries on the Southern tradition of heaviness as a physical, almost geological force.

Pittsburgh's Mold Farmer blend the fuzz-soaked riff worship of stoner metal with the funeral pace of doom, cultivating a sound that's both hazy and heavy in equal measure. Since 2019 they've added another layer to Pittsburgh's already rich tradition of slow and heavy music.

Pittsburgh's Monolith Wielder traffic in the smoke-thickened overlap between stoner and doom metal, building their sound around slow, heavy grooves and the kind of hazy, riff-forward inertia the city's underground does well.

Moon Curse is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin stoner-doom band formed in 2012, weaving fuzz-heavy riffing through slow, hypnotic grooves in the tradition of the genre's heaviest practitioners. Their sound is built on thick, deliberate tempos and the kind of psychedelic weight that makes the room feel smaller.

Moon Wizard is a Salt Lake City stoner-doom outfit formed in 2019, conjuring thick, fuzz-saturated riffs over slow tempos in the classic tradition of the genre. Their sound leans into the psychedelic and occult rock side of stoner metal, with a heavy groove that suits the Utah landscape's vast, strange terrain.

Moonbow is a stoner rock and metal outfit from Dry Ridge, Kentucky, active since 2013, rooted in the heavy, fuzz-driven sound that defines the genre while carrying a distinctly Appalachian sensibility. Their music is built for volume and road miles.

Moonfarmer is a Grand Junction, Colorado sludge-doom project formed in 2024, combining stoner heaviness with sludge's abrasive, tar-thick texture and doom's slow-grinding tempos. Grand Junction's high desert isolation feels right at home in music this massive and unhurried.

A Pennsylvania doom, stoner, and sludge outfit active since 1999, Moons traffic in slow, pulverizing riffs and narcotic haze — occupying the heavy, low-tuned intersection where all three genres bleed together.

A stoner metal and rock band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2023, Moontemple pursue the fuzz-heavy, riff-driven aesthetic where amplifier worship and psychedelic repetition are the primary virtues.