Ayer, Massachusetts quartet Moosataur have been crafting psychedelic doom and stoner metal since 2013, layering lysergic haze over slow, crushing riffwork in a style that's as trance-inducing as it is heavy.

Warren, Pennsylvania's Morganthus blend heavy, doom, and stoner metal into a slow-burning, riff-heavy sound that has been deepening since 2017. The rural northwestern Pennsylvania setting feeds naturally into the bleak and earthy weight of their compositions.

Lafayette, Indiana's Mormont traffic in stoner and sludge metal since 2018, layering fuzz-heavy riffs and narcotic groove into a sound that suits long midwestern highways and the slow, deliberate weight the genre demands.

Rock Island, Illinois sludge and stoner metal band Morphine Dream, formed in 2019, blend the narcotic haze of stoner rock with the abrasive weight of sludge metal. Their sound is slow, heavy, and deliberately hypnotic, shaped by the industrial landscape of the Quad Cities.

San Diego stoner metal act Mortar formed in 2024, leaning into the fuzz-heavy, groove-laden side of heavy music that the Southern California desert rock and stoner metal scene has long cultivated.

Denver newcomers Mortis Witch, formed in 2025, brew a hazy concoction of stoner and doom metal rooted in the Colorado high-altitude heavy music scene, blending fuzz-drenched riffs with slow, hypnotic doom weight.

Cincinnati stoner metal outfit Moss Mother formed in 2023, working a riff-forward style that favors thick, hazy tones and hypnotic groove — a new act in the Ohio underground leaning into the fuzzy, psychedelic end of heavy rock.

North Babylon, Long Island sludge/stoner duo Moth Eater launched in 2023 with a thick, fuzz-drenched sound that punches above its two-piece configuration — heavy, hypnotic, and rooted in the grimy New York underground.

Gardendale, Alabama stoner metal act Moth Face have been riffing in the tradition of Southern heaviness since 2015, blending baked-in psychedelia with enough grit to keep their sound from floating too far into the cosmos.