Dallas outfit Sik have been blending groove metal's locking rhythmic punch with the fuzz-heavy swagger of stoner metal since 2012, channeling the hard-edged heaviness that has long defined the Texas underground.

A brand-new project out of Marquette, Michigan formed in 2025, Siltgrove blend stoner and doom metal into something that feels shaped by the Upper Peninsula's isolation — slow, heavy, and suffused with the kind of earthy weight that the region's landscape seems to demand.

Columbus, Ohio's Sin Nombre — the name meaning "no name" in Spanish — have been marinating in the thick intersection of sludge and stoner metal since 2013. Their Midwestern locale adds a certain grey industrial weight to a sound already defined by heaviness, heat, and deliberate, grinding momentum.

Yardley, Pennsylvania's Sins of Magnus have blended stoner and doom metal since 2010, combining the hazed, fuzz-heavy riffing of desert rock with the lumbering tempos and oppressive weight characteristic of East Coast doom.

Minneapolis, Minnesota's Sirens of Titan have been playing stoner metal since 2017, taking their name from Kurt Vonnegut and translating psychedelic, fuzz-laden heaviness into a sound that fits naturally within the Twin Cities' adventurous heavy music community.

Pittsburgh band formed in 2011 who slam together stoner metal's loping, fuzz-saturated grooves with thrash aggression and a death 'n' roll swagger, landing somewhere between Electric Wizard and a swampier Entombed. Their Steel City roots come through in music that feels lived-in and deliberately heavy.

Orlando, Florida sludge and stoner metal band active since 2010, locking into slow, tar-thick grooves and feedback-laden heaviness with the swampy persistence that Florida's humid underground breeds. Their name alone signals the kind of bleakly humorous, road-worn vibe their music inhabits.

Skeletizer is a stoner/doom metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2026 and already carving out space in a Florida metal underground better known for death metal than slow, hazy heaviness. Their sound draws from the fuzz-drenched, riff-worshipping traditions of Electric Wizard and Sleep, transplanted to Florida heat.

Peoria, Illinois' Skincase launched in 2023 rooted in stoner and doom metal's hazy, riff-forward tradition, an outfit from the industrial Midwest heartland that leans into fuzz-laden heaviness and psychedelic weight.