Livermore, California's The Watchers traffic in heavy and stoner metal rooted in classic riff craft, blending the fuzzy, blues-tinged warmth of stoner rock with traditional metal muscle — a Bay Area outfit keeping an analog, no-nonsense approach since 2016.

Out of Midland, Michigan, The Wizard of Bong Mountain lean into every expectation their name sets — slow, fuzzy stoner doom built for maximum low-end punishment, the kind of riff-worship that makes a virtue of repetition and deliberate, crushing tempo.

Saint Paul's The Wolf Council have been delivering stoner metal with a distinctly Midwestern character since 2015 — heavy, groove-locked riffs with the kind of patience and unpretentious weight that thrives in the Twin Cities underground.

Portland, Maine's Thems That Wait have been hauling slow, fuzz-drenched stoner metal out of New England since 2019, a region not typically associated with the genre but capable of channeling its bleak winters into psychedelic-tinged heaviness. Their sound gravitates toward the hazy, heavy end of the stoner rock and metal spectrum.

These Beasts are a Chicago stoner/sludge metal band formed in 2010, built on thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and the slow, swaggering heaviness that defines the genre's best moments. Their music carries the grimy industrial weight of the city filtered through weed-soaked amplifier worship.

They Watch Us from the Moon is a stoner/doom metal band from Lawrence, Kansas, formed in 2019, rolling out heavy, fuzz-soaked riffs beneath a cosmic, wide-open-sky atmosphere that feels at home in the flat Kansas landscape. Their sound evokes both earthbound heaviness and a fixation on vast, unknowable distances.

Thieving Coyote is a southern stoner metal band from Florence, South Carolina, formed in 2013, blending the swampy, sun-scorched swagger of Southern metal with the heavy fuzz of stoner rock into a distinctly regional sound. Their name captures both the trickster mythology of the American South and the scavenging independence of underground heavy music.

Thinning the Herd is a New York stoner metal band formed in 2011, leaning into the heavy riff and low-end rumble of stoner metal and rock with a sardonic name that matches the genre's dark humor traditions. Without a fixed city, they maintain a degree of mystery consistent with the underground stoner circuit.

A psychedelic doom outfit from the small Wisconsin town of Hatley, Third Eye Rider pursue the hazy crossroads where stoner riffing and slow, crushing doom converge. Their sound leans into extended, fog-thick arrangements that reward patience over speed.