Twingiant is a Phoenix, Arizona stoner metal band formed in 2012, known for delivering massive, downtuned riffs and a relentlessly heavy sound informed by the sweltering desert rock scene that defines much of the Arizona metal underground.

Two Headed Beast is a Portland, Oregon heavy and stoner metal band formed in 2017, combining the traditional heavy metal framework with the psychedelic, fuzz-heavy characteristics of stoner rock and metal.

Two Minutes Hate is a sludge and stoner metal band from Rochester, New York, formed in 2022, channeling the dense, distortion-heavy sound of sludge metal alongside the grooving psychedelic undertones of stoner rock.

Tyrannosaurus Dimension is an Oakland, California progressive and stoner metal band formed in 2020, fusing the heavy psychedelic riff-worship of stoner metal with complex progressive song structures and a cosmic sensibility.

Tzarpit is a stoner/doom metal band from Salem, Massachusetts, formed in 2021, conjuring slow, heavy riffs and hazy atmospheres from one of New England's oldest and most storied cities.

Richmond, Virginia's Urisk are among the more recent additions to their city's fertile doom and stoner metal scene, formed in 2024. Drawing on the Southern-inflected stoner doom tradition, they bring Virginia's blue-collar heaviness to a genre well-suited to it.

Southern California's Velvet Merlin conjure stoner and doom metal from the sun-bleached coast of San Clemente, where fuzz tones and heavy grooves seem as natural as the Pacific breeze. Founded in 2020, they balance psych-tinged weightlessness with riff-first heaviness.

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Corona, California's Vitreous Earth has been plying stoner-doom's slow-burning Southern California wavelength since 2018, crafting music that favors haze, weight, and prolonged riff meditation over any urgency whatsoever. Their sound is rooted in the Inland Empire's sun-scorched geography — heavy and unhurried, like pavement expanding in July heat.