Sub-genre
Stoner Metal
Stoner Metal is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 1,306 bands and 2,673 albums under it.
Explore the Stoner Metal galaxyWhat it is
Stoner metal is the heavier, doomier cousin of stoner rock, built on massive, downtuned, fuzz-soaked riffs, slow-to-mid tempos, and a hypnotic, repetitive groove. It grew in the mid-1990s from Black Sabbath worship, with Sleep and Electric Wizard pushing toward crushing, hallucinatory weight. Vocals can be melodic or harsh, and lyrics gravitate to drugs, the occult, sci-fi, and altered states. It trades stoner rock’s swagger for sheer sonic mass.
Facts
- Level
- Sub-genre
- Parent genre
- Doom Metal
- Formative era
- early 1990s
- Bands
- 1,306
- Albums
- 2,673
- Formation span
- 1982 to 2025
Bands
The 60 most prominent of 1,306. The rest are in the galaxy.
- Butthole SurfersUnited States · 1982
- Corrosion of ConformityUnited States · 1982
- High on FireUnited States · 1998
- Orange GoblinUnited Kingdom · 1995
- MotorpsychoNorway · 1989
- BaronessUnited States · 2003
- UfomammutItaly · 1999
- BongzillaUnited States · 1995
- KinskiUnited States · 1998
- Red FangUnited States · 2005
- Acid KingUnited States · 1993
- Spiritual BeggarsSweden · 1993
- DownUnited States · 1991
- OmUnited States · 2003
- Buzzov•enUnited States · 1989
- Black CobraUnited States · 2002
- The QuillSweden · 1990
- SolaceUnited States · 1996
- Across Tundras2004
- ElderUnited States · 2005
- Raging SpeedhornUnited Kingdom · 1999
- Sasquatch2000
- Stinking LizavetaUnited States · 1994
- Rose KempUnited Kingdom · 1984
- Wo Fat2005
- Stoned JesusUkraine · 2009
- Alabama ThunderpussyUnited States · 1996
- ZoroasterUnited States · 2003
- ThrottlerodUnited States · 1999
- Hangman’s ChairFrance · 2005
- The Flight of SleipnirUnited States · 2007
- Planet of ZeusGreece · 2000
- SnailUnited States · 1992
- Motorjesus2006
- GREENMACHiNEJapan · 1995
- Penance1990
- MannhaiFinland · 1999
- AcrimonyUnited Kingdom · 1991
- ShrinebuilderUnited States · 2008
- BelzebongPoland · 2008
- Bloodhorse2005
- Desert StormUnited Kingdom · 2007
- EARTH SHIPGermany · 2010
- Major KongPoland · 2010
- SkraeckoedlanSweden · 2009
- TitanUnited States · 2004
- Camel of Doom2000
- FisterUnited States · 2009
- Heavy LordNetherlands · 2003
- Obiat1999
- Ruby the HatchetUnited States · 2010
- Stone in EgyptNetherlands · 1998
- Unorthodox1993
- AbdullahUnited States · 1998
- Black Capricorn2007
- Black MothUnited Kingdom · 2010
- Stonewall Noise OrchestraSweden · 2004
- Assemble Head in Sunburst SoundUnited States
- Cortez2006
- HerderNetherlands · 2010
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 8 |
| 1990s | 38 |
| 2000s | 117 |
| 2010s | 400 |
| 2020s | 66 |