--- title: "Stoner Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal" parent: "Doom Metal" bands: 1306 era: "early 1990s" --- # 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. 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 | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Stoner Metal | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Doom Metal | | Formative era | early 1990s | | Bands | 1,306 | | Albums | 2,673 | | Formation span | 1982 to 2025 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Butthole Surfers](https://themetalnet.com/band/butthole-surfers) (United States, 1982) - [Corrosion of Conformity](https://themetalnet.com/band/corrosion-of-conformity) (United States, 1982) - [High on Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/high-on-fire) (United States, 1998) - [Orange Goblin](https://themetalnet.com/band/orange-goblin) (United Kingdom, 1995) - [Motorpsycho](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorpsycho) (Norway, 1989) - [Baroness](https://themetalnet.com/band/baroness) (United States, 2003) - [Ufomammut](https://themetalnet.com/band/ufomammut) (Italy, 1999) - [Bongzilla](https://themetalnet.com/band/bongzilla) (United States, 1995) - [Kinski](https://themetalnet.com/band/kinski) (United States, 1998) - [Red Fang](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-fang) (United States, 2005) - [Acid King](https://themetalnet.com/band/acid-king) (United States, 1993) - [Spiritual Beggars](https://themetalnet.com/band/spiritual-beggars) (Sweden, 1993) - [Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/down) (United States, 1991) - [Om](https://themetalnet.com/band/om) (United States, 2003) - [Buzzov•en](https://themetalnet.com/band/buzzov-en) (United States, 1989) - [Black Cobra](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-cobra) (United States, 2002) - [The Quill](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-quill) (Sweden, 1990) - [Solace](https://themetalnet.com/band/solace) (United States, 1996) - [Across Tundras](https://themetalnet.com/band/across-tundras) (2004) - [Elder](https://themetalnet.com/band/elder) (United States, 2005) - [Raging Speedhorn](https://themetalnet.com/band/raging-speedhorn) (United Kingdom, 1999) - [Sasquatch](https://themetalnet.com/band/sasquatch-00b7c46a) (2000) - [Stinking Lizaveta](https://themetalnet.com/band/stinking-lizaveta) (United States, 1994) - [Rose Kemp](https://themetalnet.com/band/rose-kemp) (United Kingdom, 1984) - [Wo Fat](https://themetalnet.com/band/wo-fat) (2005) - [Stoned Jesus](https://themetalnet.com/band/stoned-jesus) (Ukraine, 2009) - [Alabama Thunderpussy](https://themetalnet.com/band/alabama-thunderpussy) (United States, 1996) - [Zoroaster](https://themetalnet.com/band/zoroaster) (United States, 2003) - [Throttlerod](https://themetalnet.com/band/throttlerod) (United States, 1999) - [Hangman’s Chair](https://themetalnet.com/band/hangman-s-chair) (France, 2005) - [The Flight of Sleipnir](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-flight-of-sleipnir) (United States, 2007) - [Planet of Zeus](https://themetalnet.com/band/planet-of-zeus) (Greece, 2000) - [Snail](https://themetalnet.com/band/snail) (United States, 1992) - [Motorjesus](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorjesus) (2006) - [GREENMACHiNE](https://themetalnet.com/band/greenmachine) (Japan, 1995) - [Penance](https://themetalnet.com/band/penance) (1990) - [Mannhai](https://themetalnet.com/band/mannhai) (Finland, 1999) - [Acrimony](https://themetalnet.com/band/acrimony) (United Kingdom, 1991) - [Shrinebuilder](https://themetalnet.com/band/shrinebuilder) (United States, 2008) - [Belzebong](https://themetalnet.com/band/belzebong) (Poland, 2008) - [Bloodhorse](https://themetalnet.com/band/bloodhorse) (2005) - [Desert Storm](https://themetalnet.com/band/desert-storm) (United Kingdom, 2007) - [EARTH SHIP](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-ship) (Germany, 2010) - [Major Kong](https://themetalnet.com/band/major-kong) (Poland, 2010) - [Skraeckoedlan](https://themetalnet.com/band/skraeckoedlan) (Sweden, 2009) - [Titan](https://themetalnet.com/band/titan-0c637086) (United States, 2004) - [Camel of Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/camel-of-doom) (2000) - [Fister](https://themetalnet.com/band/fister) (United States, 2009) - [Heavy Lord](https://themetalnet.com/band/heavy-lord) (Netherlands, 2003) - [Obiat](https://themetalnet.com/band/obiat) (1999) - [Ruby the Hatchet](https://themetalnet.com/band/ruby-the-hatchet) (United States, 2010) - [Stone in Egypt](https://themetalnet.com/band/stone-in-egypt) (Netherlands, 1998) - [Unorthodox](https://themetalnet.com/band/unorthodox) (1993) - [Abdullah](https://themetalnet.com/band/abdullah) (United States, 1998) - [Black Capricorn](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-capricorn) (2007) - [Black Moth](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-moth) (United Kingdom, 2010) - [Stonewall Noise Orchestra](https://themetalnet.com/band/stonewall-noise-orchestra) (Sweden, 2004) - [Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound](https://themetalnet.com/band/assemble-head-in-sunburst-sound) (United States) - [Cortez](https://themetalnet.com/band/cortez) (2006) - [Herder](https://themetalnet.com/band/herder) (Netherlands, 2010) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 115 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 28 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 25 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 21 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 20 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 17 bands - [Poland](https://themetalnet.com/country/pl): 14 bands - [Belgium](https://themetalnet.com/country/be): 14 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1980s | 8 | | 1990s | 38 | | 2000s | 117 | | 2010s | 400 | | 2020s | 66 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt