LatestPitchforkSep 4, 2026
Hempispheres (opens in new tab)
The stoner-doom institution returns, minus founding guitarist Matt Pike, for a monotonous album of timid riffs and bad weed puns.
Genre
Stoner Metal
Stoner Metal on LoudQuietLoud: 12 artists, including Sleep, Corrosion of Conformity and Witch. It runs alongside sludge metal, doom metal and stoner rock.
Melvins
726K listenerssludge · grunge · stoner rock
Sleep
471K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · stoner rock
Corrosion of Conformity
412K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · heavy metal
Eternal
332K listenersrnb · doom metal · soul
Witch
275K listenersstoner rock · doom metal · stoner metal
Om
245K listenersdoom metal · stoner rock · psychedelic
Kylesa
245K listenerssludge · sludge metal · hardcore
Monolord
125K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · sludge
Big Business
106K listenersstoner rock · sludge · stoner metal
Floor
63K listenerssludge · doom metal · stoner rock
Tony Iommi
62K listenersheavy metal · hard rock · metal
Coliseum
54K listenershardcore · crust · hardcore punk
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