LatestBeats Per MinuteSep 14, 2026
Album Review: Sleep – Hempispheres (opens in new tab)
There’s not many occasions of a single work becoming such a monolith that it retroactively lifts an obscure band into mainstream recognition.
Genre
Stoner Metal
Stoner Metal on LoudQuietLoud: about 70 artists, including Sleep, Corrosion of Conformity and The Sword. It runs alongside southern metal, traditional doom metal and stoner rock.
Melvins
727K listenerssludge · grunge · stoner rock
Monster Magnet
525K listenersstoner rock · hard rock · rock
Sleep
472K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · stoner rock
Acid Bath
428K listenerssludge · doom metal · sludge metal
Corrosion of Conformity
412K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · heavy metal
Crowbar
400K listenerssludge · sludge metal · doom metal
The Sword
389K listenersstoner metal · doom metal · stoner rock
Eternal
332K listenersrnb · doom metal · soul
High on Fire
295K listenersstoner metal · doom metal · sludge
Eyehategod
275K listenerssludge · doom metal · sludge metal
Witch
275K listenersstoner rock · doom metal · stoner metal
Om
245K listenersdoom metal · stoner rock · psychedelic
Kylesa
245K listenerssludge · sludge metal · hardcore
Torche
215K listenerssludge · stoner rock · stoner metal
Cathedral
200K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · stoner rock
Bronco
189K listenerscumbia · mexico · bronco
Nebula
186K listenersstoner rock · desert rock · psychedelic
Nebula
186K listenersstoner rock · desert rock · psychedelic
Weedeater
183K listenerssludge · stoner metal · doom metal
Acid King
180K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · stoner rock
Windhand
165K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · stoner doom
Bongzilla
156K listenerssludge · stoner metal · doom metal
Saint Vitus
150K listenersdoom metal · traditional doom metal · stoner rock
YOB
128K listenersdoom metal · sludge · stoner metal
Monolord
125K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · sludge
Black Tusk
110K listenerssludge · sludge metal · stoner metal
Bongripper
109K listenerssludge · doom metal · drone
Doomriders
108K listenershardcore · stoner rock · sludge
Big Business
106K listenersstoner rock · sludge · stoner metal
Alabama Thunderpussy
106K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · southern metal
Conan
100K listenersdoom metal · sludge · stoner metal
The Obsessed
87K listenersdoom metal · traditional doom metal · stoner rock
Khemmis
80K listenersdoom metal · sludge · heavy metal
Cough
80K listenerssludge · doom metal · sludge metal
Helms Alee
78K listenerssludge · post-hardcore · post-metal
REZN
68K listenersdoom metal · stoner metal · psychedelic rock
Goblin Cock
65K listenersstoner rock · doom metal · stoner metal
Floor
63K listenerssludge · doom metal · stoner rock
Tony Iommi
62K listenersheavy metal · hard rock · metal
Gruntruck
55K listenersgrunge · hard rock · alternative metal
Coliseum
54K listenershardcore · crust · hardcore punk
Twitching Tongues
51K listenershardcore · metal · metallic hardcore
Buzzov•en
48K listenerssludge · sludge metal · sludgecore
Moon Tooth
46K listenersprogressive metal · experimental · alternative metal
Romero
42K listenersdoom · stoner rock · stoner
Quest for Fire
40K listenerspsychedelic rock · stoner rock · psychedelic
Wino
39K listenersdoom metal · stoner rock · stoner metal
Cowboys & Aliens
37K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · stoner
Gonzalez
35K listenersstoner rock · disco · funk
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
32K listenerssludge · doom metal · sludge metal
Danava
32K listenersstoner rock · psychedelic rock · psychedelic
Graves at Sea
29K listenerssludge · doom metal · sludge metal
The Sign of the Southern Cross
18K listenerssouthern metal · groove metal · thrash metal
Seemless
18K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · rock
Brainoil
18K listenerssludge · sludge metal · crust
Desert Storm
16K listenerstechno · progressive trance · stoner metal
Black Space Riders
14K listenersstoner rock · psychedelic rock · space rock
Deadbird
11K listenerssludge · doom metal · post-metal
Hunters
10K listenersstoner metal · sludge · heavy metal
Floodgate
9K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · emo
Megasus
8K listenerssludge · doom metal · stoner metal
Cemetary Wizard Bong
7K listenersstoner metal · groove metal · metal
Celan
5K listenersnoise rock · sludge · post-hardcore
Artimus Pyledriver
5K listenersstoner rock · stoner metal · southern rock
Osmium
4K listenersmetalcore · thrash metal · british
Nightstick
3K listenerssludge · stoner · doom metal
Blood Island Raiders
2K listenersstoner rock · doom metal · traditional doom metal
Timid Kooky
2K listenersexperimental rock · alternative metal · stoner rock
Secret Fun Club
1K listenersnoise rock · instrumental · post hardcore
57Chevy
472 listenersstoner rock · stoner · stoner metal
Cudamantra
366 listenersstoner rock · psychedelic rock · stoner metal
Press
Recently reviewed
- PitchforkSep 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.
- New NoiseJun 12, 2026
Album Review: Khemmis – Self-Titled (opens in new tab)
One of the aspects of the doom and heavy metal revival movement that puzzles me is how deeply offended and upset fans and critics were that most of the bands didn’t just want to write the same doom…
- New NoiseJun 9, 2026
Album review: Monolord – Neverending (opens in new tab)
In a genre where slow and steady wins the race, Swedish Doom metal trio Monolord are a frontrunner for heaviest album of the year.
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