You could easily argue that doom and stoner are the two oldest subgenres in metal, given that they trace their roots all the way back to heavy music’s foundational text, Black Sabbath’s debut album.

Check out Merlock’s music at merlock.bandcamp.com/music. For a band made up of three outsiders hailing from different parts of the U.S., it’s uncanny how much ...

With its roots stretching right back to the earliest days of heavy metal, stoner metal is often seen as one of the metal subgenres closest in spirit to the source of the entire genre. Be it the ...

No other musical genre (aside from reggae) has a stronger connection to the cannabis lifestyle than heavy metal, hence the term ‘stoner metal.’ But of course, this term describes a subgenre that can ...

For those not familiar: While the premise of thrash and speed metal is, obviously, to make things as fast and furious and possible, the mindset of stoner metal is to slow down all that we love about ...

No other musical genre (aside from reggae) has a stronger connection to the cannabis lifestyle than heavy metal, hence the term 'stoner metal.' But of course, this term describes a subgenre that can ...

Unless someone else takes over the organizing, the Stoner Hands of Doom festival is in its fifth and final year. An annual festival of all bands rock/metal/doom/sludge and loud as hell, it's time to ...

Things are about to get a whole lot louder and hazier in Miami. The California stoner-doom metal trio Sleep will stop at Miami’s the Ground June 18 for its first South Florida show. The group, which ...

Denver band Green Druid may have set out to be a more straightforward stoner-doom band nine years ago, but its four members no longer feel the need to wear matching black cloaks and sound like Black ...

This stoner-doom metal band wants to bring the older fans of heavy music back into the fold This stoner-doom metal band wants to bring the older fans of heavy music back into the fold They’d have you ...