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Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal [4] or stoner doom, [5] [6] is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. [7] The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss [8] and Sleep. [9]
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- Sleep – Dopesmoker. The high (bong) watermark for the entire stoner metal subgenre. So utterly peerless is Sleep’s masterpiece that it’s easy to forget it was originally recorded 20 years ago.
- Weedeater – God Luck And Good Speed. The fact that bassist/vocalist ‘Dixie’ Dave Collins shot his own toe off probably tells you everything you need to about North Carolina’s Weedeater.
- Bongripper – Worship. Creating albums with titles like Great Barrier Reefer and Hippie Killer while dressing like you work in River Island makes it look like you’re taking the piss.
- Electric Wizard – Dopethrone. The perfectly nihilistic antithesis to every cod-reggae listening, Bob Marley idolising bibble who you want to strangle with their own hemp-made trousers.
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- Black Sabbath - Master of Reality. And so it all began, with a tape loop of the riff lord himself, Tony Iommi, coughing from a joint he was toking with Ozzy Osbourne — maybe the most epic smoke sesh in the history of epic metal smoke seshes.
- Saint Vitus - Born Too Late. At the dawn of the Eighties, Los Angeles' heavy-music scene was dominated by raucous punk/hardcore/crossover and flashy hair metal.
- Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium. Once Lee Dorian waved sayonara from grindcore originators Napalm Death, he traded in speed to join Cathedral and their much slower, doom-metal approach, inspired by fellow U.K.
- Melvins - Bullhead. The Melvins can basically do whatever the fuck they want, including at times watershed stoner metal. As arguably the progenitors of sludge (not to mention grunge), they've written their fair share of weirdo-heavy steamrollers through their career, none better than 1991's Bullhead.
- Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (1972) As with much else in heavy metal, stoner can trace its roots right back to Black Sabbath. Sabbath's love for the green was well established by the time the band recorded their third record Master Of Reality in 1972, and the Brummies pinned their colour(s) to the mast with the subtle-as-a-sledgehammer opening track Sweet Leaf.
- Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) Although stoner metal found its roots in 70s British acts like Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, it wasn't until the 90s in the US that the genre truly started to take off in any serious way.
- Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley (1994) Springing up around generator parties hosted by desert punks who couldn't afford to travel to LA or San Francisco for shows, California's Palm Desert scene has since become a lengendary entity in stoner for later spawning the likes of Fu Manchu, Fatso Jetson and Queens Of The Stone Age.
- Cathedral - Caravan Beyond Redemption (1995) The dividing line between doom and stoner is often as simple as a question of pace and tone, but few bands played as fast and loose with the interplay between the genres as Britian's Cathedral in the early 90s.
- THE BEST MODERN STONER METAL BANDS. by Telekinetic Yeti.
- Elephant Tree. This band has it all — great vocals, killer instrumentals and their music is nice and heavy yet they have great use of dynamics and groove.
- 1000 Mods. These guys destroy live and this song just has an amazing groove. It's the perfect track to start a road trip with some friends.
- Church of Misery. This band is super heavy and bring the damn RIFFS. What more could you want? They definitely approach it from a more retro angle and it works.
Apr 20, 2020 · For over 40 years now all hues of metals bands have been incorporating ‘stoner’ elements – some full throttle, others more subtly, but all with equal debt to arboreal inspiration. So, roll that shit, light that shit and enjoy 10 of the most potent stoner records.
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Apr 18, 2020 · Our fully-baked picks for 40 best stoner albums ever range from 1970s to 2000s — with enough variety to soundtrack any kind of weed buzz.
