Acrimony

Acrimony is a Stoner Doom band from the UK that was very active in the 90's and provided a lot of influence for modern stoner music, doom and rock alike. Their work is essential to any appreciator of Stoner. I'm going to let the music speak for itself, so take a listen and be amazed.
*Aside, it should be noted that the Acrimony/CoM split was released after Acrimony's break-up in '99.*

Hymns To The Stone (1994)
Tumuli Shroomaroom (1996)
Acrimony/CoM {Split*Both Sides*} (2003)

Rwake

Rwake is a sludge/doom band from Little Rock, Arkansas. Talk about bleak...that's one of the ways I'd describe Rwake. Brilliant also comes to mind. If you like your sludge doom abrasive, not Eyehategod abrasive but close, then these guys may be for you. The tortured screamed vocal duties are a tag team effort and are screamed or delivered with the sandpaper laden vocal chords of frontman C.T. I'd recommend these guys if you're into newer sludge acts like Kylesa or also if you're a fan of doom along the lines of Unearthly Trance. I will say that they may take a little getting used to, but once it clicks you'll keep coming back for more. These guys also have earned a place on my Top Albums of 2007 list with their newest chapter of sludge Voices of Omens.

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1998 Xenoglossalgia (The Last Stage Of Awareness) Demo
1999 Absence Due To Projection
2002 Hell Is A Door To The Sun
2004 If You Walk Before You Crawl, You Crawl Before You Die
2007 Voices of Omens

Bongzilla

The mighty Bonzilla of Wisconsin are a stoner doom (emphasis on the Stoner, if you couldn't tell) band who are joined with legend "Dixie" Dave Collins. They specialize in weed-driven jams that will erupt your eardrums and leave you begging for more. These dudes have never produced a bad record and usually receive very high priase. Dude, just light up your bong and give your full lung capacity to the soothing vapors of Bongzilla.

1999 Stash
2001 Apogee
2002 Gateway
2005 Amerijuanican

Apologies for all the terrible weed puns located within this post. (Solarian)

Weedeater

Weedeater is a Stoner/Sludge outfit from North Carolina. They are fronted by singer/bassist "Dixie" Dave, a veteran musician associated with Bongzilla and the legendary Buzzov*en. Weedeater plays an amazingly heavy riff oriented brand of Doom, with a hint of Southern Flavor, which is very tasteful and much appreciated. A must have band for fans of the genre.


...And Justice For Y'all (2001)
Sixteen Tons (2002)
God Luck And Good Speed (2007)

Goatsnake

From Los Angeles came the band Goatsnake, a stoner doom outfit that featured (notably) Greg Anderson (of Sunn O))) fame), Greg Rogers (of the Obsessed) and Scott Reeder (from the legendary Kyuss). It's a shame they've broken up because they rocked as hard as Sabbath and added nice sludgy elements (think Acid Bath) into their sound. Their groove is intoxicating and the riffs refuse to let you go. All in all it's an enjoyable all-star cast to listen to and the music is quality to boot.

1999/2000 Goatsnake Vol.1 & Dog Days EP
2000 Flower of Disease
2004 Trampled Under Hoof EP

Electric Wizard

England's own Electric Wizard are bandied about as the heaviest band in the world. Well, with one listen to any one of their masterfully crafted albums you'll realize that the label is accurate. E.W. are heavy as fuck and once they start, they do not let go of you until the last stoned out riff ends and the cloud of smoke clears (and maybe not even then). Electric Wizard have pioneered and refined their special style of stoner doom (or stoom for us E.W. purists) to near perfection on several, if not all, of their records.

Selected Discography:
1994 Electric Wizard
1996 Come My Fanatics...
1997 Chrono.Naut EP
1998 Supercoven EP
2000 Dopethrone
2002 Let Us Prey
2004 We Live!
2007 Witchcult Today

Om

From the ashes of seminal stoner band Sleep came forth two bands, High on Fire was formed by Matt Pike & Om was taken on by Al Cisneros and Chris Haikus. Armed with only bass, drums and vocals Om will take you on a mind-bending journey from start to finish. If you were a fan of Sleep then you surely can't afford not to be a fan of Om.

2005 Variations on a Theme
2006 Conference of the Birds
2007 Pilgrimage

Church of Misery

Tokyo, Japan's Sabbath-ian doomsters Church of Misery play, well quite obviously, stoner doom that is heavily influenced by Black Sabbath (riffing wise) and a healthy obsession with serial killers. You can read a full biography on the band at their official website, located here.


2001 Master of Brutality
2004 The Second Coming
2007 Vol. 1