Best Stoner Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2743 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3033 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3135
2	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #588 We Live (2004) Witchcult Today (2007) #3840
3	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #982 The Sciences (2018) #1881 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #6100
4	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1305 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1451 Luminiferous (2015) #3877
5	Kyuss 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley) (1994) #1100 Blues for the Red Sun (1992) #5852 ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995) #8323
6	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #237 Blood Mountain (2006) #415 Leviathan (2004) #783
7	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Run to the Light (1987) #1687 Trouble (1990) #2062 The Skull (1985) #2131
8	Spiritual Beggars 1992, Sweden Stoner Metal	Return to Zero (2010) Ad Astra (2000) #4411 On Fire (2002) #5487
9	Elder United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Omens (2020) #842 Reflections of a Floating World (2017) #1146 Dead Roots Stirring (2011) #1709
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Asheran (2017) #1166 Etemen Ænka (2021) Voidkind (2024) #3906
11	Black Medicine 2005, Korea Stoner Metal	Irreversible (2015) #175
12	Noizegarden 1992, Korea Alternative Metal, Stoner Metal	Noizegarden (1996) #691 1992-1999 (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (2014) [Compilation] ...But Not Least (1999)
13	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1034 No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5147 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016)
14	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3837 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
15	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3348
16	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #1157 Pink (2005) #1158 Flood (2000) #2833
17	Celestial Season 1991, Netherlands Death Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Sonic Orb (1995) [EP] Lunchbox Dialogues (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) [EP]
18	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3086 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5163
19	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Animosity (1985)
20	人間椅子 1987, Japan Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	桜の森の満開の下 (1991) 怪談そして死とエロス (2016) #6357 無頼豊饒 (2014)
21	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Houdini (1993) #7158 Tarantula Heart (2024) #7807
22	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Stone (2023) Yellow & Green (2012) #2589 Red Album (2007) #2598
23	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Arrows (2021) Whales and Leeches (2013) #6313
24	King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 2010, Australia Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Progressive Rock, Thrash Metal, Psychedelic Pop	Nonagon Infinity (2016) PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (2023) #1737 Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #4045
25	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Horseback Battle Hammer (2010) [EP] Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016)
26	Destrage 2002, Italy Metalcore	Are You Kidding Me? No. (2014) #3308 Urban Being (2009) A Means to No End (2016)
27	Om 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Advaitic Songs (2012) #5995 Pilgrimage (2007) God Is Good (2009)
28	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1922 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018)
29	The Sword 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Warp Riders (2010) #3045 Age of Winters (2006) #5478 Apocryphon (2012)
30	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
31	Wolfmother Australia Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal	Wolfmother (2005) #7076 New crown (2014) Cosmic Egg (2009) #8892

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