Best Stoner Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #478 Witchcult Today (2007) #3960 We Live (2004) #5048
2	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2886 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3181 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3302
3	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #782 The Sciences (2018) #1929 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3819
4	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1071 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1201 Luminiferous (2015) #2963
5	Kyuss 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley) (1994) #779 Blues for the Red Sun (1992) #6256 ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995) #8896
6	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #219 Blood Mountain (2006) #395 Leviathan (2004) #768
7	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1628 The Skull (1985) #2212 Run to the Light (1987) #2213
8	Spiritual Beggars 1992, Sweden Stoner Metal	Return to Zero (2010) Earth Blues (2013) #5513 On Fire (2002) #5859
9	Elder United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Omens (2020) #886 Reflections of a Floating World (2017) #1275 Dead Roots Stirring (2011) #1764
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Etemen Ænka (2021) #1194 Asheran (2017) #1202 Voidkind (2024) #3449
11	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3283 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
12	Black Medicine 2005, Korea Stoner Metal	Irreversible (2015) #209
13	Noizegarden 1992, Korea Alternative Metal, Stoner Metal	Noizegarden (1996) #667 1992-1999 (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (2014) [Compilation] ...But Not Least (1999) #5861
14	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1073 No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5501 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016)
15	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #515 Pink (2005) #1189 Heavy Rocks (2002)
16	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3552
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) #3238 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5524
19	Church of Misery 1995, Japan Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Born Under a Mad Sign (2023) #3268 Master of Brutality (2001) Vol. 1 (2007)
20	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Houdini (1993) #5715 Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Tarantula Heart (2024) #8354
21	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2168 Stone (2023) #2458 Yellow & Green (2012) #3153
22	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Wiseblood (1996) #8472
23	Dopethrone 2008, Canada Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	1312 (2016) [EP] Transcanadian Anger (2018) Demonsmoke (2009)
24	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) #6786 無頼豊饒 (2014)
25	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Arrows (2021) Whales and Leeches (2013) #6743
26	King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 2010, Australia Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Progressive Rock, Thrash Metal, Psychedelic Pop	PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (2023) #1887 Nonagon Infinity (2016) Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #4844
27	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Horseback Battle Hammer (2010) [EP] Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016)
28	Destrage 2002, Italy Metalcore	Are You Kidding Me? No. (2014) #3513 Urban Being (2009) A Means to No End (2016)
29	Orange Goblin 1995, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Back from the Abyss (2014) Time Travelling Blues (1998) Science, Not Fiction (2024)
30	Om 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Advaitic Songs (2012) #6409 Pilgrimage (2007) God Is Good (2009)
31	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1978 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018) #5959
32	The Sword 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Warp Riders (2010) #3193 Age of Winters (2006) #5852 Apocryphon (2012)
33	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
34	Wolfmother Australia Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal	Wolfmother (2005) #7561 New crown (2014) Cosmic Egg (2009) #9488

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