Best Stoner Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #460 Witchcult Today (2007) #3500 We Live (2004)
2	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2834 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3136 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3246
3	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #1013 The Sciences (2018) #1918 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #2654
4	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1066 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1206 Luminiferous (2015) #2912
5	Kyuss 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley) (1994) #891 Blues for the Red Sun (1992) #6085 ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995) #8657
6	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #209 Blood Mountain (2006) #400 Leviathan (2004) #774
7	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1612 The Skull (1985) #2180 Run to the Light (1987) #2181
8	Spiritual Beggars 1992, Sweden Stoner Metal	Return to Zero (2010) Ad Astra (2000) #4560 On Fire (2002) #5702
9	Elder United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Omens (2020) #877 Reflections of a Floating World (2017) #1275 Dead Roots Stirring (2011) #1755
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Etemen Ænka (2021) #1199 Asheran (2017) #1208 Voidkind (2024) #3391
11	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #2825 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
12	Black Medicine 2005, Korea Stoner Metal	Irreversible (2015) #202
13	Noizegarden 1992, Korea Alternative Metal, Stoner Metal	Noizegarden (1996) #664 1992-1999 (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (2014) [Compilation] ...But Not Least (1999)
14	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1068 No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5359 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016)
15	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3486
16	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #719 Pink (2005) #1194 Flood (2000) #2935
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) #3189 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5376
19	Church of Misery 1995, Japan Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Born Under a Mad Sign (2023) Master of Brutality (2001) Vol. 1 (2007)
20	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Houdini (1993) #5559 Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Tarantula Heart (2024) #8128
21	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2140 Stone (2023) #2425 Yellow & Green (2012) #2663
22	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Animosity (1985)
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) #6614 無頼豊饒 (2014)
25	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Arrows (2021) Whales and Leeches (2013) #6569
26	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) #1878 Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #4712
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) #3449 Urban Being (2009) A Means to No End (2016)
29	Om 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Advaitic Songs (2012) #6232 Pilgrimage (2007) God Is Good (2009)
30	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1961 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018) #5809
31	Orange Goblin 1995, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Back from the Abyss (2014) Time Travelling Blues (1998) Science, Not Fiction (2024)
32	The Sword 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Warp Riders (2010) #3146 Age of Winters (2006) #5694 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) #7359 New crown (2014) Cosmic Egg (2009) #9239

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