Best Stoner Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #2127 The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2978 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP]
2	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Flood (2000) #946 Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) Pink (2005)
3	Elder United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Reflections of a Floating World (2017) #1046 Omens (2020) #1259 Dead Roots Stirring (2011) #1532
4	Kyuss 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley) (1994) #816 Blues for the Red Sun (1992) #2201 ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)
5	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	The Sciences (2018) #1675 Dopesmoker (2003) #4575 Jerusalem (1999)
6	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #498 Come My Fanatics... (1997) #2680 Witchcult Today (2007)
7	人間椅子 1987, Japan Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	人間椅子 (1989) [EP] 桜の森の満開の下 (1991) 無頼豊饒 (2014)
8	Noizegarden 1992, Korea Alternative Metal, Stoner Metal	Noizegarden (1996) #969 1992-1999 (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (2014) [Compilation] ...But Not Least (1999)
9	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1399 Death Is This Communion (2007) #2581 Snakes for the Divine (2010) #3448
10	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	The Skull (1985) Trouble (1990) #3249 Plastic Green Head (1995)
11	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1744 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018)
12	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3109 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
13	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	Asheran (2017) #1054 Progenitor (2013) [EP] Aurora Majesty (2014) [EP]
14	Spiritual Beggars 1992, Sweden Stoner Metal	Ad Astra (2000) #3842 On Fire (2002) #4796 Earth Blues (2013) #4845
15	Black Medicine 2005, Korea Stoner Metal	Irreversible (2015) #234
16	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] Deliverance (1994) Wiseblood (1996) #6519
17	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1433 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5497
18	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Catharsis (2003) Our Raw Heart (2018) The Unreal Never Lived (2005)
19	The Sword 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Age of Winters (2006) #4788 Warp Riders (2010) Apocryphon (2012)
20	Celestial Season 1991, Netherlands Death Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Sonic Orb (1995) [EP] Lunchbox Dialogues (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) [EP]
21	Om 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Advaitic Songs (2012) #3602 Pilgrimage (2007) Conference of the Birds (2006)
22	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3790
23	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Whales and Leeches (2013) #5531 Prehistoric Dog (2009) [Single]
24	Wolfmother Australia Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal	Wolfmother (2005) #6398 New crown (2014) Cosmic Egg (2009)
25	Ufomammut 1999, Italy Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Eve (2010) Oro: Opus Primum (2012) Idolum (2008)
26	Lucifer 2014, International Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Lucifer II (2018) Lucifer I (2015) Lucifer III (2020)

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