Best Stoner Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #411 Witchcult Today (2007) #4883 Legalise Drugs and Murder (2012) [Single]
2	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2890 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3239 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3365
3	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	Death Is This Communion (2007) #1217 De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1704 Cometh the Storm (2024) #2655
4	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	The Sciences (2018) #1941 Dopesmoker (2003) #792 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3980
5	Spiritual Beggars 1992, Sweden Stoner Metal	Earth Blues (2013) #5709 Return to Zero (2010) #4954 Ad Astra (2000) #6731
6	Kyuss 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley) (1994) #964 Blues for the Red Sun (1992) #6592 ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995) #9501
7	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #204 Blood Mountain (2006) #366 Leviathan (2004) #752
8	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1638 The Skull (1985) #2243 Run to the Light (1987) #2244
9	Elder United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Omens (2020) #1064 Reflections of a Floating World (2017) #1294 Dead Roots Stirring (2011) #1761
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Asheran (2017) #1220 Etemen Ænka (2021) #1209 Voidkind (2024) #4628
11	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3356 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
12	Black Medicine 2005, Korea Stoner Metal	Irreversible (2015) #216
13	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Pink (2005) #1206 Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #532 Rock Dream (2007) [Live]
14	Noizegarden 1992, Korea Alternative Metal, Stoner Metal	Noizegarden (1996) #683 1992-1999 (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (2014) [Compilation] ...But Not Least (1999) #6153
15	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1090 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #6961
16	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3611
17	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Good God / Baad Man (2026)
18	Celestial Season 1991, Netherlands Death Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Sonic Orb (1995) [EP] Lunchbox Dialogues (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) [EP]
19	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3295 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5716
20	Church of Misery 1995, Japan Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Born Under a Mad Sign (2023) #3324 Master of Brutality (2001) Vol. 1 (2007)
21	Acid Mammoth 2015, Greece Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Under Acid Hoof (2020) #4390 Caravan (2021) Supersonic Megafuana Collision (2024)
22	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2194 Blue Record (2009) #3096 Stone (2023) #2496
23	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Thunderball (2025) Houdini (1993) #7693
24	Dopethrone 2008, Canada Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	1312 (2016) [EP] Transcanadian Anger (2018) Demonsmoke (2009)
25	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) #7197 無頼豊饒 (2014)
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) #1886 Nonagon Infinity (2016) #2484 Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #5423
27	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Arrows (2021) Whales and Leeches (2013) #7154
28	Kal-El 2012, Norway Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, Doom Metal	Astral Voyager Vol. 2 (2026) Astral Voyager Vol. 1 (2025) Echosphere (2015)
29	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016) Evidence of Immortality (2022)
30	Destrage 2002, Italy Metalcore	Are You Kidding Me? No. (2014) #3568 Urban Being (2009) A Means to No End (2016)
31	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1989 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018) #6250
32	Orange Goblin 1995, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Time Travelling Blues (1998) #8502 Back from the Abyss (2014) Science, Not Fiction (2024)
33	Om 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Advaitic Songs (2012) #6675 Pilgrimage (2007) Conference of the Birds (2006)
34	The Sword 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Warp Riders (2010) #2249 Age of Winters (2006) #5683 Apocryphon (2012)
35	Spirit Caravan 1995, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Last Embrace (2003) [Compilation] Jug Fulla Sun (1999) Elusive Truth (2001)
36	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	Redeemer (2006) All Hail (2019) O' God, the Aftermath (2005)
37	Lucifer 2014, International Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Lucifer V (2024) Lucifer II (2018) Lucifer I (2015)
38	Napalm Death 1981, United Kingdom Grindcore, Death Metal, Hardcore Punk	The Peel Sessions (1989) [Compilation] Scum (1987) #1120 Harmony Corruption (1990) #1534
39	Wolfmother Australia Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal	Wolfmother (2005) #8063 New crown (2014) Cosmic Egg (2009) #10155

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