Best Stoner Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #487 Witchcult Today (2007) #3981 We Live (2004) #5064
2	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2906 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3201 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3326
3	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #784 The Sciences (2018) #1931 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3843
4	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1071 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1207 Cometh the Storm (2024) #2256
5	Kyuss 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley) (1994) #783 Blues for the Red Sun (1992) #6281 ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995) #8942
6	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #220 Blood Mountain (2006) #357 Leviathan (2004) #775
7	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1629 The Skull (1985) #2217 Run to the Light (1987) #2218
8	Spiritual Beggars 1992, Sweden Stoner Metal	Return to Zero (2010) Earth Blues (2013) #5527 On Fire (2002) #5887
9	Elder United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Omens (2020) #892 Reflections of a Floating World (2017) #1284 Dead Roots Stirring (2011) #1765
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Etemen Ænka (2021) #1200 Asheran (2017) #1208 Voidkind (2024) #3471
11	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3309 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
12	Black Medicine 2005, Korea Stoner Metal	Irreversible (2015) #210
13	Noizegarden 1992, Korea Alternative Metal, Stoner Metal	Noizegarden (1996) #671 1992-1999 (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (2014) [Compilation] ...But Not Least (1999) #5889
14	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1073 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5516
15	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #520 Pink (2005) #1193 Heavy Rocks (2002)
16	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3570
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) #3260 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5538
19	Church of Misery 1995, Japan Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Born Under a Mad Sign (2023) #3291 Master of Brutality (2001) Vol. 1 (2007)
20	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2175 Stone (2023) #2464 Blue Record (2009) #3394
21	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Wiseblood (1996) #8511
22	Dopethrone 2008, Canada Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	1312 (2016) [EP] Transcanadian Anger (2018) Demonsmoke (2009)
23	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) #6810 無頼豊饒 (2014)
24	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Thunderball (2025) Houdini (1993) #5738
25	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) #1890 Nonagon Infinity (2016) Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #4869
26	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Arrows (2021) Whales and Leeches (2013) #6766
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) #3533 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) #8299 Science, Not Fiction (2024)
30	Om 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Advaitic Songs (2012) #6430 Pilgrimage (2007) God Is Good (2009)
31	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1983 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018) #5987
32	The Sword 2003, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Warp Riders (2010) #3214 Age of Winters (2006) #5500 Apocryphon (2012)
33	Spirit Caravan 1995, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Last Embrace (2003) [Compilation] Jug Fulla Sun (1999) Elusive Truth (2001)
34	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
35	Wolfmother Australia Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal	Wolfmother (2005) #7598 New crown (2014) Cosmic Egg (2009) #9531

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