A Los Angeles act sharing the Earth name since 1993, this heavy/stoner outfit operates in far more traditional territory than their Washington namesakes, delivering riff-forward metal built for the road.

The name says it all and nothing at once: Ventura, California's Easy Death makes stoner doom that's anything but painless, trading in heavy psych riffs and the kind of lumbering grooves that make time feel elastic.

Sacramento stoner/doom act whose name is either deeply self-deprecating or perfectly evocative of the hazy, half-lidded tempos they've been delivering since 2017. Sun-baked California riffs slow-cooked until they collapse under their own weight.

Merced, California's Eye of Aquila have been cultivating heavy stoner doom in the Central Valley since 2022, far from the coastal hubs that dominate California's metal coverage. Their sound gravitates toward wide-open riff space and psychedelic weight, with the unhurried confidence of the stoner metal tradition.