Daytona Beach heavy metal outfit B.T. Saints has been active since 2016, drawing on Florida's deep tradition of hard-hitting metal to deliver a straightforward and unapologetically earnest take on the genre.

San Diego's Call of the Wild blend heavy, doom, and stoner metal with hard rock into a thick, riff-driven sound that has been rolling since 2020.

Los Angeles sci-fi doom trio whose debut channels the analog grit of Sleep and Monolord into dystopian, riff-heavy slow-burn doom with DIY ethics and a futuristic conceptual bent.

Chico, California's Cold Blue Mountain blend sludge and stoner metal into thick, sun-baked dirges, layering languid heaviness with a psychedelic undercurrent that keeps the music expansive and hypnotic.

Pasadena, CA doom and stoner metal band that has fully embraced the fuzz-drenched, heavy psych sound cultivated across Southern California. Their music sounds like standing in a warm, swirling darkness.

Long Beach stoner/doom act Covenaut traffic in fuzz-heavy riffs and slow grooves with a Southern California looseness. Their music is heavy but never punishing, built for listeners who want weight without sacrificing warmth.

Sacramento doom and stoner metal duo immersed in thick, hazy riffs and slow-burning grooves that pull listeners deep into a hypnotic, smoke-filled sonic fog.

Los Angeles band Crowned by Fire draw on Southern-fried riff traditions and stoner metal's slow-burning haze to craft music that feels simultaneously sun-baked and menacing. Thick grooves and a dusty, unhurried swagger define their sound.

Sacramento's Cura Cochino — Spanish for 'dirty priest' — are a husband-and-wife doom act whose morbid, Black Sabbath-rooted sound is transported into Baja California when vocalist Priscila sings in Spanish and unleashes grito Mexicano howls over grinding, funeral-weight riffs. Their doom en español is something singular in the American metal landscape.