Stoner metal

Stoner Metal and Sludge Metal are often used interchangeably, but some fans make distinctions: Sludge metal has more similarities with grindcore and hardcore punk. There are also very close similarities to doom metal, but most aficionados consider the two genres distinct.

Related Topics:
Sludge metal - Grindcore - Hardcore punk - Doom metal

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The genre name is derived from the notion that the artists and audience for this kind of music are stoners (frequent users of marijuana) although the term is more in reference to the style of the music itself rather than the non-musical hobbies of band members and fans. This is a common misconception that inaccurately lumps in bands like Pantera among others.

Related Topics:
Stoner - Marijuana - Pantera

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Stoner metal is best known by its commonly stripped down production, use of psychedelic guitar effects, and deep 70's rock influence from groups like Black Sabbath.

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Other terms, which also indicate slightly different, but frequently overlapping genres are 'stoner rock', desert rock, which is given its name primarily because of Palm Desert pioneers Kyuss, and the very abstract 'desert music', which usually has only very little 'metal' content as such.

Related Topics:
Desert rock - Palm Desert - Kyuss

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Monster Magnet and Kyuss were among the most popular practitioners in the 1990s, today bands like Fireball Ministry and Fu Manchu have carried the torch.

Related Topics:
Monster Magnet - Kyuss - Fireball Ministry - Fu Manchu

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Others include:

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• Acid King
• The Atomic Bitchwax
• The Body
• Bongzilla
• Boris
• Brant Bjork
• Budgie
• Cathedral
• Church of Misery
• Clutch
• Darkage
• Electric Wizard
• Fatso Jetson
• Fireball Ministry
• Fudge Tunnel
• Fu Manchu
• Green Machine
• Hermano
• High on Fire
• Kyuss
• Lowrider
• Mannhai
• Masters of Reality
• The Melvins
• The Miracle Workers
• Monster Magnet
• Morris
• The Mushroom River Band
• Natas
• Nebula
• Orange Goblin
• Pink as a Panther
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Roadsaw
• Scumbucket
• Sixty Watt Shaman
• Sleep
• Slo Burn
• Spickle
• Spirit Caravan
• Spiritual Beggars
• Thulsa Doom
• Unida