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Kyuss posing for a photograph in 1992
A beginner’s guide to stoner metal

By Rich Hobson Published

Spark up a fat one – these are the albums that built stoner metal

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Mork press portrait
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 19 2026

By Rich Hobson Last updated

Vindicta put out a clapback at their Dogma past, Motionless In White go gothic metalcore and Sleep "return" (of a sort) in this week's best new metal song round-up

Tracks & Singles
Photos of Lucifer, Black Sabbath and The Obsessed
10 bands that will fill the Black Sabbath-shaped hole in your life

By Classic Rock Published

Black Sabbath may be no more, but there are still plenty of bands they’ve inspired out there

Bands & Artists
Matt Pike onstage with High On Fire in 2022
Matt Pike teases Sleep comeback: “We’re talking and working on stuff again.”

By Matt Mills Published

Sleep guitarist Matt Pike has hinted that the band’s two-year-long hiatus will be ending rather soon

Bands & Artists
Photos of Iron Maiden and Tool performing live, plus the front cover of Frank Herbert’s Dune
10 heavy metal bands that wouldn’t be the same without Dune

By Paul Travers Published

From Iron Maiden to Sleep, many metal bands have taken Frank Herbert’s psychedelic sci-fi saga to heart

Bands & Artists
Albums by Sleep, Judas Priest and Iron Monkey
10 amazing heavy metal albums that you can’t find on Spotify

By Stephen Hill Published

Spotify isn’t the be all and end all of heavy music, as these 10 classics prove

Albums
Bands we want new music from in 2023: System Of A Down/The Distillers/God Forbid/Rage Against The Machine/Nine Inch Nails
10 bands we want new music from in 2023

By Stephen Hill Published

From System Of A Down to Botch and Nine Inch Nails, here are 10 bands we want new music from in the next 12 months

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Sleep's Matt Pike
Sleep have released a new Dopesmoker vinyl containing actual marijuana

By Liz Scarlett Published

Stoner metal heavyweights Sleep launch "Weedian High-Fi" deluxe pressing of their landmark 2003 LP Dopesmoker, and it contains actual weed

Bands & Artists
Best metal albums of 1993
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1993

By Metal Hammer Published

Grunge ruled the airwaves in 1993, but metal wasn't about to lie down and die, as these 20 brilliant releases show

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Kyuss and Monster Magnet
The Top 20 best stoner metal records

By Dom Lawson Last updated

Warning: may contain drugs

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