8 Brazilian stoner and doom metal bands you should discover

Text by Matheus Jacques

Distortion, heaviness, fuzz, and psychedelia. Combined with prog, psychedelia, even death metal and various other genres. Welcome to the hypnotic, reverberating, and dense universe of stoner and doom, with eight recommendations of Brazilian bands to numb your senses and fill your ears! 

Beholder's Cult

Origin: Brasília
Style: Doom Metal
Most recent release: Our Darkest Home (album)

Paradise Lost, November's Doom, Draconian . These are some of the influences we can attribute to the great sound found in Our Darkest Home , the new album from the Brazilian band Beholder's Cult, a journey through the realms of gothic/doom metal.

Desert Druid and the Acid Caravan

Origin: Sorocaba
Style: heavy/doom metal
Most recent release: The VVitch (EP)

The São Paulo-based power trio Desert Druid and the Acid Caravan , with their debut EP The VVitch, an ode to proto-doom metal, blues, and 70s hard rock, paying homage to the masters and most prominent names in heavy metal, while also paying homage to more contemporary artists like the English band Uncle Acid and Deadbeats.

Muladhara

Origin: Rio de Janeiro
Style: psych/stoner/prog
Most recent release: Bender (EP)

From Rio de Janeiro comes the trio known as Muladhara , who recently released their newest work, the EP Bender , with sonic elements ranging from Black Sabbath to Red Fang , and passing through psychedelic rock and progressive rock. A great choice for those seeking a significant dose of originality in the genre.

WOOD CROWN

Origin: Goiânia
Style: stoner metal
Most recent release: “Tell Me” (single)

With their 2020 single “Tell Me”, the quartet Wood Crown honors the Goian tradition of excellent stoner rock and rock’n’roll bands (such as MQN and Hellbenders ) and presents a robust and mature track, avoiding some of the genre's usual clichés and showcasing a distinct and raw groove.

Melissa

Origin: São Paulo
Style: doom metal/heavy/gothic
Most recent release: Devil's Mask (album)

With a grim soundscape that conceptually evokes horror (even evidenced by the cover art) and musically the realms of doom, heavy, and goth metal, the new endeavor of musician Melissa Rainbow (Dirty Grave , Enxofre , Mães Morrendo ) arrives in 2021 with Devil's Mask, a great debut album reminiscent of names like Candlemass, Type O Negative , and Saint Vius.

Gods and Punks

Origin: Rio de Janeiro
Style: stoner/prog/psych
Most recent release: The Sounds of the Universe (album)

In early July, another absolute success from the Rio de Janeiro band Gods and Punks arrived: the album The Sounds of the Universe , once again showcasing the group's always effective blend of stoner rock, progressive rock, and psychedelia, which remains organic, creative, and powerful in its work like few other names in the national scene.

Void Tripper

Origin: Fortaleza
Style: stoner/doom metal
Most recent release: Dopefiend (album)

One of the best releases in Brazilian stoner/doom rock arrived in June with Dopefiend , the debut album from the Ceará-based band Void Tripper . Combining psychedelic passages with blazing riffs and excellent production, the new material from the quartet from Fortaleza is one of the highlights of the year in the genre so far, further solidifying the band's place within the underground scene.

Low Tide Riders

Origin: Curitiba
Style: stoner metal
Release: The Road (EP)

Directly from Curitiba/PR comes the quartet Low Tide Riders , formed by experienced names from the local scene and with a sound that bets on the elements of stoner metal to deliver an energetic performance with The Road , the band's first studio EP released in 2020 by the Abraxas label, and who are already preparing new material.

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