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Acid King

Acid King is a stoner doom band that was formed 1993 in San Francisco, California, USA. Acid King's signature is distortion, tight guitar-bass riff attacks and a Marshall-stacked, bloated low rear end. Ampeg bass amps and Osbourne's Ludwig drum kit supplemented the heaviness accordingly. Heavy but spacey. Lori's searing guitar leads contrasted nicely with her nefarious vocal stylings. People appreciated something different and distinctive, enthusiastically supporting Acid King's opening slots for the likes of The Obsessed, Sleep and Hawkwind.

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Dark Earth

There are 4 bands named Dark Earth. After seemingly disappearing for 4 years, everything that DARK EARTH brought to the metal scene was all but forgotten; heavy melodic riffs, ball-tearing blast beats, blistering guitar solos & a TIGHT live show.
During the time DE were absent, the boys came to realise that the normal "house, wife & kids" road of life wasn't going to work for them, they needed something more...

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The Sword

There are two bands that Last FM classifies as "The Sword": 1) A doom/stoner metal band from Texas, USA. 2) A melodic punk band from Leeds, UK, called The sWord who formed in 2004 by ex-members of Joe Ninety and Dugong. Their debut album was released on Clean it up! Records. Here follows a more detailed description of the former: The Sword is a doom/stoner-metal four-piece hailing from -- of all places -- the singer/songwriter oasis of Austin, TX. First conceived in 2003, the Sword really hit their stride about a year later, when founding vocalist and guitarist J.

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Creeping

Creeping is a Stoner/Black Metal band from New Zealand. Featuring members of Stoner outfit The House of Capricorn, Creeping play black metal infused with wicked groove and rock elements similar to bands like Craft and Darkthrone meets Kyuss + a lot of drugs! Lyrical themes involve grimness and darkness. 2007 they released their debut album on Australian label Asphyxiate Recordings titled "Funeral Crawl". MEMBERS:
Marko Pavlovic - Bass and Vocals
Scotty Blomfield - Guitars

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The Atomic Bitchwax

New Jersey's Chris Kosnik, Finn Ryan, and Bob Pantella first started plotting their musical careers back in the mid 90s influenced by 70s rock and progressive groups ranging from Black Sabbath to Parliament Funkadelic. Simultaneously all three members where already playing for major labels in separate bands: Godspeed (Atlantic), Monster Magnet (A&M) and Core (Atlantic). The Atomic Bitchwax slowly evolved for 15 years as a players band with the enduring vision to "play what you want".

Shellfin

Since the creation of this band it’s been about the love of stoner rock and fun. We love Kyuss, we love chilling out and we love groovin’. After a few line up changes we've gotten together what we believe to be a strong musical force. Since acquiring a new singer, we've recorded a five track EP entitled, Stay For Tea. For the fans of fat tones, pounding drums and groovin' bass this should be pleasing to the ear.

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Don Fernando

By taking the low end guitar heavy elements of stoner rock and merging it with a keen ear for a catchy hook Don Fernando are showing that heavy music can be combined with a pop sensibility to create something unique and exciting, the music is heavy, the guitars are about as loud as you could possibly imagine and their gigs will leave you planted firmly on your arse while humming their melodies and lamenting lost love.

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Hangman's Chair

Southern metal band from Paris, France formed by former <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Es+la+Guerilla" class="bbcode_artist">Es la Guerilla</a> members. They released a split-CD with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eibon" class="bbcode_artist">Eibon</a> in february 2007. Their first album, (A Lament For...) The Addicts, was released in september 2007. Some members of the band also play with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Arkangel" class="bbcode_artist">Arkangel</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Hellbats" class="bbcode_artist">Hellbats</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Third+Arm" class="bbcode_artist">Third Arm</a>. In 2008, Keo (vocals) and Renart (bass, also in <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Every+Reason+To..." class="bbcode_artist">Every Reason To...</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fate" class="bbcode_artist">Fate</a>) were replaced by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Inhatred" class="bbcode_artist">Inhatred</a>'s singer and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/L%27Esprit+du+Clan" class="bbcode_artist">L'Esprit du Clan</a> bass player (who previously played in <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Knockoutz" class="bbcode_artist">Knockoutz</a> alongside members of Es La Guerilla and Hangman's Chair). Their drummer also joined French doom-metal band <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Rising+Dust" class="bbcode_artist">Rising Dust</a>.