Serpentine Path is a doom and death metal band formed in New York in 2011, built around all three members of the cult doom act Unearthly Trance together with Tim Bagshaw, a founding member of Electric Wizard and Ramesses, and later augmented by Stephen Flam of New York doom-death legends Winter. The project's sound leaned toward a slow, crushing death-doom approach heavier and more deliberate than any of the members' previous bands. The band released a self-titled debut in 2012 and followed with Emanations in 2014 before going on hiatus in 2016, with Bagshaw shifting focus to With the Dead.

New York doom metal act Sigils have cultivated a slow, oppressive heaviness since 2013, leaning into the genre's tradition of crushing tempos and bleak atmosphere.

New York's Silvertomb work the fault line between doom and traditional heavy metal, pairing the genre's crushing weight with the melodic hooks that classic heavy metal demands. Formed in 2019, the band builds an atmosphere of gloomy grandeur without abandoning songcraft for pure heaviness.

New York doom/stoner metal band formed in 2018, steeped in the heavy, psychedelic riff traditions that run from Black Sabbath through generations of slow and heavy music. Sleeping Village prioritize atmosphere and tonal depth, crafting music that moves at the pace of continents drifting.

Brooklyn stoner and doom metal band formed in 2017, blending lumbering riff work with a heavy psychedelic undercurrent that draws on New York City's diverse heavy rock tradition.

Smokebath is a doom metal band from New York, formed in 2015, crafting slow-motion, heavily distorted doom with a suffocating atmosphere and devotion to the crushing minimalism at the genre's core.

Sons of Ghidorah is a stoner/doom metal band from New York, formed in 2014, taking their name from the classic kaiju and delivering titanic, slow-motion riff destruction in kind.

SOT is a New York sludge, doom, and hardcore hybrid band formed in 2011, fusing the oppressive heaviness of sludge and doom metal with the confrontational energy of hardcore punk.

St. Bastard is a Brooklyn-based sludge and doom metal band formed in 2015, combining the slow, crushing weight of doom with sludge metal's abrasive, feedback-drenched heaviness.