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.

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Stormriders is a stoner/doom metal band from New York City, formed in 2024, blending the hazy, fuzz-drenched heaviness of stoner metal with the slow, crushing momentum of doom.

Rochester, New York doom and post-metal outfit formed in 2017, blending the slow, melancholic weight of doom metal with the atmospheric breadth of post-metal.

Sun Burial is a New York black/doom metal project formed in 2016, combining the desolate atmosphere of black metal with the glacial tempo and oppressive weight of doom.

New York's The Bronx Casket Co. have been crafting gothic/doom metal with a morbid elegance since their 2011 reconstitution, drawing on the genre's marriage of heavy riffs and romantic melancholy that the band has always executed with more craft than camp. Their sound belongs to the tradition of doom that treats grief and darkness as aesthetic resources rather than ends in themselves.

One of the youngest acts in this batch, The Kamilsons formed in Ontario, New York in 2023 and immediately staked out a doom/death territory that prizes heaviness and atmosphere in equal measure. Their sound combines death metal's aggression with doom's deliberate, crushing pacing — a combination that leaves room for both brutality and suffocating dread. As a newly formed act, they're still building their catalog, but their footing in one of extreme metal's most rewarding intersections suggests a strong foundation.