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Long Island · 1971–present · active
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Roslyn · 2020–present · active
A one-man black metal project from Roslyn, New York, Clocktower of Hiraeth was conceived by the entity known as Myghûl the Drowned in 2018. Built around themes of history, addiction, and anti-religion, the project carved out a bleak atmospheric sound before going quiet.
Brooklyn, New York City · 2018–present · active
Brooklyn's Clothesline draw on doom, stoner rock, and wrestling-fueled attitude from a lineup featuring members of Reign of Zaius and End of Hope. Their slow-burn approach captures the grimy, unhurried heaviness of the New York underground.
· 2014–present · active
New York's Clouds Taste Satanic are a fully instrumental post-doom unit that blends stoner rock, psychedelia, and Bongripper-style heaviness into extended, hypnotic compositions. Active since 2013 and releasing prolifically, including a 2026 live-in-studio album through Kinda Like Music, they've become one of Brooklyn's most distinctive doom exports.
· 2018–present · active
Brooklyn's Clovis play a wall-of-sound doom and stoner rock blend steeped in grunge and classic heavy riffing. Their self-titled LP documents a band content to let the volume speak for itself.
Rochester · 2016–present · active
Rochester, New York's Clyde play a heavy, riff-centered stoner rock and metal blend rooted in the upstate New York underground. Their straightforward approach relies on massive tones and slow groove.
Buffalo · 2023–present · active
Buffalo, New York stoner metal unit Cobra Tits bring a thick slab of fuzz and irreverent attitude to the upstate New York heavy music scene. Their no-frills approach leans into bong-crusted grooves and blunt-force riffage.
Maspeth, Queens, New York City · 2014–present · active
Queens, New York groove and thrash metal band Code 6 bring the aggressive, street-hardened edge of New York City metal to tightly wound groove and thrash riffs. They reflect the borough's long history of tough, no-frills heavy music.
· 2019–present · active
New York's Cognitive Collapse push technical death metal into experimental territory, warping song structures and tonality into something disorienting and deeply unsettling.

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