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=== Stoner metal === {{Main|Stoner rock}} [[File:ElectricWizard by Christian Misje 02.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jus Oborn]] of [[Electric Wizard]]]] Stoner metal or stoner doom<ref name=stonervice>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/10-stoner-metal-albums-ranked-by-a-metalhead-who-doesnt-smoke-weed-weedweek2017/|title=10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed|author=Kelly, Kim|publisher=Noisey Vice|access-date=12 August 2018|date=19 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Revolver">{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-essential-stoner-metal-albums|title=10 ESSENTIAL STONER-METAL ALBUMS|publisher=Revolver Magazine|access-date=12 August 2018|date=20 April 2018}}</ref> describes doom metal that incorporates [[psychedelic rock]] and [[acid rock]] elements.<ref name=DoomDOC/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6hDB4kV9s4C&q=Stoner+rock+subgenre&pg=PT267|title=Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists|author=Ellis, Iain|page=258|publisher=Soft Skull Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59376-206-3}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Buffalo News">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article25407.ece|title=Stoner age: Priestess marries metal and melody|newspaper=[[Buffalo News]]|access-date=27 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213171518/http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article25407.ece|archive-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> Stoner metal is often heavily [[Distortion (music)|distorted]], [[Groove (music)|groove]]-laden [[bass guitar|bass]]-heavy sound, making much use of [[guitar effects]] such as [[distortion (music)|fuzz]], [[phaser (effect)|phaser]], or [[flanging|flanger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/california/palm+springs/kyuss |title=MusicMight – Kyuss biography |access-date=10 December 2007 |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |publisher=MusicMight |quote=[Kyuss] almost single handed invented the phrase 'Stoner Rock'. They achieved this by tuning way down and summoning up a subterranean, organic sound...|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192246/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/california/palm+springs/kyuss |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Stoner bands typically play in slow-to-mid [[tempo]], employing the usage of melodic vocals and "retro" production.<ref name="allmusic stoner metal">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=style|id=stoner-metal-ma0000011961|pure_url=yes}} |title=Stoner Metal |access-date=22 May 2009 |website=[[AllMusic]] |quote=Stoner metal could be campy and self-aware, messily evocative, or unabashedly retro.}}</ref> It was pioneered in the early–mid-1990s by bands such as [[Kyuss]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=kyuss-mn0000776011|pure_url=yes}} |title=Kyuss biography |access-date=10 December 2007 |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |website=[[AllMusic]] |quote=...they are widely acknowledged as pioneers of the booming stoner rock scene of the 1990s...}}</ref> [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]],<ref name="allmusic sleep">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=sleep-mn0000021578|pure_url=yes}} |title=Sleep biography |access-date=21 July 2008|author = Rivadavia, Eduardo|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref name="TZ10ra" /> [[Acid King]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Lori from Acid King on Desertfest, doom and David Bowie|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-04-18/lori-from-acid-king-on-desertfest-doom-and-david-bowie|last=Dare|first=Tom|magazine=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=18 April 2015|access-date=2 February 2017|quote=Stoner metal pioneers Acid King emerged when the subgenre didn’t really exist yet.}}</ref><ref name="NV10">{{cite web|title=10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/10-stoner-metal-albums-ranked-by-a-metalhead-who-doesnt-smoke-weed-weedweek2017/|last=Kelly|first=Kim|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> [[Electric Wizard]],<ref name="OC10">{{cite news|title=The Top 10 Stoner Metal Bands|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/the-top-10-stoner-metal-bands-6603447|last=Distefano|first=Alex|newspaper=[[OC Weekly]]|date=2 April 2014|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="TZ10ra">{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://www.treblezine.com/34799-10-best-stoner-rock-albums/|last1=Terich|last2=Blyweiss|first1=Jeff|first2=Adam |publisher=Treblezine|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> [[Orange Goblin]],<ref name="OC10" /> and [[Sons of Otis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sons of Otis Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sons-of-otis-mn0000037617/biography|last=Anderson|first=Jason|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> ==== Desert rock ==== Desert rock combines the psychedelic elements of stoner metal with [[hard rock]] characteristics.<ref name=guardian/><ref name=DoomDOC/> Bands of this style include Kyuss,<ref name=psl>{{cite web|last1=Mettler|first1=Mike|title=A Desert Soundtrack|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/April-2014/A-Desert-Soundtrack/|website=palmspringslife.com|date=28 March 2014|publisher=Palm Springs Life|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> [[Fu Manchu (band)|Fu Manchu]],<ref name=psl/> [[Queens of the Stone Age]],<ref name=sunrunner>{{cite news|last1=Linn|first1=Robin|last2=Lalli|first2=Mario|title=The strange births of Desert Rock|url=http://www.thesunrunner.com/2013/07/19/12852/the-strange-births-of-desert-rock|access-date=30 April 2015|publisher=The Sun Runner, Journal of the Real Desert|date=19 July 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919012859/http://www.thesunrunner.com/2013/07/19/12852/the-strange-births-of-desert-rock|archive-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> [[Earthlings?]]<ref name=psl/> and [[Yawning Man]].<ref name=psl/><ref name=sunrunner/>
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