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Viña del Mar, CL · 2013–present · active
Pankar are a stoner/sludge metal band from Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2014 and active as an independent act. Their lyrical themes draw on Mapuche philosophy and the cultural resistance of indigenous peoples, setting them apart from more conventional stoner rock subject matter.
Valparaíso, CL · 2018–present · active
Pantano are a stoner metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, operating as an independent act without label backing. The band's thematic focus spans personal struggles and everyday life in the port city, delivered through the heavy, fuzz-saturated guitar work characteristic of the regional stoner rock underground.
Río Grande, AR · 2019–present · active
Páramo Bonzai is a stoner/doom/fuzz rock quartet from Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, formed in November 2018. The lineup consists of Enzo Cabezón on vocals, Rodrigo Luna on guitar, Andrés "Primo" Osvaldo on bass, and Joaquin "Pogo" Páramos on drums. They have released three records: the debut full-length Canis Majoris (2019), the follow-up EP Kwanyip (2022), and El Rey Del Abismo (2024).
Brasília, BR · 2016–present · active
Pedrapreta launched out of Brasília in 2016 with a self-titled EP featuring five tracks of slow-burning stoner metal, recorded at 1234 Recording Studio. The band — Mickael on vocals, Bruno on guitar, Gabriel on bass, and João on drums — leans into thick riffing and hypnotic grooves rooted firmly in the Black Sabbath and desert rock traditions.
Jaboatão dos Guararapes, BR · 2015–present · active
Psiconauta is a sludge and doom duo from Pernambuco, Brazil, consisting of Anderson Moss on vocals and guitars and Ad Luna on drums, active since 2012 and self-described as an "original Brazilian Sludge/Doom entity." The band released the two-track "Hunting Day" EP in December 2018, recorded and mixed at Pólvora Studio, and contributed the 14-minute track "Deep Mantra (Prajnaparamita Mantra)" to the Doomed & Stoned Latinoamerica Vol. I compilation in February 2018.
Jundiaí, BR · 2018–present · active
Doom/stoner metal trio from Jundiaí, São Paulo, formed in the second half of 2016 by Rev. Bodefuzz (André Luiz Martins, voice/guitar) and Old One (Paulo Fornazza, drums), later joined by Baron Graves (bass). They released the debut EP Crown of Darkness in early 2018 and the EP Cursed in 2019 through Abraxas Records, followed by the second full-length O Caminho do Aço — recorded at Estúdio Eguchi and released February 27, 2023 through Cospe Fogo Gravações — which is sung entirely in Portuguese.
Buenos Aires, AR · 1998–? · disbanded
Sandiablo was a stoner metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring guitarist Claudio Filadoro, vocalist Gabriel Raimondo, bassist Adrian Corrales, and drummer Martín Cipriano. The band recorded a single self-titled EP in 1998 across various studios before dissolving in 1999 when Filadoro joined Los Natas, the seminal Argentine stoner rock group.
Buenos Aires, BR · 1997–present · active
Sauron is a Buenos Aires stoner rock outfit founded by guitarist J.B. Larralde and vocalist Pato Larralde, regarded as one of Argentina's earliest stoner acts alongside Los Natas. They released six studio albums across nearly three decades, beginning with their self-titled debut in 1997 and continuing through El color que cayó del cielo (1999), Sobrenatural (2003), La guerra del fuego (2009), El último árbol sobre la tierra (2012), and Los Ojos Del Cuadro in 2018.
Minas Gerais, BR · active
Stoner and progressive metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2025 by vocalist Lucas Donnard, guitarists Bruno Barros and Rodrigo Peixoto, bassist Filipe Marks, and drummer Thiago Caeiro. The band released two singles — C137 (June 2025) and Blood, Fire, Doom & Death (July 2025) — before issuing their debut EP 500 Years in August 2025.

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