A single chord can ring on and on, and pieces are typically very long. The aim is a huge wall of low sound that the listener feels as much as hears, with little rhythm or melody. The American band Earth set out the style in the early 1990s in Washington state, and Sunn O))) later made it widely known. It is doom metal slowed down to its limit.
Artists it is known for: Earth, Sunn O))), Boris.
About 1,400 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have drone metal among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Drone Metal artists
Crowbar
Acid Bath
Electric Wizard
Swans
Boris
Candlemass
Eyehategod
MelvinsThe drone metal artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
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