Stoner Metal?

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   I've noticed that MMA doesn't have stoner metal as a sub-genre. Some of the artists I see are included in the doom sub-genre, like Kyuss, Electric Wizard and Monster Magnet but no Queens Of The Stone Age. Then there is Earthless and the Melvins in the sludge/post metal sub-genre. 

From what I've read and artists I've heard under the title stoner metal(rock) it include many different combinations of styles like heavy psych, space rock, hard rock, jam, blues-rock, alternative metal, doom, and sludge. I guess this is probably the reason why stoner metal isn't a sub-genre here as it encompasses such a large array, over lap and cross over of sub-genres.

I'm not trying to create trouble and an arguement of sub-genres. Just curious. I promise to leave at that.

Maybe I answered my own question.

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cannon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 31 May 2011 Location: Bowser, B.C. Status: Offline Points: 697	Post Options Post Reply Quote cannon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Stoner Metal? Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 11:14am
	I've noticed that MMA doesn't have stoner metal as a sub-genre. Some of the artists I see are included in the doom sub-genre, like Kyuss, Electric Wizard and Monster Magnet but no Queens Of The Stone Age. Then there is Earthless and the Melvins in the sludge/post metal sub-genre. From what I've read and artists I've heard under the title stoner metal(rock) it include many different combinations of styles like heavy psych, space rock, hard rock, jam, blues-rock, alternative metal, doom, and sludge. I guess this is probably the reason why stoner metal isn't a sub-genre here as it encompasses such a large array, over lap and cross over of sub-genres. I'm not trying to create trouble and an arguement of sub-genres. Just curious. I promise to leave at that. Maybe I answered my own question.

Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4201	Post Options Post Reply Quote Triceratopsoil Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 11:36am
	Yep, there's already enough crossover between doom and sludge and even traditional that adding stoner metal, which would displace a large quantity of bands in those three subgenres, would be very complicated at best.