Miami sludge/doom duo formed in 2009, known for massive down-tuned riffs layered with swamp-thick atmosphere and the raw, swaggering physicality native to the Florida underground. They carry a distinctive Southern weight filtered through the caustic traditions of sludge.

Orlando, Florida sludge and stoner metal band active since 2010, locking into slow, tar-thick grooves and feedback-laden heaviness with the swampy persistence that Florida's humid underground breeds. Their name alone signals the kind of bleakly humorous, road-worn vibe their music inhabits.

Central Florida death metal band from Longwood, active since 2018, delivering straightforward brutality rooted in the state's storied extreme metal tradition. Slavestate keep their sound stripped to the essentials — heaviness, aggression, and relentless low-end punishment.

Sorus is a progressive sludge metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, formed in 2016, combining the slow, crushing weight of sludge with the dynamic song structures and technical ambition of progressive metal.

Space Weed are a stoner/sludge metal band from Cape Canaveral, Florida, formed in 2021. Their name and location lean into the cosmic joke of launching heavy, slow-burning riffs from the shadow of NASA's launch facilities on the Space Coast.

Suns of the Morning Star are a blackened sludge and progressive metal band from Boca Raton, Florida, formed in 2012, weaving dense sludge heaviness with post-metal ambience and black metal atmosphere into expansive, darkly textured compositions.

Swamp is a Jacksonville, Florida band formed in 2013 that melds death metal aggression with sludge metal's punishing mid-paced heaviness, drawing on Florida's deep extreme metal heritage.

Swamp Druid is a sludge/post-metal band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 2020, weaving expansive, slow-burning heaviness with atmospheric passages informed by Florida's humid, oppressive environment.

Named after cinema's most infamous Texan, Ocala, Florida's Thomas Hewitt deal in sludge and doom metal — murky, down-tuned, and heavy enough to flatten furniture, with the rural dread their namesake implies.