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Grimsrud is a doom/stoner/sludge metal band from Salford in Greater Manchester, formed in 2025. Named after the Fargo character, they deliver heavy stoner doom from the Manchester conurbation.
Grip is a doom and stoner metal band from Reus in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2019, delivering heavy, fuzz-drenched riffs rooted in the low and slow tradition. Their sound draws on the weighty, groove-laden side of the stoner-doom spectrum.
Groak is a sludge/doom metal band from Leeds, formed in 2015. Their name — an archaic British dialect word meaning to stare silently — matches the brooding, oppressive weight of their sludge doom from West Yorkshire.
Grobr. is a solo doom metal project based in Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2025. The project is entirely self-produced by a single multi-instrumentalist who handles everything from composition to mixing, and has released the album Doomsday Clock alongside the standalone track Aether.
Groundsleeper are a black/doom metal band from Ried im Innkreis in Upper Austria, active in the regional underground metal scene. The band operates as an independent four-piece and has maintained a presence primarily through local and Austrian metal circuits.
Growing Horns is a doom/sludge metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium, formed in 2019, whose debut The Nobility of Pain (2019) and follow-up The Essence of Suffering (2025) deal in crushing, emotionally raw doom with bestial and mournful vocal textures. The Essence of Suffering was pressed on limited 180-gram vinyl at Dunk! pressing.
Grown Below is a post-metal band from Mortsel near Antwerp, formed in 2011 from the remains of a band called Timer, influenced by Cult of Luna, Isis, and Tool. They signed to Slow Burn Records and released The Long Now in 2011, followed by The Other Sight, pursuing a dense, evolved post-metal sound.
Grrrmba is a blackened doom/sludge metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2016 by members of Jack, Long Pig, My First Knife, and other Hungarian bands. Their releases include Imminent, Coalescence, Embodiment, and a split with Boru.
Gruel is a sludge/doom metal band from Bradford in West Yorkshire, formed in 2017. Their name — evoking thin, unappetizing gruel — contrasts with the thick, heavy sludge doom they deliver.
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