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Grand Elder is a stoner/sludge metal band from Lancashire, formed in 2023. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden sludge from the North West of England.
Grandad is a blackened hardcore/sludge metal band from London, formed in 2023. Their ironic name belies the crushing aggression of their blackened sludge from the British capital.
Grang is a doom and sludge metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, formed in 2015, delivering heavy, slow-burning compositions rooted in the crushing weight of doom and sludge. Their approach emphasizes massive low-end riffs and oppressive atmospheres.
Monterey Bay's Granted Earth have spent over a decade weaving progressive ambition into the fabric of sludge, stoner, and post-metal, arriving at something genuinely exploratory. Their music moves between crushing weight and expansive, atmospheric drift with rare intentionality.
Philadelphia's Grass approach sludge metal with the patient heaviness of a city that knows how to grind — slow, ugly, and purposeful. Their sound is soil and concrete, rooted firmly in the low-end traditions of the form since 2016.
Grate is a sludge/doom/industrial metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2014 and merging the crushing weight of sludge and doom with industrial metal's mechanical intensity. The project delivers multi-layered heaviness.
Grava is a blackened post-hardcore and sludge metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022, blending black metal atmospherics with post-hardcore dynamics and sludge weight. The band brings a multi-faceted heavy approach to the Copenhagen scene.
Grave Lines is a doom/sludge metal band from London and Brighton, formed in 2016. They deliver crushing doom and sludge from the southern English axis between the capital and the coast.
Grave Siesta is a doom and sludge metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2010, self-described as 'doom/sludge metal from Helsinki,' with four releases spanning a decade including Piss & Vinegar (2015) and Voidward Spin (2019). Their sound has been characterized as 'spacey sludge,' blending atmospheric qualities with crushing heaviness.
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