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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Greus is a sludge and stoner metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011, delivering heavy, low-tuned riffs rooted in the Mediterranean underground. Their sound emphasizes punishing grooves and thick distortion characteristic of the Iberian heavy scene.
Grey Brain is a sludge/doom metal band from London, formed in 2018. They deliver crushing sludge and doom from the British capital.
Grey Moray is a stoner/sludge metal band from Celle, Germany, formed in 2016, delivering fuzzy, groove-laden heavy music from the Lower Saxony town. The band channels stoner and sludge metal's heaviest impulses.
Grey Stag is a progressive sludge metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2018 and blending the heaviness of sludge with progressive complexity and dynamic songwriting. The project channels the expansive ambition of progressive metal through a sludge-weighted lens.
Grey Widow is a sludge/doom metal band from Brighton on the English south coast, formed in 2014. They channel heavy, venomous sludge doom from the Sussex seaside city.
Named for a Massachusetts peak, Boston's Greylock translate the weight of the New England landscape into sludge-infused doom — massive, slow-moving, and carrying a certain northeastern bleakness. Active since 2015, their sound feels carved from granite.
Founded in 1991 by Disrupt guitarist Terry Savastano and drummer Pete Donovan in Massachusetts, Grief were among the earliest and most uncompromising practitioners of sludge metal, fusing hardcore punk's hostility with doom metal's glacial tempos. Their discography across Pessimiser Records — including Come to Grief (1994) and the sprawling Torso (1998) — documented a distinctly New England strain of depression and aggression. The band dissolved in 2001, citing a hostile environment for doom metal, before briefly reuniting in 2008; Savastano later revived the lineage as Come to Grief.
Grief Eater is a sludge/doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2020 and delivering crushing, emotionally heavy music that lives up to its name. The project channels grief and catharsis through monolithic, low-end heaviness.
Griefbringer is a doom/sludge metal band from Bologna, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing doom and sludge from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
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