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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Gud is a sludge/doom metal band from Drammen, formed in 2025. Their name — Norwegian for 'God' — contrasts with the crushing heaviness of their sludge doom.
Gufonero is a sludge metal/post-hardcore band from Trento in Trentino, formed in 2016. Their name — Italian for 'dark owl' — captures the nocturnal, heavy character of their music from the Alpine city.
Gunmouth is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2021, dealing in low-end-heavy, distortion-drenched slow jams. The band channels the heaviest, grittiest side of Hamburg's rock and metal underground.
Gurt is a sludge metal band from London, active since 2011. Their name — West Country dialect for 'great' or 'big' — captures the massive weight of their sludge metal.
Stoner/sludge metal from Texas.
Gyilkos is a band from Budapest, Hungary, that evolved from hardcore roots in 2015 into a crushing blend of sludge, doom metal, and hardcore. The project's name, meaning "murderer" in Hungarian, reflects the punishing weight of their later sound.
Gälernå is a death metal, grindcore, and sludge band from Gijón and Mieres in Asturias, Spain, formed in 2021, blending the crushing weight of sludge with the ferocity of grindcore and death metal. Their sound channels the industrial grit and harsh climate of northern Spain's mining country.
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