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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Godenbloed is a black/sludge metal band from Eindhoven, formed in 2017. Their Dutch name — meaning 'blood of the gods' — captures the ritualistic, heavy character of their genre-blending approach.
Tucson's Godhunter fuse the swamp-thick dirge of sludge metal with the caustic aggression of thrash, building walls of sound that feel both pulverizing and politically charged. Since 2011 they've been one of the Southwest's most unrelenting acts.
Godmorgon is a death/sludge metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2022, blending the brutality of death metal with sludge's low-end heaviness. The band's name, meaning "good morning" in Swedish, contrasts with their crushing sound.
Godsize is a sludge/heavy metal band from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, formed in 2020 and dealing in crushing sludge-inflected heaviness. The project channels the industrial heritage of the Black Country into monolithic, down-tuned riffage.
Godsong is a sludge/doom metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, active since 2019 and channeling the volcanic heaviness of Iceland through crushing doom and sludge riffs. The project adds to Reykjavík's outsized contribution to extreme heavy music.
Goia Paranoia is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2024 and dealing in heavy, crushing riffs from Sweden's metal capital. The project merges three heavy genres.
Golden Gorilla is a sludge metal band from Darmstadt, Germany, founded in 2001 from the depths of the Hessian forests, with members previously in Bastard King, Dead Beat, and Diavolo Rosso. After a three-year hiatus starting in 2010, they reunited in 2014, their catalog including a self-titled LP (2006) and a split with Ghost of Wem.
Morgan City, Louisiana's Golgotha drag sludge metal's tar-heavy riffs through thrash's confrontational aggression, producing something that feels uniquely Southern in its humidity and hostility. Around since 2005 and still grinding.
Goliathan is a sludge/doom metal band from Naples, formed in 2017. Named after the biblical giant, they deliver massive, crushing sludge doom from the Campanian capital.
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