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Tacoma, Washington's Galactic Black blend progressive ambition with the tar-thick weight of sludge metal, a combination that suggests vast, dissonant landscapes rather than earthbound riffage. Formed in 2022.
Frederick, Maryland's Galactic Cross have been burning slow and heavy since 2020, merging the fuzzed-out psychedelia of stoner metal with sludge's confrontational, bottom-heavy grind.
Memphis, Tennessee's Galaxicon have built a catalog of sludge and doom metal since 2011, drawing on the South's tradition of slow, heavy, and dread-soaked music.
Phoenix, Arizona's Gale (no relation to the Wisconsin band) bring a sun-scorched intensity to sludge metal, active since 2014 with the kind of slow-grinding heaviness that mirrors the desert's punishing extremes.
Long Beach, California's Galena forge their sound from the corrosive intersection of black metal and sludge, a combination that trades atmosphere for abrasion. Active since 2016.
Los Angeles's Gallery, formed in 2022, work in the grey zone between sludge and doom — music that feels deliberately paced, dense with texture, and more interested in weight than speed.
Stony Brook, New York's Gallery of Ghouls have been conjuring their particular brand of sludge metal since 2020, the name telegraphing a sound that's both heavy and steeped in macabre theatricality.
Gallons of Mud is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2011, driven by a self-described passion for Sabbath riffs, slow movements, and infectious grooves. Their 2018 full-length God Bless & Fuck You was recorded and mixed by bassist Steve Albino, delivering seven tracks of doomy, groove-laden stoner metal.
Gallowhead is a three-piece heavy band from Feldkirch in westernmost Austria, dealing in rumbling sludge and post-metal built on distorted bass, grooved-out rhythms, and a mix of shouts and growls. They have released four records including the self-titled debut, Karōshi, and Comfort in Discomfort (2024), with album titles probing psychological weight and existential burnout.
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