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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.
Sludge metal outfit from Stein in the southern Netherlands, delivering low-tuned heaviness from the Limburg province. Their crushing, downtempo approach channels the genre's tradition of oppressive sonic weight.
Gomgoma is a doom/sludge metal band from Chalcis on the island of Euboea, active since 2011. They deliver crushing doom and sludge from the ancient Greek city on the Euripus Strait.
Gonger-Om is a death/sludge/post-metal band from Garlstorf in the Luneburg Heath, Germany, formed in 2015, blending multiple heavy subgenres into a dense, layered sound. The band's multi-genre approach combines death metal aggression with sludge weight and post-metal atmospherics.
Kent, Ohio's Goosed have been wallowing in sludge metal's lowest registers since 2018 — mid-tempo riffs like concrete blocks, vocals buried under layers of distortion, and a general sense that things are not going to get better.
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