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State Of Unrest (2023)
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New Jersey's Gorthon have been crafting sludge-doom with weight and patience since 2021, building songs that move like slow erosion — unhurried, inevitable, and considerably heavier than anything that moves that slowly has any right to be.
Gospel of the Future is a sludge metal band from the Olomouc region of the Czech Republic, formed in 2003 and recognized as one of the heaviest and loudest acts in the Czech underground. After a nearly decade-long hiatus they returned in 2021, releasing Blowtorch Mankind (2022) through Kabinet Records, following their earlier albums on Epidemie Records.
Named after the subterranean predators of cult horror, Detroit's Graboids bring sludge metal that feels like it's pulling you underground one riff at a time. Formed in 2023, the band weaponizes Motor City grit into suffocating low-end punishment.
Grace Hayhurst is a sludge/progressive/post-metal solo artist from London, active since 2019. She blends the crushing weight of sludge with progressive complexity and post-metal atmospherics.
Graien is a four-piece black/sludge/post-metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2023, named after the grey witch sisters of Greek mythology. Their 2025 release I Lay You to Rest was recorded and mastered by Stella Sesto at Pink Noise Studios in Berlin, blending atmospheric post-metal textures with sludge and black metal weight.
Grand Elder is a stoner/sludge metal band from Lancashire, formed in 2023. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden sludge from the North West of England.
Grandad is a blackened hardcore/sludge metal band from London, formed in 2023. Their ironic name belies the crushing aggression of their blackened sludge from the British capital.
Grang is a doom and sludge metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, formed in 2015, delivering heavy, slow-burning compositions rooted in the crushing weight of doom and sludge. Their approach emphasizes massive low-end riffs and oppressive atmospheres.
Monterey Bay's Granted Earth have spent over a decade weaving progressive ambition into the fabric of sludge, stoner, and post-metal, arriving at something genuinely exploratory. Their music moves between crushing weight and expansive, atmospheric drift with rare intentionality.
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