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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Greus is a sludge and stoner metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011, delivering heavy, low-tuned riffs rooted in the Mediterranean underground. Their sound emphasizes punishing grooves and thick distortion characteristic of the Iberian heavy scene.
Grey Moray is a stoner/sludge metal band from Celle, Germany, formed in 2016, delivering fuzzy, groove-laden heavy music from the Lower Saxony town. The band channels stoner and sludge metal's heaviest impulses.
Greyfell is a stoner/doom metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2015. Named after a figure from Norse mythology, they deliver heavy, riff-driven stoner doom from the Norman capital.
Grief Circle is a stoner/doom/post-metal band from Sosnowiec in Upper Silesia, formed in 2022. They blend stoner doom with post-metal atmospherics from the Silesian conurbation.
Grieving is a stoner/doom metal band from Sosnowiec, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy stoner doom from the same Silesian city as Grief Circle.
Grim Reefer A.D is a sludge/stoner metal band from Kingston upon Hull, formed in 2015. Their cannabis-referencing name captures the hazy, smoke-heavy character of their stoner sludge from East Yorkshire.
Grimsrud is a doom/stoner/sludge metal band from Salford in Greater Manchester, formed in 2025. Named after the Fargo character, they deliver heavy stoner doom from the Manchester conurbation.
Grip is a doom and stoner metal band from Reus in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2019, delivering heavy, fuzz-drenched riffs rooted in the low and slow tradition. Their sound draws on the weighty, groove-laden side of the stoner-doom spectrum.
GrizzleRoot is a stoner metal/rock band from England, formed in 2021. They deliver fuzz-drenched stoner metal from the English underground.
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