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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Giganto is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2010, delivering massive, fuzz-drenched heaviness from the Spanish capital. The band has built over fifteen years of monolithic riffing.
Gigatron2000 is a stoner metal band from Tilburg, formed in 2020. They deliver massive stoner metal from the North Brabant city known for hosting Roadburn.
Ginevra is a sludge/stoner metal band from Pisa, formed in 2014. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden stoner sludge from the famous Tuscan tower city.
New York's Girder build their stoner doom sound like heavy construction — methodical, load-bearing, and made to last. Formed in 2025, they're among the newest entrants to the northeast's already formidable heavy underground.
Atlanta's Girthquake rumble through stoner and doom metal with all the seismic authority their name promises, leaning into fuzz-saturated riffs and tempos slow enough to feel tectonic. They've been shaking Georgia loose since 2017.
Borrowing their name from a race of astral-plane warriors, Seattle's Githyanki conjure sludge and stoner metal that feels genuinely otherworldly — dense, psychedelic, and displaced from any comfortable reality. Active since 2015, they're a cult act in the Pacific Northwest heavy underground.
Gizzah is a stoner/doom metal band from Ílhavo, Portugal, active since 2022 and delivering heavy, fuzz-laden riffs from the Atlantic coast. The project channels the crushing weight of doom through a stoner metal haze.
Taking its name from the Welsh word for rain, Maine's Glaw brings a fittingly damp and hazy energy to stoner metal — loose, heavy, and atmospheric in the way of long gray afternoons. One of the newer acts out of the Pine Tree State underground, formed in 2024.
Glory Owl is a stoner metal band from Trieste, active since 2012. They deliver fuzz-laden stoner metal from the Adriatic border city at the crossroads of Italian, Slovenian, and Austrian cultures.
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