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Goat Riders in the Sky is a doom and stoner metal band from Chambéry in the French Alps, formed in 2012, delivering fuzz-laden, heavy riffing with a nod to the wide-open atmosphere implied by their name. Their sound channels slow, crushing grooves and psychedelic haze.
Goat River is a doom and stoner metal band from Toulouse, France, active since 2009, delivering heavy, low-tuned riffs from the heart of southwestern France. Their catalog includes self-titled releases and a split with Dispenser.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Goat Wizard conjure thick, fuzz-drenched doom that moves at glacial pace and hits like a stone wall. Since 2014, they've embraced the heaviest traditions of stoner doom with occult flair and unhurried conviction.
Goatess is a doom/stoner metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering thick slabs of doom mixed with hard rocking bangers and dreamy space jams on Svart Records. Their album Blood and Wine (2019) showcases engaging riffs, groovy drumming, and excellent vocals.
Goatizm is a stoner/groove metal band from Deest in Gelderland, formed in 2024. They deliver heavy, groove-driven stoner metal from the eastern Dutch river country.
Goatmantra is a sludge and stoner metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2013. Their self-titled debut album, recorded at Fábrica de Sonhos studio in São Paulo and released in March 2013, features eight tracks of heavy, riff-driven stoner doom described as packed with sludgy guitar work and hallucinogenic atmosphere.
Goatschlager is a stoner/doom metal band from Ballymena in Northern Ireland, formed in 2016. They deliver heavy, groove-laden stoner doom from the County Antrim town.
New York's Goatsmoke traffic in the hazy, bone-heavy intersection of stoner and doom, where riffs unspool slowly and the fuzz never fully dissipates. Formed in 2022, they've already developed a sound that feels comfortably lived-in and oppressively thick.
Goatsmoker is a stoner/doom metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022, dealing in heavy, fuzz-laden doom grooves from the Danish capital. The band brings slow-burning, riff-worshipping heaviness to the Copenhagen scene.
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