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Grand Atomic is a stoner/doom metal band from Fredrikstad in southeastern Norway, formed in 2019. They deliver heavy stoner doom from the Ostfold city on the Glomma River.
Grand Boaron is a stoner metal band from Heidelberg, Germany, formed in 2015, delivering fuzz-laden, groove-driven stoner metal from the university city on the Neckar. The band channels the heavy, psychedelic side of stoner metal.
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.
Dayton, Ohio's Grand Mammoth live up to their prehistoric name, laying down stoner-doom riffs that feel massive and unhurried. The band has been rolling boulders since 2016, their music evoking vast geological weight in every passage.
Grand Massive is a stoner metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2009, delivering massive, fuzz-drenched stoner metal from the Bavarian capital for over fifteen years. The band is a longstanding fixture of Munich's heavy rock and stoner metal scene.
Seattle's Grand Moff bring a ruler's command to stoner-doom, their riffs thick and authoritative over a haze of fuzz and feedback. The city's damp heaviness seeps into every groove they've constructed since forming in 2019.
Grandier is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, active since 2017 and blending mind-expanding psychedelia with crushing doom riffs. The project channels the adventurous spirit of Swedish heavy music.
Grant National is an experimental stoner metal and rock band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2011, pushing the boundaries of stoner metal with experimental elements. The band operates at the creative edge of the Rhineland's stoner and heavy rock scene.
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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