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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.
Grand Harvest is a death/doom metal band from Malmö, Sweden, active since 2018 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight from southern Sweden. The project inhabits the suffocating intersection of both genres.
Longview, Washington's Grand Head fuse the slow-burn misery of doom metal with the blunt-force urgency of hardcore, and the collision sounds like a storm that won't let up. Since 2016 they've built a sound that's as heavy as it is relentless.
Grand Illusion is a black/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2018 and blending black metal's darkness with thrash's velocity from the Swedish capital. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Grand Magus is a heavy/doom metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2012 and delivering epic, fist-raising traditional doom metal powered by JB Christoffersson's commanding vocals and Wolf's crushing riffs. They are one of the most respected acts in modern Swedish doom and heavy metal.
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.
Grand Master Krang is a crossover thrash band from Angers, France, formed in late 2017 and fueled by 1980s and 1990s thrash metal and hardcore punk with a pop culture edge. Their 2025 self-titled full-length and earlier EP deliver energetic, riff-driven fury inspired by the Foot Clan and martial arts culture.
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.
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