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Grand Devourer is a death metal project from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2025, one of the newest additions to Lower Saxony's death metal underground. The project channels consuming, aggressive death metal themes.
Grand Duc is a black metal project based between Paris and Villepreux, France, active since 2017 and channeling the darkness of the French black metal tradition. The project explores atmospheric and aggressive territories within the genre.
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.
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