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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Garave is a four-piece doom and sludge metal band from Grenoble, France, formed in 2018, blending doom, black metal, and rock influences through a lineup of PMGL on guitar, BC on drums, JMR on vocals, and JMC on bass. Their releases La Mangeance, Mauvaise Foi, and The Absence of Light reflect a dark, heavy sound rooted in the French underground.
Gardens of Stone is a progressive groove/sludge metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2023, combining complex progressive structures with groove and sludge metal's weight. The band brings a multi-layered, heavy approach to Barcelona's diverse metal scene.
Gargoyles is a black/sludge/thrash metal band from Skopje, North Macedonia, formed in 2019. They blend three aggressive subgenres from the Macedonian capital.
Gas Axe is a sludge/doom metal band from Wales, formed in 2014. They deliver crushing sludge and doom metal from the Welsh underground.
Gavran is a sludge/doom metal band from Rotterdam, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing sludge and doom from the Netherlands' largest port city.
Gedale is a sludge and drone metal act from Trutnov, Czech Republic, formed in 2017, whose debut Depot Rehearsal (2017) is a single monolithic track stretching nearly thirty minutes of crawling, oppressive heaviness. The project captures a live, unpolished approach to drone-laden sludge.
Geisterfaust is a blackened sludge metal act from Saarbrucken, Germany, formed in 2020, self-described as "Blackened Music from Southwest Germany." Their releases include the self-titled album, Servile Mirrors of Animosity, and Hang Them High / Foul Spine, blending sludge metal's weight with black metal's abrasion.
Gemini One is a sludge/doom metal act from Saarbrucken, Germany, formed in 2012, with releases spanning from their 2012 EP through Per Aspera (2019) to the 2024 album 16:01:01:69. The project has maintained a steady output of heavy, atmospheric doom over twelve years.
Nizhny Novgorod sludge and post-metal outfit formed in 2012, crafting expansive sonic landscapes through crushing heaviness and atmospheric dynamics from Russia's fifth-largest city. Their sound bridges the raw weight of sludge with post-metal's cinematic scope.
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