Connecticut's Gorge have been filling the space between doom and sludge with dense, slow-rolling heaviness since 2015 — Simsbury's contribution to a tradition of New England bands that take the heavy in heavy metal seriously.

New Jersey's Gorthon have been crafting sludge-doom with weight and patience since 2021, building songs that move like slow erosion — unhurried, inevitable, and considerably heavier than anything that moves that slowly has any right to be.

Named after the subterranean predators of cult horror, Detroit's Graboids bring sludge metal that feels like it's pulling you underground one riff at a time. Formed in 2023, the band weaponizes Motor City grit into suffocating low-end punishment.

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.

Philadelphia's Grass approach sludge metal with the patient heaviness of a city that knows how to grind — slow, ugly, and purposeful. Their sound is soil and concrete, rooted firmly in the low-end traditions of the form since 2016.

San Diego's Graveseer, formed as recently as 2025, traffic in the slow-creeping territory of sludge-doom, building visions out of distortion and dread. Their music is prophetic in its patience — each riff arriving like an omen rather than a blow.

Nashville's Great Unclean Ones drag doom and sludge through the gutter with deliberate, punishing force — riffs that move like slow-rolling thunder and vocals soaked in filth. Since 2019 they've made miserable music in the best possible sense.

Virginia's Green deal in the heavy, murky end of sludge metal — slow tempos, distortion thick enough to choke on, and an unshakeable sense of dread. Since 2019, they've been letting the weight accumulate rather than trying to outrun it.

Named for a Massachusetts peak, Boston's Greylock translate the weight of the New England landscape into sludge-infused doom — massive, slow-moving, and carrying a certain northeastern bleakness. Active since 2015, their sound feels carved from granite.

Raleigh's Grohg have spent over a decade wrestling sludge metal and metalcore together into something heavier and more punishing than either genre alone. Since 2012, they've built a reputation on dense, churning performances that don't let up.

Stoner/sludge metal from Texas.