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Giant Squid

Musical Group

Forfans of post-metal, progressive/sludge explorers, and listeners who enjoy heavy music with orchestral textures.
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The Profile

Giant Squid was an American post-metal/progressive sludge band from Sacramento, California. Active from 2002 to 2016, they’re known for integrating cello (notably by Jackie Perez Gratz) into heavy, oceanic conceptions. Key releases include Metridium Fields (2006), The Ichthyologist (2009), Cenotes (2011), and Minoans (2014).

American MusicGroup from Sacramento, California; active 2002–2016. Style blends post-metal, progressive metal, sludge, and doom with prominent cello. Notable releases include Metridium Fields (2006), The Ichthyologist (2009), Cenotes (2011), and Minoans (2014).

Two strong reviews celebrate Giant Squid’s dense, ocean-soaked progressive metal with cello at the core. Hellring highlights Cenotes’ atmospheric heft and The Ichthyologist’s shape-shifting sludge/prog breadth. Influences like Tool and Neurosis surface, but the band’s identity stays singular. Standout moments include Tongue Stones, Mating Scars, and La Brea Tar Pits.

Notable Quotes

❝ And then, strangely, almost by chance, you stumble upon albums that you don't expect, works shrouded in class and music like you never would have imagined.

❝ Here is a group that kicks ass, a band that sweeps away the garbage of the countless metal and similar productions that have come out in recent years like flowers in spring.