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title: "Cranial"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/cranial"
genre: "Sludge Metal"
formed: 2014
---

# Cranial

**Cranial** is a sludge metal band, active 2014 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Cranial |
| Genre | Sludge Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Würzburg |
| Formed | 2014 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Post Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/post-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | [Persona](https://themetalnet.com/album/4dbba7f0-d50a-465a-9b46-521aab1fd617) | EP |
| 2015 | [Dead Ends](https://themetalnet.com/album/4a4d6516-292c-48e6-b2cf-aecd9ca2a74e) | EP |
| 2017 | [Dark Towers / Bright Lights](https://themetalnet.com/album/4d356472-3326-48c5-bb4a-142130380e98) | Album |
| 2019 | [Alternate Endings](https://themetalnet.com/album/c8235130-3fad-40f2-9739-34fe56c809d0) | Album |
| 2025 | [Structures](https://themetalnet.com/album/d9fdb2ce-182a-4137-adbb-58d189a727c8) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Year of No Light](https://themetalnet.com/band/year-of-no-light) (listened together)
- [Omega Massif](https://themetalnet.com/band/omega-massif) (listened together)
- [Cult of Luna](https://themetalnet.com/band/cult-of-luna) (listened together)
- [Mgła](https://themetalnet.com/band/mg-a) (listened together)
- [Blut aus Nord](https://themetalnet.com/band/blut-aus-nord) (listened together)
- [Latitudes](https://themetalnet.com/band/latitudes) (same tags)
- [Sofy Major](https://themetalnet.com/band/sofy-major) (same tags)
- [Of Wolves](https://themetalnet.com/band/of-wolves) (same tags)
- [Eleanora](https://themetalnet.com/band/eleanora) (same tags)
- [ALTA ROSSA](https://themetalnet.com/band/alta-rossa) (same tags)
- [Opium Eater](https://themetalnet.com/band/opium-eater) (same tags)
- [Askel](https://themetalnet.com/band/askel) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cranial/3540404399
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CRANIALBAND
- bandcamp: https://cranialband.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cranialband/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/cranial](https://themetalnet.com/band/cranial). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt