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title: "Golden Core"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/golden-core"
genre: "Stoner Metal"
formed: 2014
disbanded: 2025
---

# Golden Core

**Golden Core** is a stoner metal band, active 2014 to 2025.

Golden Core er en norsk doom metal/stoner metal-duo fra Ammerud i Oslo. Bandet ble startet i 2014 og består av Simen Jakobsen Harstad (gitar) og Johannes Thor Sandal. Stilmessig spiller bandet en krysning mellom ulike sjangre, hovedsakelig doom metal og stoner metal med elementer av black metal, progressive rock, støyrock og sludge. Golden Core er blitt sammenlignet med band som High on Fire, Neurosis, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Mastodon, og Mayhem.

Biography source: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Core

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Golden Core |
| Genre | Stoner Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Oslo |
| Formed | 2014 |
| Disbanded | 2025 |
| Releases in catalog | 3 |

## Genres

[Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | [Norwegian Stoner Machine](https://themetalnet.com/album/092cb80e-65a7-47b5-a680-d846c00c3366) | Album |
| 2019 | [Fimbultýr](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc0679f3-82a8-44f6-bf54-7346293e7b5e) | Album |
| 2024 | [Kosmos brenner](https://themetalnet.com/album/c8242e2f-9feb-4392-b5a1-0679f9c18177) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Lungburner](https://themetalnet.com/band/lungburner) (same tags)
- [Mother Iron Horse](https://themetalnet.com/band/mother-iron-horse) (same tags)
- [Spiritual Beggars](https://themetalnet.com/band/spiritual-beggars) (same tags)
- [Psychosane](https://themetalnet.com/band/psychosane) (same tags)
- [Blastronaut](https://themetalnet.com/band/blastronaut) (same tags)
- [Slumdweller](https://themetalnet.com/band/slumdweller) (same tags)
- [Mannhai](https://themetalnet.com/band/mannhai) (same tags)
- [Temporal Driver](https://themetalnet.com/band/temporal-driver) (same tags)
- [Heptagram](https://themetalnet.com/band/heptagram) (same tags)
- [Moose Knuckle](https://themetalnet.com/band/moose-knuckle) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://goldencore.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7lw82ZfKFYLJti8JxIJLqW
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goldencoreband
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Golden_Core/3540425824

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