Grantig was a metal

Heavy metal music

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 band from Munich

Munich

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, Germany

Germany

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. Their music is rooted in thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

, but is influenced by southern rock

Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...

, blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and traditional heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

. The word grantig is of south German origin and translates into English as grouchy or angry.

Biography

The band was formed in 2004. The first demo CD was recorded in 2005 without label support. Gigs with bands such as Schweisser

Schweisser

Schweisser is a German heavy metal band that formed in 1990. They produced five albums before breaking up in 2001.In 2006, lead singer Tommi Böck revived the band, although he is the only remaining original member. Martin Messerschmidt from The Notwist and Fabian Exter joined him...

 followed. The second demo record opened doors for a record deal with German label Drakkar

Drakkar Entertainment

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 in August 2007. In the following months their full-length debut So muss es sein was written, recorded and released on February 1, 2008. In May 2009 the follow-up Medizin was released and the band opened for Sacred Reich

Sacred Reich

Sacred Reich is a Phoenix, Arizona-based thrash metal band that formed in 1985. Singer/songwriter Phil Rind's interest was in socially conscious and political speed metal. After several records on Metal Blade Records, they signed to Hollywood Records for a short stint, but later returned to Metal...

 and Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...

 on their german tour. A third record was announced but not released. The band split up in May 2011.

Style

The style of Grantig can usually be generalized to thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

, although they are influenced heavily by different genres such as hardcore

Hardcore punk

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, southern rock

Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...

, blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and even jazz

Jazz

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. The lyrics are written in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

.

Discography

• So Muss Es Sein (2008, Drakkar
  Drakkar Entertainment
  Drakkar Entertainment GmbH, also called Drakkar Records or Drakkar Publishing, is a German record label with its headquarters in Witten. It is a joint venture with Bertelsmann Music Group.-History:...
  
  )
• Medizin (2009, Drakkar)

External links

• Official Website
• Grantig at Drakkar Entertainment (German)