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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Chicago's Gaunt have been fusing black metal's corrosive spite with crust punk's d-beat aggression since 1994, building one of the longer track records in the city's extreme underground. Their sound is raw, political, and entirely committed to the gutter.
Gavrhoth is a black metal/ambient project from Como in Lombardy. They blend atmospheric black metal with ambient textures from the lakeside city.
Gavvakh is a melodic death/thrash/black metal band from Tver, Russia, formed in 2025 and blending three extreme metal genres into a versatile assault. The project channels multi-faceted aggression from central Russia.
Gaylord is a black metal band from London, formed in 2018. They bring a deliberately provocative name to their black metal from the British capital's diverse extreme music underground.
Gazat is a raw black metal project from London, formed in 2022. They deliver stripped-down, lo-fi black metal from the vast London underground scene.
Gealach is a black metal project from Cork, Ireland, active since 2019 and drawing its name from the Irish word for "moon," channeling nocturnal atmosphere through Gaelic-inflected black metal. The project emerges from Ireland's growing underground black metal scene.
Geasa is a Celtic folk/black metal project from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2024 and weaving Irish folk traditions and Celtic mythology into atmospheric black metal. The project's name derives from the sacred bonds and taboos of Irish mythology.
Geatkihaukr is a black metal project from Lappi in northern Finland, formed in 2021, with a growing catalog including two demos, a split with Veitsi, and the releases Tuokoon Tuulet Pohjoisen and Varjaeger. Their Finnish-language titles and Arctic origins point to a sound steeped in Nordic frost and wilderness.
Gebrechlichkeit is a German black metal duo from Hanover (Lower Saxony), active since 2004, featuring Chaos on vocals/guitar and Pestsklave on bass. Their catalog includes Land ohne Wiederkehr, Aphorismen der Angst, and Gott endet hier, characterized by highly varying and unpredictable song structures exploring Satanism, occultism, and morbidity.
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