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Gehtika is a black/death metal band from Coventry in the West Midlands, formed in 2013. They merge black and death metal from the historic Warwickshire city in the heart of England.
Bozeman, Montana may not be a name that comes up often in black metal circles, but Geimhreadh — whose name is the Irish word for winter — has been conjuring frost-bitten, atmospheric black metal from the northern Rockies since 2015. The landscape comes through in the sound.
Geist Elbereth is a Swiss black metal duo from Winterthur, formed in 2021, whose music draws entirely from Tolkien's legendarium with the tagline "Black Metal from Middle Earth's abysses." Their releases Blades of the East (2021) and Chronicles of Shattered Light (2024) explore the First Age mythology of the Silmarillion, the latter released on limited cassette through Banner of Blood.
Taking its name from the Ouachita Mountains that straddle Oklahoma and Arkansas, Geist of Ouachita channels the wild, remote landscape of eastern Oklahoma into raw atmospheric black metal. A recent arrival, formed in 2023, but already rooted in place.
Geisterbanner is a Bavarian black metal project formed in 2024, whose name translates to "ghost banisher." The project is among the newest entries in the vibrant Bavarian black metal underground.
Geisterfaust is a blackened sludge metal act from Saarbrucken, Germany, formed in 2020, self-described as "Blackened Music from Southwest Germany." Their releases include the self-titled album, Servile Mirrors of Animosity, and Hang Them High / Foul Spine, blending sludge metal's weight with black metal's abrasion.
Geisterfels is a French medieval atmospheric black metal project formed in 2017 by Nebel, Aldébaran, and Aharon, whose debut La Névrose de la Pierre tells the story of a 19th-century French poet's journey through the Rhine and Mosel valleys. The concept album draws parallels between castle ruins and mental collapse across eight tracks of historically grounded black metal.
Geisterseher is a one-man experimental black metal project from Paraná, Brazil, operating as a side project of Draugur, the sole member of the main band Paarthurnax. The project released the four-track EP "Fragmento Espectral" in April 2020, weaving atmospheric and experimental textures across tracks including "Aldebaran," "Ad Hominem," and "The Void."
Geistlicht is an atmospheric and melodic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2022, with a prolific catalog including Passage into Desolation, Among the Stars and the Abyss, and Hidden in the Mists. The project channels cosmic and melancholic themes through layered atmospheric black metal.
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