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Fresh out of Chicago's underground in 2024, Geistwolfe play raw black metal with the immediacy of a project that has something to prove. Minimally produced and aggressive, they are among the city's newest additions to the raw black metal tradition.
Gelal is a black metal act from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014, operating in the tradition of raw, uncompromising black metal. The project contributes to Hamburg's diverse extreme metal underground.
A New York project fusing raw black metal with folk sensibilities, Gelassenheit — a German word denoting yielding or serenity — subverts its own name with abrasive, earthy compositions since 2020. The folk element adds texture without softening the edge.
Gen Nero is a black/death metal band from Figline e Incisa Valdarno near Florence, formed in 2022. They deliver extreme metal from the Tuscan Arno Valley.
Gen Aether is a Berlin-based atmospheric black metal and crust duo, formed in 2017, featuring LLL on guitars/bass/vocals and f. on drums. Their 2017 split with Swedish death-crust act Obscest was released on tape through Cirsium Kollektivet, blending atmospheric black metal textures with punk-inflected aggression.
Saint Petersburg black metal project formed in 2014, channeling extreme darkness from Russia's cultural capital. Their output draws from the ferocity and atmosphere that defines the genre's most uncompromising expressions.
Genfaerd is a black metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2014, whose name means "ghost" or "specter" in Danish. The project channels spectral, atmospheric black metal from the Danish capital.
Los Angeles's Genital Shame approach experimental black metal from an oblique angle, founded in 2022 with a sound that courts discomfort as much as aggression. Provocative in name and in practice.
Genius Ultor is a black/heavy metal band from Mielec in southeastern Poland, active since 2010. They have evolved from pure black metal into a hybrid of black and heavy metal from the Podkarpacie region.
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