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Gleichmacher is a black metal act from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2019, delivering abrasive yet melodic black metal with high production values and second-wave feeling. Their 2022 album Krankung Fall Verderben features seven tracks mastered at Moontower Studios, praised for its many layers and depth blending melodic tones with raw harshness.
Drawing its name from the mythological binding that held the wolf Fenrir, California's Gleipner channels Norse themes into black metal that aims to restrain and overwhelm in equal measure. Founded in 2022, they bring a focused, mythologically charged darkness.
Glemt is a raw black metal project from London, formed in 2019. Their Norwegian name — meaning 'forgotten' — brings Scandinavian character to their raw London-based black metal.
Gletschersturz is an atmospheric black metal project from Germany's Black Forest region, conceived in fall 2021 and releasing the Wut EP in January 2024. The project's name, meaning "glacier collapse," reflects its blend of natural catastrophe themes with progressive and atmospheric black metal across three expansive tracks.
Glimt is an atmospheric post-black metal project from Kristiansand in southern Norway, formed in 2021. Their name — Norwegian for 'flash' or 'glimmer' — captures the luminous moments within their atmospheric black metal.
Santa Cruz's Gloam has been working the threshold between black and doom metal since 2012, building a sound as oppressive as coastal fog and twice as cold. They move slowly, deliberately, and with the kind of weight that stays with you.
Gloaming is a German black metal project channeling twilight-themed darkness through raw black metal frameworks. The project's name, meaning the dimming light between day and night, captures its atmospheric approach to the genre.
Chicago's Gloamingwald translates to something like 'twilight forest,' and the band earns both halves of that name — their progressive black metal is shadowed and intricate, built from complex structures that still feel rooted in darkness. Formed in 2017, they're one of the Midwest's more intellectually ambitious black metal acts.
Glok is a French black metal project formed in 2019, embracing the raw, atmospheric darkness of the underground black metal tradition. Their sound channels hostility and bleakness through lo-fi production and abrasive compositions.
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