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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Pennsylvania's Glorious Descent merges black metal's nocturnal fury with the swaggering rock energy of black 'n' roll, making for something more propulsive and grime-coated than pure corpse-paint orthodoxy. Active since 2023 and already sounding like a band with a clear identity.
Gloss is a black/post-black metal band from London, formed in 2019. They blend the raw aggression of black metal with post-black metal's atmospheric expansiveness from the British capital.
Glumurphonel is a solo industrial black metal project from France, formed in 2020, merging the mechanical harshness of industrial music with black metal's ferocity. Releases include Demo I and Father, channeling avant-garde aggression through a solitary creative vision.
Glyphe is a melodic black metal project from Nantes and Angers, France, formed in 2025, representing a fresh entry in the French melodic black metal scene. Their sound blends the raw aggression of black metal with melodic harmony and atmospheric depth.
Gladje is a black metal project from Poznan, formed in 2019. Their Swedish name — meaning 'joy' — creates an ironic contrast with their black metal from the Greater Poland capital.
Glädjekällor is a black metal band from Malmö, Sweden, active since 2011 and whose name ironically means "sources of joy" in Swedish, channeling anything but joy through raw, aggressive black metal. The project delivers dark extremity from southern Sweden.
Gluuth is a black metal trio from Winterthur, Switzerland, formed in 2016, who describe themselves as the "second wave of 8400 black metal" with tongue-in-cheek grimness. Their self-titled 2016 debut was recorded live in two days and pressed on a limited run of twenty hand-manufactured pink cassettes reportedly "overdubbed at midnight next to a burning church."
GM-1 is a raw black metal project from Santander, Spain, formed in 2016, delivering lo-fi, stripped-down black metal from the Cantabrian coast. The project channels cold, uncompromising rawness from northern Spain.
Gmer is a raw black metal project from Poland, formed in 2026. They represent the newest addition to Poland's vast black metal underground.
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