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Grand Duc is a black metal project based between Paris and Villepreux, France, active since 2017 and channeling the darkness of the French black metal tradition. The project explores atmospheric and aggressive territories within the genre.
Grand Illusion is a black/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2018 and blending black metal's darkness with thrash's velocity from the Swedish capital. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Grand Summoner is a black metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2024, with releases including their self-titled album and Vile Intentions. Their sound channels the dark, aggressive intensity of Finnish black metal.
Grandad is a blackened hardcore/sludge metal band from London, formed in 2023. Their ironic name belies the crushing aggression of their blackened sludge from the British capital.
Grandfather Nebulous is an industrial black metal project from England, formed in 2018. They merge industrial textures with black metal hostility under an enigmatically cosmic moniker.
Granhammer is a melodic black metal project from Jaegerspris, Denmark, formed in 2012, combining atmospheric melody with black metal's harshness. The project has maintained over a decade of melodic black metal from the Danish island of Zealand.
Granitader is an atmospheric black metal project from Annaberg-Buchholz in the Erzgebirge mountains of Saxony, Germany, formed in 2023. The project channels the cold, mountainous landscape of the Ore Mountains through melodic and atmospheric black metal.
Chernivtsi black metal project launched in 2024, whose name evokes the spruce forests of the Carpathian region. Their sound carries the raw intensity and atmospheric depth associated with Eastern European black metal.
Grantig is a melodic black metal project from Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2022, whose name is Bavarian dialect for "grumpy" or "irritable." The project channels melodic black metal with a distinctly German character.
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