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Green Mountaineer is a raw black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2024 and channeling lo-fi aggression through its primitive approach to the genre. The project delivers raw hostility from the Russian capital.
Greenland is a Viking/black metal band from Chalons-en-Champagne, France, active since 2007. They channel Norse Viking themes through black metal from the Champagne region, merging Scandinavian mythology with French extreme metal sensibility.
Vienna's Greifenstein were founded in 2005 by Arkan von Greifenstein and play raw, culture-rooted black metal drawing on Austrian history and Germanic mythology, as reflected in their 2005 debut Ostarrichi Black Metal—named using the archaic Old High German term for Austria. Their discography continued with Von Inneren Welten (2008) and Stillstand (2017).
Grein is an atmospheric/depressive black metal project from Germany, formed in 2021, exploring themes of despair and melancholy through layered, introspective black metal. The project channels emotional depth through atmospheric DSBM.
Greisslig is an atmospheric black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2024, whose name is Bavarian dialect for "gruesome" or "horrible." The project channels Alpine atmospheric black metal with distinctly Bavarian character.
Gremory is an epic black metal project from Rome, formed in 2021. Named after the Goetic demon who reveals hidden treasures, they deliver epic black metal from the Italian capital.
Grendel is a black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2002, named after the monster from the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. The project has maintained over two decades of black metal from the Hanseatic port city.
Grendelsmere is a black/death metal project from the United Kingdom, active since 2001. Named after the mere where Beowulf slew Grendel's mother, they channel Old English literary darkness through extreme metal.
Greul is a symphonic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2017, combining orchestral symphonic elements with black metal's harshness. The project brings a dramatic, layered approach to Hamburg's black metal scene.
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