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Garden of Sinners is a black/death metal act from Bielefeld, Germany, formed in 2018, merging war-like rhythms with epic dark melodies and powerful vocals in a dystopian universe between reality and fiction. Their debut Truthsayers (2018) spans eleven tracks of sci-fi-themed heavy metal with artwork by JP Fournier.
Gardenjia is an experimental black metal project from Brindisi in Puglia, active since 2011, having evolved from earlier djent/experimental origins. Their stylistic transformation reflects a deepening commitment to extreme metal from southern Italy.
Hailing from Normal, Illinois, Garg deals in raw, no-frills black metal that embraces the underground's most primitive and unpolished instincts. Formed in 2022, they work in the stripped-back style that prioritizes atmosphere through harshness over any kind of technical refinement.
Connecticut's Gargamel marries symphonic grandeur to black metal extremity, building elaborate, orchestral arrangements atop a still-venomous core. The project has been active since 2010, amassing a catalog that tilts theatrical without abandoning its harder impulses.
Gargan is a blackened death metal band from Corato in the Bari province of Puglia, formed in 2016. They deliver aggressive blackened death metal from the olive-growing heartland of southern Italy.
Springfield, Illinois outfit Gargantuan merges the atmosphere of black metal with the pummeling density of death metal into a sound that's as expansive as its name implies. Since 2019 they've built a reputation in the Illinois underground for uncompromising extremity.
Gargantyr is a black metal project from Poland, active since 2000. A quarter century of black metal places them among the most enduring acts in the Polish underground.
Gargara is a black metal project from Debrecen, Hungary, formed in 2018. They channel black metal from Hungary's second-largest city on the Great Hungarian Plain.
Gargoili is a black metal project from Finland, formed in 2019, channeling the frigid intensity and atmospheric darkness of the Finnish black metal tradition. Their sound embraces raw production and bleak aesthetics characteristic of the Nordic underground.
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