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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Grave Dogger is a thrash metal and crossover band from Kronach in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2008, delivering riff-heavy thrash with crossover punk energy. The band brings aggressive, fun-first thrash to the Franconian countryside.
Houston's Grave Robbers have spent over a decade looting the crossover thrash and hardcore underground with gleeful ferocity, blending pit-ready mosh breaks with snarling thrash chops. Since 2011 they've been one of Texas's most reliable live weapons.
Graveolution is a thrash/groove metal and crossover band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2020 and blending the aggression of thrash with groove metal's rhythmic punch and crossover's punk energy. The project delivers multi-faceted heaviness from the Hungarian capital.
Graveyard Shifters is a crossover thrash and punk'n'roll band from Kerava, Finland, formed in 2013, self-described as 'fuckin' nut cracking punk'n'roll from Finland.' Their five releases including High Heels & Broken Bones and Brainwashed by Moonshine blend thrash metal's aggression with punk rock's raw attitude.
Grey Summer is a crossover/thrash metal band from Nuoro in central Sardinia, formed in 2015. They deliver high-energy crossover thrash from the mountainous heart of the island.
Grifter is a crossover/thrash metal band from London, active since 2005. Two decades of crossover thrash from the British capital make them one of the scene's most enduring acts.
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Vienna's Grimms Eye are a three-piece formed in 2017 who fuse hardcore punk aggression with sludge and doom metal riffing into a dense, confrontational sound. Their discography includes the albums Act! and Throne (2022), the latter a ten-track statement of doom-laden punk hostility.
Fort Worth's Grimoire have been running crossover thrash and classic thrash through a Texas-sized filter since 2011, combining hardcore's directness with metal's riff obsession for a sound that's both technically sharp and relentlessly aggressive.
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