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Gorilla Troops is a thrash metal and crossover band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2013 and blending thrash aggression with crossover punk energy. The project delivers high-energy, riff-driven chaos.
Grand Master Krang is a crossover thrash band from Angers, France, formed in late 2017 and fueled by 1980s and 1990s thrash metal and hardcore punk with a pop culture edge. Their 2025 self-titled full-length and earlier EP deliver energetic, riff-driven fury inspired by the Foot Clan and martial arts culture.
Santa Maria, California's Grave Command barrel through thrash, black metal, and crossover with tactical precision, treating genre boundaries as obstacles to be overrun. Their 2018 formation has produced a project as combative as it is purposefully chaotic.
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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