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Grindstone is a death metal, grindcore, and hardcore band from Ravensburg in Upper Swabia, Germany, formed in 2022, delivering a three-way collision of extreme styles. The band channels furious intensity from the south German countryside.
Grindustry is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Doetinchem, Netherlands, active since 2019 and merging industrial-strength brutality with grinding velocity. The project's name reflects its mechanized approach to extreme metal.
Grindzilla is a goregrind and grindcore act from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2015, whose releases include the 2015 demo and the 2018 EP Toshinquandon. Their tracks are short, chaotic bursts of grinding metal, exemplified by the one-minute single King Kong Kamikaze.
Grinter is a death metal band from Renswoude, Netherlands, formed in 2023 and emerging from a small Utrecht Province village with surprising ferocity. The project delivers death metal from an unlikely rural Dutch setting.
Death metal act from the small town of Gamleby in southeastern Sweden, active since 2010 and bringing old-school brutality from an unlikely rural outpost. Their sustained dedication to the death metal craft speaks to the genre's deep roots across Sweden's landscape.
Grisvelos is a one-man black/death metal project from Osorno, Los Lagos, Chile, created by Alfredo Torres, who also plays bass and backing vocals in the black/thrash band Degotten. The project debuted in August 2020 with the full-length "Desperatio," a nearly 50-minute album drawing from the influence of Morbid Angel, Immolation, and Marduk while channeling the band's description of Osorno as a cold, decadent city into music that blends ferocity with melodic, nostalgic atmosphere.
Griszmo are a Vienna-based multi-vocal grindcore and crust punk outfit whose sound drags death metal, thrash, and hardcore punk into a blunt, politically confrontational blend. Their 2019 album Vehement documents this aggressive collision of styles with tracks like Glastroika.
Grobut Neerg is a death/folk metal band from Ryazan, Russia, active since 2018 and fusing death metal brutality with folk metal's traditional instrumentation. The project merges ancient and extreme traditions.
Kharkiv progressive/groove/death metal act active since 2009, fusing technical complexity with heavy rhythmic power and extreme vocal delivery. Their ambitious approach balances cerebral songwriting with visceral impact from eastern Ukraine's cultural hub.
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