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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Gruff is a melodic death metal band with gothic influences from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2018, combining the Gothenburg melodeath template with dark, atmospheric gothic metal elements. The band brings a moody, layered approach to Hamburg's extreme metal scene.
Grumo is a grindcore/death metal band from Modena, formed in 2015, having evolved from earlier goregrind/noise origins. Their shift toward more structured grindcore reflects a maturing approach to extreme music.
Melodic death metal act from the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, formed in 2020 and bringing Scandinavian-influenced melodicism to Turkey's southern coast. Their hook-laden approach balances aggression with memorable guitar harmonies.
Grunge is a death metal band from Aberdeen, active since 2013. Their name — a genre tag borrowed from a very different musical tradition — brings deliberate irony to their death metal from the Scottish northeast.
Grunts is a death metal band from the Riga/Skriveri area, formed in 2020. They deliver death metal from the Latvian heartland.
Grymheart is a melodic death and folk metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2017 and weaving folk melodies and traditional instrumentation into aggressive melodic death metal frameworks. The project bridges Hungarian folk heritage with Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Grymt is a death metal and grindcore act from Paris, France, delivering ferocious blasts of extreme music rooted in the traditions of both genres. The project channels unrelenting intensity through its grinding approach to heaviness.
Active since 2003 in Neuhofen an der Krems, GröBär play melodic death and thrash metal under the tongue-in-cheek banner of Bären-Metal—bear metal—complete with bear-themed member aliases. Their discography includes the 2014 album GROB and the 2019 record NICEANTSNOW, which won praise for its energetic melodic death metal approach.
Guarreria is a death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2012, delivering raw and punishing extreme metal rooted in the city's thriving underground scene. Their sound channels the visceral aggression and unrelenting heaviness central to the death metal tradition.
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