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Formed in Florence, South Carolina in December 2005, Graves of Valor featured members drawn from the Through the Eyes of the Dead circle and signed to Relapse Records for their sole album Salarian Gate, released in May 2009. The record offered technically focused death metal with thematic references to ancient Rome, standing as a compact and precise statement before the band dissolved due to lineup instability. Key members later resurfaced as Ditch Eel.
Gravescape is a black/death metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2024. They merge black metal atmosphere with death metal heaviness from the Pink City's growing extreme metal scene.
Gravesite is a death metal band from the Bologna/Modena area, formed in 2014. They deliver old-school death metal from the Emilia-Romagna heartland.
Colossal Death / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Gravetaker is a black and death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2017, merging the ferocity of both genres into a punishing hybrid. Their sound combines black metal's atmospheric hostility with death metal's crushing weight.
Florida's Graveview have been staring into the death metal abyss since 2018, their sound shaped by the state's long and storied tradition of brutality. Straightforward and unornamented, they prioritize the visceral over the cerebral.
Gravewards is a death metal band from Athens, formed in 2018. They channel raw death metal aggression from the Greek capital.
Graveworms is a death metal band from Pluguffan in Brittany, active since 1993. Over three decades from the far western tip of France, they represent one of the most enduring death metal acts in the Breton underground.
Graveyard is a melodic death/groove metal band from Duisburg, Germany, formed in 2015, combining melodic death metal's guitar harmonies with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The band brings a balanced blend of melody and heaviness to the Ruhr Valley scene.
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