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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Grisatre is a depressive black metal project from Foret-la-Folie in Normandy, active since 2012. Their home village name — literally 'forest of madness' — provides a fitting origin for their anguished, desolate depressive black metal.
Griverion is a depressive black metal project from Valle Lomellina in the Pavia province, formed in 2020. They channel anguished black metal from the rice paddies of the Lomellina plain.
Grotte is a depressive black metal project from Girona, Catalonia, formed in 2021, exploring bleak emotional landscapes through raw, atmospheric compositions. Their sound channels the introspective melancholy and lo-fi aesthetics central to the depressive black metal tradition.
Grat Strigoi is a depressive black metal project from Glasgow, formed in 2019. Named after the Romanian undead creature, they channel Eastern European folklore through depressive black metal from Scotland's largest city.
Gulag is a Brazilian avant-garde and depressive black metal solo project based in São Paulo, with all instrumentation, vocals, and composition handled by Matheus Cornely. The project released Fantasia in 2023, described as a departure toward sober black metal and dungeon synth aesthetics, incorporating a cover of Nocturnal Depression's "Nostalgia." The project also released Death and Its Roses and the Black Flag single on Bandcamp.
Guthravir is a depressive black metal project from Lisbon, Portugal, channeling despair since 2016. Their bleak soundscapes draw from the melancholic tradition of DSBM.
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