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Grimtotem is a female-fronted pagan/folk metal band from Arauco, Bio-Bío, Chile whose music draws from the legends, myths, and history of the Mapuche and Chiloé cultures of southern Chile. Their discography includes the demo "Wengan" (2014), the album "Invunche" (2016) — which invokes the Mapuche mythological figure of the invunche as a metaphor for colonial violence — and two further albums, "Espíritu Del Bosque" (2021) and "El Golfo Y El Humedal Resisten" (2022).
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.
Grylle is a French epic folk/black metal and medieval folk project active since 2014, weaving archaic instrumentation and medieval themes into atmospheric black metal frameworks. Their catalog includes Les Grandes Compagnies, Monstres et Merveilles, and Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards, released through Antiq Records.
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.
Istanbul folk metal act founded in 2006, whose Turkish name means 'mace' and whose early EP wove heroic folk metal with Turkish and oriental musical flavors alongside lyrics about Turkic paganism and Inner Asian myths. The band later evolved into the project Khepra, carrying forward their fusion of heavy metal and Anatolian heritage.
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