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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Gaistaz is a blackened gothic/doom metal band from Gelderland, formed in 2019. They blend blackened atmosphere with gothic doom from the eastern Dutch province.
Bratislava gothic/doom/death metal veterans founded in 1995, whose Tolkien-inspired name matches a sound steeped in science fiction, fantasy, and psychedelia. Albums like 'Empire of Emptiness' and 'The Mirror of Ages' established them as pillars of the Slovak metal scene across three decades of activity.
Galahad is a doom and gothic metal band from Brissac-Quincé in the Loire Valley, France, formed in 2011, merging the weighty despair of doom metal with gothic metal's dark romanticism. Their sound explores the intersection of crushing heaviness and atmospheric, melancholic beauty.
Gothic metal steeped in drama and dark romanticism from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Gallows Hill have been crafting their moody, hard rock-inflected sound since 2012. The coastal New England setting bleeds into the brooding character of their songwriting.
Galvanic is an atmospheric industrial/gothic metal band from Surrey, formed in 2014. They merge industrial textures with gothic metal's dark romanticism from the English Home Counties south of London.
Gandillion is a symphonic/progressive gothic metal band from the Zoetermeer/Gouda area, formed in 2014. They deliver elaborate symphonic gothic metal from the South Holland urban corridor.
Lake County, Illinois quartet Garden of Darkness blends gothic gloom, power metal ambition, and progressive architecture into a dramatic and ornate style that emerged in 2020. Equal parts darkness and grandeur, they occupy an unusually wide corner of heavy music.
Gardeniathan is a gothic/doom/death metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed in 2022 and weaving dark romanticism into crushing doom and death metal from Sweden's west coast. The project merges gothic atmosphere with extreme metal weight.
Garland is a melodic doom/gothic metal band from Varena in southern Lithuania, formed in 2023. They blend melodic doom with gothic atmosphere from the Lithuanian countryside.
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