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Grode is a gothic metal band from Askim in southeastern Norway, active since 1999. Over a quarter century of gothic metal from the Ostfold region make them one of Norway's most enduring acts in the genre.
Guerilla Tree is a melodic progressive/gothic metal band from the Dusseldorf/Leverkusen area, Germany, formed in 2022, combining progressive complexity with gothic atmosphere. The band brings a dark, sophisticated approach to the Rhine-Ruhr metal landscape.
Gyöngyvér is a gothic metal/rock band from Dunaújváros, Hungary, active since 2005 and weaving dark romanticism into heavy, atmospheric compositions. Named after a figure from Hungarian mythology, the project draws from the grandeur and melancholy of gothic metal.
Sludge/gothic/death metal band from Palafolls, Spain, formed in 2023. Their genre-spanning approach blends sludge heaviness, gothic atmosphere, and death metal brutality from the Catalan coast.
Gothic metal/rock band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2020. Their releases including Magmatic Feelings blend dark, gothic atmospheres with rock accessibility, contributing to the Belarusian underground metal scene.
Gothic metal band from Vienna, Austria, blending dark melancholy with heavy riffs. Their sound draws on the tradition of European gothic metal, merging clean and harsh vocal styles with atmospheric arrangements.
Phoenix's Halls of Mandos take their name from Tolkien's realm of the dead and build their sound accordingly — doom-laden, post-metal architecture with industrial undercurrents that give the music a cold, machine-like dread. An intriguing young project born in 2023.
Thrash metal outfit from Edinburgh, active since 2022. Their Germanic-sounding name adds character to aggressive thrash compositions from the Scottish capital.
San Diego's Hanging Garden have cultivated a strain of depressive black metal since 2013 that leans heavily into isolation and despair, letting long, suffocating passages take root in the mind.
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