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Salt Lake City's Gallowbraid weave melodic black metal with folk sensibilities, conjuring vast, lonesome landscapes through sweeping guitar work and raw intensity. Active since 2010, they stand among the more distinctive voices in the American atmospheric black metal underground.
Geistlicht is an atmospheric and melodic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2022, with a prolific catalog including Passage into Desolation, Among the Stars and the Abyss, and Hidden in the Mists. The project channels cosmic and melancholic themes through layered atmospheric black metal.
Portland, Oregon's Glacier revive the classic traditions of heavy and power metal with a reverence for melody, soaring vocals, and anthemic songwriting that feels earnest rather than nostalgic. Active since 2013, they're a bright light in the Pacific Northwest's heavier underground.
Glorious Night is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Belén de Escobar, Buenos Aires, formed in 2007, featuring guitarist Cristian Lopez, keyboardist Andres Urbano, bassist Facundo Boychuka, and drummer Gerardo Herrera. Their recorded output spans three albums: "Del Suicidio a La Razon" (2010), "Espectro Perverso" (2013) — recorded and mastered at Deth Studio for Urban Metal Sound in Buenos Aires — and a self-titled album in 2018.
Glyphe is a melodic black metal project from Nantes and Angers, France, formed in 2025, representing a fresh entry in the French melodic black metal scene. Their sound blends the raw aggression of black metal with melodic harmony and atmospheric depth.
Gnom is a melodic black/death metal band from Smolensk, Russia, active since 2011 and blending melodic sensibilities with extreme metal ferocity for over a decade. The project bridges black and death metal through melodic compositions.
Goat Prayers is a melodic black metal band from Sorocaba, São Paulo, with roots stretching back to 1992 under the name Hell Desecrater before adopting their current name around 1994. After decades in the Brazilian underground — including splits with Dethroned Christ (1997) and Lost Graveyard (2004) — the band released their long-awaited debut full-length Awake in the Mystic Landscape in October 2022 via Hammer of Damnation. Their sound incorporates organs, synths, and flutes alongside black metal aggression, with themes of blasphemy and satanism.
Goatagon is a black metal and melodic black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2024, with releases The Gates of Manala and When All the Gods Have Fallen drawing on Finnish mythology. Their work channels both the ferocity of black metal and the melodic sensibility of the Finnish school.
Goathemy is a melodic black metal band from Jalasjärvi and Peräseinäjoki in western Finland, formed in 2019, combining frostbitten Nordic black metal with melodic sensibility. Their sound bridges the raw aggression of Finnish black metal with more harmonically rich compositions.
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