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Glacial Fear is a technical death/thrash metal band from Catanzaro in Calabria, active since 1993. Over three decades from southern Italy, they have established themselves as one of the country's most enduring technical extreme metal acts.
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.
Oakland's Glacier Eater came out swinging in 2015 with melodic thrash built for the Bay Area blacktop — tight, aggressive, and shot through with lead guitar hooks that cut clean through the speed. They share a lineage with the thrash giants who built the scene around them.
Glaciers of Ice is a black/thrash metal band from London, formed in 2021. They merge the frozen hostility of black metal with thrash metal's velocity from the British capital.
Gladiator is a thrash metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally formed in the late 1980s and regarded as one of the pioneers of the genre in their region. The band's first full-length album, "Dreadful Dreams," was recorded at Signus Studio in Porto Alegre and released in 1992 on Whiplash Records, later reissued in a remastered edition on Rising Records. The band reformed in 2010 and has continued to be active within the Brazilian thrash metal scene.
Gladio Tempus is a death/thrash metal band from Goiânia, Brazil, founded in 2021 by Nicholas de Macedo (vocals and rhythm guitars), Geovani Maia (lead guitars), Alper Basbug (bass), and Eduardo Lemes (drums). The band cites Slayer, Sepultura, Obituary, and Sodom as primary influences, and released their debut album "FAUDA" on January 10, 2024. Their brutal thrash approach places them in the tradition of aggressive Brazilian extreme metal.
Out of Gresham, Oregon, Gladius hit the ground running in 2011 with a thrash-and-speed attack that leans into the aggressive end of the Pacific Northwest underground. Their sound is built for velocity — fast riffs, sharp edges, zero fat on the bone.
Glib is a death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal band from Ruma, Serbia, active since 2019. They deliver a ferocious blend of extreme metal subgenres from the Vojvodina region.
Binghamton's Global Death arrived in 2020 with a thrash mandate and an apocalyptic worldview, charging forward with the breakneck riffing and headlong aggression that the genre demands. Short on mercy, long on momentum.
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