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Out of San Juan Capistrano, California, Gadnium brings together the twin-guitar attack of traditional heavy metal, the soaring hooks of power metal, and the speed of thrash — a triple-threat act that formed in 2022.
Gae Bolga is a Belgian thrash metal act from West Flanders, active since 2000, whose founder also works across classical and varied popular music under the Gaë Bolg name, drawing on Breton mythology and philosophy. Their catalog includes releases like La ballade de l'Ankou and John Barleycorn Must Die, blending metal aggression with eclectic, folklore-steeped themes.
Gaias Lycan is a power/thrash metal band from Athens, formed in 2017. They fuse the melodic grandeur of power metal with thrash aggression from the Greek capital.
A thrash metal band from the small town of Rural Valley, Pennsylvania, Gainstand have been delivering straight-ahead speed and aggression since 2016, proving that small towns can produce genuinely ferocious metal.
Gallina Negra is a progressive thrash metal band from Tiszaujvaros, Hungary, active since 1999. Over a quarter century, they have delivered technically ambitious thrash metal from the industrial city in eastern Hungary.
Gallower is a black/thrash metal band from Tychy in Silesia, formed in 2015. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash velocity from the industrial south.
There's a fitting darkness to a black metal band forming in Salem, Massachusetts — and Gallows, active since 2021, leans into that cursed history with cold, uncompromising riffs and bleak atmosphere. Their music feels native to the witch-trial soil it grew from.
Gallows Rites is a black/thrash metal project from Portugal, formed in 2023 and channeling the aggressive crossroads where black metal's darkness meets thrash's velocity. The project delivers fierce extremity from the Iberian underground.
Warwick, Rhode Island's Galvanized fuse thrash metal aggression with metalcore's kinetic energy, channeling the tight-wound intensity of the New England scene into a punishing hybrid. Since 2017 they've been one of the harder-hitting acts in the Ocean State underground.
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