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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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G(e)nom is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Haan, Germany, formed in 2012, blending classic heavy metal riffing with hard rock energy. The band operates in the traditional metal scene of North Rhine-Westphalia.
G-Core is a grindcore and hardcore band from Caracas, Venezuela, assembled from veterans of the local metal circuit. The quartet — featuring vocalist Argenis Dorta, guitarist Gaetano Ianuzzi, bassist Ronnel Flores, and drummer Abelardo Alvarez — blends grindcore ferocity with hardcore aggression and deep lyrical content. Their self-titled album (2023) collects fourteen short, punishing tracks recorded independently.
G-Hud is a thrash/death/groove metal band from Rzeszow in southeastern Poland, formed in 2015. They blend three aggressive genres from the Podkarpacie region.
G-nomes is a thrash metal band from Saint-Lo in Normandy, France, formed in 2014, with releases including Français Moyen, Pensées Primitives, and Nouveau Départ. Their French-language thrash delivers the genre's aggressive riffing and velocity with a distinctly Gallic identity.
Melodic death metal act from war-torn Donetsk formed in 2021, creating music amidst some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Their melodic approach channels the emotional weight of their surroundings through the Scandinavian-influenced death metal tradition.
G.A.R.M. is a black metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and forging cold, aggressive black metal from the Russian capital. The project channels the darkness and intensity of the genre.
G.D.R. is a death metal and grindcore band from Smolensk, Russia, active since 2013 and merging the brutality of death metal with grindcore's chaotic velocity. The project delivers relentless extremity from western Russia.
G.L.A.S. is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Montecatini Terme in the Pistoia province of Tuscany, formed in 2023. They deliver classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Tuscan spa town.
G.O.E. is a black metal/grindcore band from Sesto Fiorentino near Florence, active since 2000. A quarter century of extreme metal from the Florentine suburbs makes them one of the most enduring acts in the Tuscan underground.
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