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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Galdr is a raw black metal project from the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, active since 2011, operating under the Realm of Galdr name. The project delivers stripped-down, lo-fi black metal rooted in the Eastern European underground tradition.
Galdra is a one-man black metal project from Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, formed in 2012 and rooted in the atmospheric traditions of Burzum and Emperor. The project released its debut "Demo I" in March 2024, a three-track recording exploring themes of mysticism, philosophy, darkness, and death, followed by the EP "Philosophia Tenebrarum" later that year.
Galdragon is a black metal project from northeast Scotland, formed in 2020. They channel black metal from the remote Aberdeenshire highlands, where stark landscapes mirror the genre's austere aesthetic.
Galdralag is a black metal trio from Buenos Aires formed in 2022, featuring Necrolust on drums, Doppelgänger on bass, and Life Eternal on guitar and vocals. They recorded their debut Demo in three hours at El Gato Negro in the Nuñez neighbourhood, releasing it in November 2022, and have since followed up with Demo II (July 2024) and Condemned (March 2025).
Out of Allegany, New York, Galdranaht emerged in 2022 with a raw black metal sound rooted in isolation and ritual — spare, unadorned, and true to the genre's adversarial origins.
Grand Chute, Wisconsin's Gale have been carving out a space in the American black metal underground since 2014, their sound as grey and cutting as a Midwestern winter.
Phoenix, Arizona's Gale (no relation to the Wisconsin band) bring a sun-scorched intensity to sludge metal, active since 2014 with the kind of slow-grinding heaviness that mirrors the desert's punishing extremes.
Los Angeles's Gale Force, formed in 2022, occupy the classic end of the spectrum — heavy metal with hard rock hooks, built for rooms with big PA systems and bigger riffs.
Galea is a heavy metal band from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2023, delivering classic heavy metal from one of Spain's most culturally distinct cities. The band brings traditional metal riffing to the Basque metal scene.
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