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Pennsylvania's Glorious Descent merges black metal's nocturnal fury with the swaggering rock energy of black 'n' roll, making for something more propulsive and grime-coated than pure corpse-paint orthodoxy. Active since 2023 and already sounding like a band with a clear identity.
Glorious Home is a sludge/doom metal band from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2016, whose releases include a demo and the album Giving. They have shared stages with acts like Social Distress and Lambs on the Swiss and German live circuit.
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.
Out of Orange, Texas, Glory Glory plants its flag at the crossroads of Southern metal and metalcore — drawling groove and chest-forward aggression wrapped around songs with genuine emotional stakes. Since 2010 they've represented Southeast Texas with conviction.
Glory Hole is a thrash/death metal band from Vittorio Veneto in the Treviso province, active since 2012. Their provocative name belies the serious aggression of their thrash/death metal from the Veneto Prealps.
Glory Hunter is a heavy metal band in the NWOBHM tradition from Livingston in the Scottish Lowlands, active since 2012. They channel the classic spirit of British heavy metal from West Lothian.
Glory Owl is a stoner metal band from Trieste, active since 2012. They deliver fuzz-laden stoner metal from the Adriatic border city at the crossroads of Italian, Slovenian, and Austrian cultures.
Glory Road is a Swedish heavy/power metal and hard rock project formed in 2025, delivering soaring melodies and classic metal energy. The project channels the triumphant spirit of traditional metal.
GloryDaze is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Munich, Germany, blending classic heavy metal riffing with hard rock swagger from the Bavarian capital. The band works in the tradition of 1980s-rooted heavy metal.
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