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Glum is a groove/thrash metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2007, combining groove metal's heavy rhythmic assault with thrash metal's speed. The band has built nearly two decades of activity from Hans Christian Andersen's hometown.
Glumurphonel is a solo industrial black metal project from France, formed in 2020, merging the mechanical harshness of industrial music with black metal's ferocity. Releases include Demo I and Father, channeling avant-garde aggression through a solitary creative vision.
Glut! is a brutal death metal band from Camarinas in Galicia, Spain, formed in 2015, delivering punishing death metal from the remote northwestern Atlantic coast. The band channels brutality from the Celtic fringe of Spain.
Arvada, Colorado's Glutgnar has been delivering grindcore with maximum hostility and minimum runtime since 2011 — the genre's fundamental promise upheld faithfully. Short songs, loud everything, no apologies from the Front Range.
Minneapolis death metal outfit Glutton for Punishment have been delivering unrelenting heaviness since 2014. Their approach is blunt and carnivorous, rooted firmly in the old-school tradition of American brutality.
Gluttony is a death metal band from Split, Croatia, formed in 2014. They deliver death metal from the ancient Dalmatian port city on the Adriatic coast.
Kyiv melodic death metal project formed in 2020, weaving melodic guitar work through death metal's aggressive framework from Ukraine's capital. Their approach carries the emotional resonance of the Scandinavian melodic death metal tradition.
Glyphe is a melodic black metal project from Nantes and Angers, France, formed in 2025, representing a fresh entry in the French melodic black metal scene. Their sound blends the raw aggression of black metal with melodic harmony and atmospheric depth.
Gladje is a black metal project from Poznan, formed in 2019. Their Swedish name — meaning 'joy' — creates an ironic contrast with their black metal from the Greater Poland capital.
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