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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Galghe is a black metal project from Sittard in Limburg, formed in 2025. They deliver black metal from the southernmost Dutch province near the Belgian and German borders.
Whittier, California's Galicia merge black and death metal into something uncompromising and direct — no atmospheric softening, just raw extremity from a band that formed in 2021.
Galiryon is a melodic death metal band from Lugo in Galicia, Spain, formed in 2016, channeling Scandinavian-style melodeath from the Celtic-influenced northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. The band bridges Galician identity with Swedish melodeath traditions.
Galla is a black metal project from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2022. They emerge from the capital city that has been a wellspring of Scandinavian black metal for decades.
Gallantry is a power metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering soaring melodies and epic compositions from the Swedish capital. The project channels the grandeur of classic power metal.
GallBladder is a death metal band from Vitória, Espírito Santo, who released their debut full-length "Virus Rotted Minds" on February 14, 2025. The eleven-track album blends death metal with grindcore and hardcore elements, with lyrics examining societal decay, misinformation, and the contradictions of existence in the digital age.
Galleiria is a post-black metal project from Lincoln in eastern England, active since 2009. They bring atmospheric, expansive post-black metal to the historic cathedral city.
A New York doom metal act navigating the waters between psychedelic hard rock and crushing low-end heaviness, Galleon have been building their slow, majestic sound since 2015.
Los Angeles's Gallery, formed in 2022, work in the grey zone between sludge and doom — music that feels deliberately paced, dense with texture, and more interested in weight than speed.
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