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Grave Majesty is a heavy/doom metal band from Leeds, formed in 2021. They bring the commanding weight of doom metal to West Yorkshire's heavy music scene.
Grave Miasma is a black/death metal band from London, active since 2009. They have established themselves as one of the most critically acclaimed British extreme metal acts, delivering cavernous, ritualistic black/death metal of exceptional depth and atmosphere.
Portland, Oregon's Grave Monolith traffic in funeral doom metal of suffocating patience — slow processions of grief and inevitability stretched to their absolute limits. Formed in 2023, they build monuments out of silence and drone as much as sound.
Grave News is a heavy metal and thrash band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2019, delivering hard-hitting tracks like Alienation and Battlefield. Their sound combines traditional heavy metal power with thrash metal's aggressive speed and intensity.
Grave Noise is a thrash metal outfit from Burgos, Spain, active since 2012, delivering short, intense bursts of grindcore-tinged metal and punk. Their release H1N1 showcases six rapid-fire instrumental tracks of blistering extreme metal.
Grave of Fire is a death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2021, blending death metal with crust punk and hardcore influences across their 2021 demo. The four-track release features songwriting by E. Korpi and vocals by M. Veijalainen, channeling raw crossover aggression.
Grave Pact is a melodic death metal and deathcore outfit from Tarbes in southwestern France, formed in 2024 and blending timeless metal roots with a modern, devastating sonic approach. Their tracks explore dreamlike and introspective lyrical themes set against raw, crushing instrumentation.
Formed in Helsinki, Finland in 2010 as Beastmilk, the band released the acclaimed debut album Climax before reconstituting as Grave Pleasures in March 2015 following a significant lineup shift. Led by vocalist Mat McNerney, their sound melds post-punk rhythms, death rock atmosphere, and gothic hooks into a danceable but macabre framework. Dreamcrash (2015) on Metal Blade, Motherblood (2017) on Profound Lore, and Plagueboys (2023) have each refined their formula of apocalyptic melody and punk immediacy.
Grave Putrescence is a death metal band from Warsaw, formed in 2024. They deliver putrid, old-school death metal from the Polish capital.
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