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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Grava is a blackened post-hardcore and sludge metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022, blending black metal atmospherics with post-hardcore dynamics and sludge weight. The band brings a multi-faceted heavy approach to the Copenhagen scene.
Gravastar is a melodic death/groove metal band from Athens, formed in 2014. Named after the hypothetical gravitational vacuum star — a theoretical alternative to black holes — they deliver technically informed melodic death/groove metal from the Greek capital.
Gravatus is a Romanian black metal project active since 2008. Their nearly two decades of underground activity mark them as steady contributors to Romania's black metal landscape.
Gravdal is a black metal project from Bergen, formed in 2017. They deliver black metal from the western Norwegian capital's deep and storied extreme metal scene.
Formed in Visby, Sweden in 1988 — initially as Corpse — Grave are considered one of the founding pillars of Swedish death metal alongside Entombed, Dismember, and Unleashed. Their 1991 debut Into the Grave on Century Media established the chainsaw-guitar, down-tuned template that defined the genre, and three further albums across the early 1990s cemented their reputation. After a hiatus from 1997 to 1999, Grave resumed recording and have released a total of eleven studio albums, maintaining a consistently crushing approach throughout.
Grave Altar is a black/thrash metal band from Bristol, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal velocity from one of England's heaviest cities.
Austin, Texas death metal act Grave Alter arrived in 2023 with a sound that treats the grave as a place of active, festering ceremony. Their approach is ritualistic and putrid in equal measure, fitting the increasingly fertile Texas underground.
Vinnytsia black metal quartet originally formed in 2016 by members of Goatflesh, delivering cold and experimental black metal reminiscent of Deathspell Omega, Mgla, and Misthyrming across releases like 'Tome I' and 'Tome II.' Band member Kosty served as infantry and drone operator from 2023 to 2025, underscoring the personal stakes behind their art.
Santa Maria, California's Grave Command barrel through thrash, black metal, and crossover with tactical precision, treating genre boundaries as obstacles to be overrun. Their 2018 formation has produced a project as combative as it is purposefully chaotic.
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