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Grave Reaper is a black/speed metal band from São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, active since 2012 with a sound rooted in Satanic and anti-Christian themes. The band released their debut demo 'Sob o Martelo de Satã' in 2012 and followed it with the EP 'Speed Metal Mayhem' in 2015.
Grave Revelations is a Finnish black metal project active since 2018, with a prolific catalog including Echoing Graves, Die Melancholie der Zauberer, Vainajain Kammarissa, and splits with Käärmekristus and Profane Congregation. Their Finnish and German-titled releases reflect a contemplative, atmospheric approach to black metal.
Houston's Grave Robbers have spent over a decade looting the crossover thrash and hardcore underground with gleeful ferocity, blending pit-ready mosh breaks with snarling thrash chops. Since 2011 they've been one of Texas's most reliable live weapons.
Grave Rupture is a Swedish psychedelic doom/black metal project active since 2021, blending mind-bending psychedelia with the darkness of black metal and the crushing weight of doom. The project inhabits a unique sonic intersection.
Grave Sermon is an Irish death metal band from County Kildare, formed in 2017 and delivering aggressive, chaotic, blasting death metal exploring themes of penance, perdition, and religious hypocrisy. Their 2024 EP Liturgical Perversions was mixed and mastered at Vamacara Studio with artwork by Symmetry Industry Studios.
Grave Siesta is a doom and sludge metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2010, self-described as 'doom/sludge metal from Helsinki,' with four releases spanning a decade including Piss & Vinegar (2015) and Voidward Spin (2019). Their sound has been characterized as 'spacey sludge,' blending atmospheric qualities with crushing heaviness.
Grave Silence is a raw black metal project from Trebic, Czech Republic, formed in 2025, founded in the Masurian forests with a sound described as "the essence of coldness and simplicity" possessed by Norwegian black metal tradition. Their 2025 EP A Gate to Freedom establishes their cult of uncompromising raw black metal.
Grave Superior is a death/thrash metal band from Reykjavik, formed in 2016. They deliver aggressive death/thrash from Iceland's small but fierce extreme metal scene.
Boise, Idaho's Grave Titan combine the blunt physicality of hardcore with death metal's gravitational pull, creating music that hits with colossal, unrelenting force. Active since 2019, they bring a power-forward assault from a state rarely associated with extreme metal.
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