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Grave Condition is a metalcore and death metal band from Sommerda in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2024. The band combines metalcore's breakdowns with death metal heaviness.
Grave Conflict is a one-man death metal project from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2025, whose solo output already includes releases titled Visceral Tomb of the Hades Slayer, Upon Death, Apocalypse, and Ghidorah. The project channels classic death metal through a prolific solo creative process.
Symphonic death metal act from Almelo founded by ex-Morphia guitarist Roger Koedoot and Maurice LeFeu after the dissolution of The Memory Remains. Their 2018 debut 'From Dust to Dust' blends brutal riffing with melodic elements and orchestral layers, drawing comparisons to Amorphis and Insomnium.
Founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1998, Grave Desecrator channel the savage spirit of early Sarcófago, Mutilator, and Holocausto through a black/death metal attack steeped in satanic and sacrilegious themes. Their 2008 debut Sign of Doom and the 2010 follow-up Insult on Nuclear War Now! Productions established their reputation as torchbearers of the brutal South American extreme metal tradition. In 2023 the band released Immundissime Spiritus through their own Caverna de Sangue Productions, maintaining full creative and commercial independence.
Atlanta's Grave Destroyer have been exhuming savage death metal since 2021, their name telegraphing exactly the kind of desecration they have in mind. Rooted in straightforward brutality, they're a welcome entry in Georgia's growing extreme underground.
Grave Digger is a legendary heavy/power/speed metal band from Gladbeck in the Ruhr Valley, Germany, originally formed in 1980 and one of the defining acts of the German metal movement. They are pioneers of the Teutonic metal sound alongside Helloween and Accept, with an extensive discography spanning over four decades.
Grave Disgrace is a stoner/doom metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2011 and delivering over a decade of heavy, fuzz-laden riffs from Russia's cultural capital. The project channels crushing doom through a stoner haze.
Grave Dogger is a thrash metal and crossover band from Kronach in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2008, delivering riff-heavy thrash with crossover punk energy. The band brings aggressive, fun-first thrash to the Franconian countryside.
Grave Dolls is a goregrind project from North Yorkshire and London, active since 2012. They deliver the deliberately repulsive extremity of goregrind from the English underground.
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