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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.
Grave Torture is a death metal band from England, formed in 2021. They deliver punishing death metal from the English underground.
Grave Violator is a black thrash and speed metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011, with the tagline 'void seeding evil speed,' featuring Kife and Slade on guitars, J.I. on bass and vocals, and GG on drums. Their five releases from Ghoul Call (2011) through Full Moon Terror (2025) deliver aggressive, fast-paced extreme metal at the intersection of black, death, and thrash.
Grave with a View is a Finnish black metal band formed in 2022, self-described as 'Anti-Life Black Metal Misery,' with four releases including Wounds, Marrow, and Raw Illumination (2024). Their sound has been praised as 'fury, fire and a hanging noose,' channeling nihilistic aggression across atmospheric black metal compositions.
Stoner/sludge/doom metal act from Cherkasy launched in 2025, delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness from central Ukraine. Their triple-pronged approach channels the crushing weight of all three subgenres.
Grave-T is a progressive heavy metal band from Turin, formed in 2020. They bring progressive ambition to heavy metal from the Piedmontese capital.
Graveater is a death/thrash metal band from Tartu, Estonia, formed in 2022, combining death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed from the Livonian university town. The band brings aggressive extreme metal to the Estonian scene.
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