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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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San Diego's Graveseer, formed as recently as 2025, traffic in the slow-creeping territory of sludge-doom, building visions out of distortion and dread. Their music is prophetic in its patience — each riff arriving like an omen rather than a blow.
Gravesend is a heavy metal band from London, formed in 2020. Named after the Thames-side Kent town, they deliver classic heavy metal from the British capital.
Graveside is a thrash metal band from Panevezys, formed in 2018. They channel thrash aggression from northern Lithuania.
Gravesite is a death metal band from the Bologna/Modena area, formed in 2014. They deliver old-school death metal from the Emilia-Romagna heartland.
Graveslime is a stoner/sludge metal band from Reykjavik, active since 2003. Over two decades they have delivered heavy, sludge-drenched stoner metal from the Icelandic capital, making them one of the island's most enduring heavy acts.
Gravesoil is a Finnish black metal project active since 2014, exploring the dark, hostile atmospheres and raw sonic textures central to the Finnish black metal underground. Their approach emphasizes lo-fi production and primal intensity.
Los Angeles black metal act Gravespawn have been conjuring grim, lo-fi darkness from within the sprawl of Southern California since 2016. Their sound retreats from the city's glare into shadow, constructing something austere and deliberately hostile.
Colossal Death / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Gravestench is a Finnish black metal band formed in 2021, featuring Kunt Ejakulatörr on vocals and Koffinfukker on instruments, with their debut Will to Madness released on River Valley Cult on a limited urine-colored cassette. Their raw, first-wave-influenced sound channels deliberately provocative and lo-fi extreme metal aesthetics.
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