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Graveland is a pagan/Viking metal project from Wroclaw, active since 1999 in its current direction, having evolved from earlier black metal origins. One of Poland's most influential and enduring extreme metal projects, Graveland has been a defining force in European pagan metal for over two decades.
Gravelgrinder is a death metal and grindcore band from Sundsvall, Sweden, formed in 2021 and delivering grinding extremity from the Norrland coast. The project merges death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity.
Black and death metal act from Schoonhoven formed in 2015, merging the atmospheric intensity of black metal with death metal's guttural brutality. Their fusion approach draws from both extremes of the underground spectrum.
Kansas City's Gravelord blend death metal's brutality with the groove-forward swagger of groove metal, producing a sound that moves as much as it destroys. Since 2015 they've ruled their corner of the Missouri underground with thick, mid-paced authority.
Illinois's Gravelord channel melodic death metal's twin obsessions with heaviness and melody into a sound built for both the head and the gut. Their 2015 formation places them in a long tradition of Midwestern melodeath acts who wear their Scandinavian influences without apology.
Gravemachine is a blackened heavy metal band from Haugesund on Norway's western coast, active since 2009. They merge blackened extremity with classic heavy metal from the Rogaland coast.
Gravemind is a thrash metal band from Aylsham and Norwich in Norfolk, formed in 2015. They deliver fast-paced thrash from the East Anglian countryside.
Gravemoon is a black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2023 and forging dark extremity from the moonlit nights of Russia's northern capital. The project channels nocturnal atmosphere through aggressive black metal.
Louisville's Gravemouth operate at the intersection of deathcore and death metal proper, speaking in the language of slammed breakdowns and corrosive riffs. Active since 2015, they've refined Kentucky's underground brutality into something reliably ugly.
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