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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Brutal Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Texas/Nevada.
Frigid Black Metal from San Antonio.
Portland's Grieven arrived in 2024 with a sound that bridges atmospheric post-black metal and hardcore's confrontational energy — introspective one moment and violently direct the next. It's a tension that feels native to the city and to the band.
Grieving is a stoner/doom metal band from Sosnowiec, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy stoner doom from the same Silesian city as Grief Circle.
Grievous Obscuration is a funeral doom metal project from Pozega in eastern Croatia, formed in 2020. They channel the glacial heaviness of funeral doom from the Slavonian heartland.
Griffen is a heavy metal band from Eskilstuna, Sweden, active since 2000 and delivering over two decades of classic heavy metal from central Sweden. Their longevity makes them one of the more enduring acts in Swedish traditional metal.
Heavy metal act from Waalwijk in North Brabant, delivering traditional metal power since 2014. Their classic approach channels the riff-driven energy and melodic hooks of heavy metal's golden era.
Griffon is a melodic black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2013. They bring melodic precision to black metal from the French capital, weaving intricate guitar work through atmospheric extremity.
Grifla da la Secta is a Danish black metal project formed in 2018, channeling sectarian darkness through raw black metal. The project operates in the underground reaches of the Danish black metal scene.
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