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Griefbringer is a doom/sludge metal band from Bologna, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing doom and sludge from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
Griefgod is a death metal band from Vilnius, formed in 2020. They deliver death metal from the Lithuanian capital.
Griefrain is a black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2012 and channeling over a decade of sorrowful, atmospheric black metal from Russia's northern capital. The project blends grief and aggression.
Griefsoul is a one-man melodic death metal project from Joensuu, Finland, founded by Emppu Kinnaslampi in autumn 2020, delivering 'guitar-riff driven melodic death metal with an eerie melancholic twist' inspired by 1990s-2000s metal. Releases include the self-titled album, End of Transfixion, and Extreme Northern Griefmetal.
Grietas are an alternative metal band from Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina, with Nicolás "Cabeza" Saucedo (guitar and lead vocals) as the sole continuously active member alongside Guillermo Tortul (bass) and Facundo Lopez (drums). Their second studio album "Secuelas" was released in late 2020, recorded at Coda Studio in Reconquista and mixed and mastered by Lian Gerbino at White Door Studio in Malmö, Sweden. The title track features guest appearances from Fabricio Faccioli (ex-Vorgrum, ex-Treno) and Lian Gerbino of Tersivel.
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.
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