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Grimthorn is a long-running one-man black metal project from Lower Austria, active since 1999 under Count Grimthorn, who handles all instruments and vocals. Their output includes the 2000 demo Grimthorn's Forest, a 2001 split with Uruk-Hai on CCP Records, the 2006 cassette Ein Tribut an vergangene Tage, and more recently the 2025 promo Black Hole, with themes orbiting darkness, nature, and cosmic solitude.
Grimthul is a depressive black metal project from Chisinau, formed in 2024. They channel anguished black metal from the Moldovan capital.
Halmstad-based black metal project formed in 2017, channeling dark intensity from Sweden's west coast. Their sound draws from the atmospheric and aggressive traditions of Scandinavian black metal.
Grimtotem is a female-fronted pagan/folk metal band from Arauco, Bio-Bío, Chile whose music draws from the legends, myths, and history of the Mapuche and Chiloé cultures of southern Chile. Their discography includes the demo "Wengan" (2014), the album "Invunche" (2016) — which invokes the Mapuche mythological figure of the invunche as a metaphor for colonial violence — and two further albums, "Espíritu Del Bosque" (2021) and "El Golfo Y El Humedal Resisten" (2022).
Grimuack is one of Spain's most veteran black metal acts, founded in Alicante in 1994 by Baphomet and V. Beherit, with a discography spanning from the 1998 debut A.G.L.A. through Goetica Summa (2006) and Exurgat Satanas (2013). A remastered reissue of their debut with bonus 1995-1996 demo material was released in 2025.
Grimvar Nihilarch is a one-man raw black metal project from Manaus, Brazil, active since 2016. The sole member has released a steady stream of material including the recordings Forças Destrutivas do Norte, Soberania Niilista, Vazio Existencial Perpétuo, Macabro, and Entorpecido, all self-released through Bandcamp.
Grimville is a five-piece blackened death metal band from Tielt, Belgium, formed in 2023 and self-described as playing "blackish oldschool death metal" with ties to the H8000 hardcore scene. Their 2023 promotional EP features two tracks recorded by Wannes Breyne and mastered by Tom Schelfaut.
Grimwind is a melodic death/power metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, active since 2018 and blending the aggression of melodeath with power metal's soaring energy. The project delivers dual-genre intensity from the Volga.
Grimwod is a raw black metal project from Ilmenau in the Thuringian Forest, Germany, formed in 2017, delivering lo-fi, forest-themed black metal from the wooded heart of central Germany. The project channels the primeval atmosphere of the Thuringian Forest.
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