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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Grusterror is a black metal, crust, and grindcore hybrid from Marseille, France, fusing the raw aggression of crust punk with black metal's darkness and grindcore's velocity. Their releases include Desolation and Medieval Torture for Traders.
Gruulvoqh is an atmospheric funeral doom project from Erembodegem, Belgium, launched in 2018 and framed around a science-fiction narrative of a consciousness exploring reality from a spaceship. Their releases include Dreams of the Savant and The Eternal Traveller, blending crushing funeral doom with cosmic conceptual themes.
Gruzja is a black metal and experimental project from Poland, active since 2019 and pushing black metal into unconventional territory. The project's name, meaning "Georgia" in Polish, hints at a conceptual depth beyond standard genre fare.
Grvm Kvlt is a black metal project from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2024, whose intentionally misspelled name references the genre's cult aesthetics. The project channels raw black metal from the Saxon capital.
Gryal is a power metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2025, representing a fresh addition to the Iberian power metal scene. Their sound embraces the genre's hallmarks of soaring vocals, melodic guitar work, and epic compositions.
Gryla is a black metal project from Norway, formed in 2014. Named after the Icelandic Christmas ogress, they channel Nordic folklore through black metal.
Grylle is a French epic folk/black metal and medieval folk project active since 2014, weaving archaic instrumentation and medieval themes into atmospheric black metal frameworks. Their catalog includes Les Grandes Compagnies, Monstres et Merveilles, and Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards, released through Antiq Records.
Grym is a black metal project from Tampere and Lempäälä, Finland, formed in 2020, with releases including the self-titled album, The Burden of Dreams, The Accursed Riffs: Vol 1, and Winter Eternal. Their prolific output channels black metal through a lens of dark fantasy and atmospheric intensity.
Melodic black metal project active since 2019, weaving melodic sophistication through black metal's aggressive framework. Their approach balances atmospheric beauty with the genre's inherent ferocity.
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