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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Death metal and grindcore act from Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, formed in 2023 and creating extreme music from one of Ukraine's most conflict-affected areas. Their grinding assault carries a weight beyond the purely musical.
Gvillotine is a black metal and crust/hardcore punk band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2020, fusing black metal's atmospheric darkness with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy. The band brings a distinctly punk-inflected approach to black metal.
Gvla is a black metal project from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2021, channeling raw black metal from the Hanseatic city. The project operates in the atmospheric end of Bremen's small but active black metal scene.
Gvorn is a doom/death metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2020 and channeling crushing heaviness from the Urals, where Europe meets Asia. The project merges doom's oppressive weight with death metal's brutality.
Gvozdena Nychta is a raw black metal and punk project from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2024, whose Slavic-influenced name adds an Eastern European dimension to their Berlin-based black metal punk. The project blends raw, lo-fi black metal with punk's urgent energy.
Gwallgofrwydd is a black metal and dungeon synth project from Wales, formed in 2024. Their Welsh-language name signals a distinctly Welsh cultural identity in their atmospheric black metal and medieval synth.
Gwaltsatan is a blackened heavy metal and punk project from Germany, formed in 2020, fusing classic heavy metal and punk with black metal aesthetics. The project channels a hybrid sound that bridges three distinct traditions.
GWAR are the most gloriously absurd spectacle in heavy metal history, forming in Richmond, Virginia in 1984 as interplanetary warriors sent to Earth to enslave humanity through barbaric thrash metal and grotesque stage shows. Their concerts, featuring elaborate alien costumes, fake blood cannons, and the ritualistic dismemberment of celebrity effigies, are legendary performance-art happenings. Beneath the chaos, albums like 'Scumdogs of the Universe' and 'Lust in Space' deliver surprisingly solid thrash and punk that justifies the spectacle.
Gwarloth is a black/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017 and merging black metal's corrosive atmosphere with death metal's crushing weight. The project delivers fierce extremity from the Russian capital.
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