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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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Gàrgola is a heavy metal band from Piera in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2020, delivering hard-hitting traditional metal with a raw underground edge. Their sound draws on the foundational heaviness and riff-driven attack of classic heavy metal.
Gälernå is a death metal, grindcore, and sludge band from Gijón and Mieres in Asturias, Spain, formed in 2021, blending the crushing weight of sludge with the ferocity of grindcore and death metal. Their sound channels the industrial grit and harsh climate of northern Spain's mining country.
Gärgäntuäh is a Dutch black metal project active since 2021, channeling the massive and overwhelming spirit suggested by its name through raw, aggressive black metal. The project operates in the underground currents of the Dutch black metal scene.
Geniteur is a death/thrash metal band from Rennes in Brittany, formed in 2017. Their French name — meaning 'progenitor' or 'father' — lends gravitas to their death/thrash from the Breton capital.
Gevaudan is a black metal project from Brittany, France, formed in 2014. Named after the legendary Beast of Gevaudan — the mysterious creature that terrorized the Auvergne in the 1760s — they channel French historical horror through black metal.
Gólgota is a stoner/doom metal band from Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Kauan Lourenço Branco to explore slow, fuzz-heavy, and psychedelic heavy music. The band released the album Skjebne in March 2025, continuing their exploration of dark, atmospheric doom with brooding riffs and layered instrumentation.
Górgona is a heavy metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2018 and drawing heavily from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal tradition, with declared influences including Witchfinder General, Angel Witch, and Diamond Head alongside 1970s acts like Uriah Heep and Deep Purple. The band — comprising vocalist and guitarist Fernando Guedes, bassist Ricardo B. Lima, guitarist Bruno Máximo, and drummer Fernando Silva — made their live debut on December 19, 2021, which was captured as the nine-track soundboard recording released as the live EP 'The Plague Remnants' (2022).
Górmain was a bestial black metal project from Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2021 to 2023. Beginning as a one-man band, the project released a series of demos rooted in first-wave black metal and war metal, including 'Chaos, Collapse, Anarchy!' (2021) and 'Global Annihilation', drawing on influences such as Blasphemy, Beherit, Sarcófago, and Bathory.
Goltzsch is a speed/thrash metal band from Saxony, Germany, formed in 2025, named after the Goltzsch river and viaduct in the Vogtland region. The project brings high-velocity thrash and speed metal to the eastern German scene.
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