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Gargoyles is a black/sludge/thrash metal band from Skopje, North Macedonia, formed in 2019. They blend three aggressive subgenres from the Macedonian capital.
Gargromog is a raw black metal project from Buckingham in southeast England, formed in 2025. They bring lo-fi black metal to the genteel English Home Counties.
Gargul is a black/death metal project from Coimbra, Portugal, formed in 2024 and merging black metal's atmospheric intensity with death metal's brutality from this historic university city. The project adds to Portugal's growing extreme metal scene.
Gargullas is a death metal band from São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 before splitting up in 1998. The band released the EP Secrets of Eternity in 1993 and issued a self-released 7" in November 1992. Members included vocalist Rogério Ribeiro, guitarists Alexandre and Emerson Poletti, bassist Fernanda, and drummer Cristiano Delboni.
Garigha is a black metal project from Katowice in Upper Silesia, formed in 2022. They deliver black metal from the capital of Poland's most industrialized region.
Garland is a melodic doom/gothic metal band from Varena in southern Lithuania, formed in 2023. They blend melodic doom with gothic atmosphere from the Lithuanian countryside.
Garlic is a gothic/progressive metal band from Zrenjanin, Serbia, formed in 2020. Their unusual name contrasts with their atmospheric, genre-blending approach to heavy music.
Garlic Grinder is a French grindcore duo consisting of vocalist T. and guitarist-programmer L., formed in 2020, delivering '1312% DIY' deathgrind and d-beat across politically charged short-burst tracks. Their 2020 demo packs six tracks into approximately six minutes, recorded between Montpellier and Beaumont-sur-Oise.
Named for the hound that guards the gates of Hel in Norse mythology, Milford, Connecticut's Garm pursues a raw and cold black metal sound with appropriately grim intent. Active since 2021, the project carries its mythological namesake seriously.
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