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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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Gabriels is a melodic heavy/progressive metal band from Messina in Sicily, formed in 2018. They deliver technically accomplished melodic metal from the Strait of Messina.
Gabrijel Gospocic is a thrash metal solo artist from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2018. He delivers riff-driven thrash metal from the Croatian capital.
Gabryel is a groove/thrash metal band from Krakow, active since 1999. Over a quarter century from Poland's cultural capital, they have delivered rhythmically driven thrash and groove metal.
Gadget is a grindcore band from Gävle, Sweden, active since 2008. They deliver relentless blastbeat-driven extremity from this city on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Tulsa, Oklahoma's Gadgets Sons have been dragging metalcore through the sludge since 2017, pairing the emotional intensity of the former with the slow, oppressive weight of the latter.
Gadir is a raw black metal/noise project from the island of Pantelleria off the coast of Sicily, formed in 2020. They represent one of the most geographically remote metal projects in Italy, channeling raw extremity from a volcanic island between Sicily and Tunisia.
Out of San Juan Capistrano, California, Gadnium brings together the twin-guitar attack of traditional heavy metal, the soaring hooks of power metal, and the speed of thrash — a triple-threat act that formed in 2022.
Gadrauhts is a Russian black metal project formed in 2025, drawing its name from Gothic language and channeling ancient darkness through raw black metal aggression. The project represents the newest wave of Russian black metal.
Named for the fallen angel of concealment, Charleston, South Carolina's Gadreel emerged in 2025 at the intersection of black metal's cold fury and doom's crushing desolation.
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