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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Louisville, Kentucky's Gates to Hell bridge the gap between death metal's brutality and metalcore's rhythmic aggression, a combination that hits hard in live settings. Formed in 2021, they bring a confrontational energy rooted in the Ohio Valley's hardcore tradition.
Columbus, Ohio's Gates to the Abyss fuse blackened venom with melodic death metal's harmonic depth, resulting in a sound that's simultaneously punishing and richly textured. Since forming in 2017, they've developed one of the more nuanced takes on the blackened melodeath hybrid.
Progressive metal from Bloomingdale, New Jersey, Gates to the Morning focus on expansive, emotionally resonant compositions that prioritize dynamics and layered instrumentation. Since their 2018 formation, they've cultivated a sound that rewards patient listening.
Gateway is a Belgian death/doom solo project by the artist known as "R," based in Bruges, whose 2023 debut Galgendood on Transcending Obscurity Records was hailed as one of the year's strongest death doom records. The album's primitive, cavernous sound is paired with artwork by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, reflecting a bleak medieval aesthetic.
Baltimore's Gateway to Hell deal in the slow, oppressive weight of doom metal with a traditional heavy metal backbone — riffs that lurch and crush rather than race. Active since 2014, they're a reliable presence in Maryland's enduring underground metal community.
Gateway to Selfdestruction is a depressive/atmospheric black metal band from Zwickau, Germany, formed in 2013 and signed to Northern Silence Productions. Their 2016 debut Death My Salvation was produced by Patrick W. Engel and explores themes of existential crisis, drawing influence from Katatonia's Brave Murder Day era, Shining, and Woods of Desolation.
San Francisco's Gateways inhabit a singular space where progressive death metal collides with neoclassical shred, resulting in technically fearsome music that refuses to sit still. Since forming in 2011, they've pushed the limits of what guitar-driven extreme metal can absorb.
Gateways to Oblivion is a doom metal project from São Paulo, Brazil, formed by Mateus Henrique. The project released multiple albums in rapid succession, including Withering in the Dark (May 2022), Subterranean Faith (August 2022), The Aquatic Witch (November 2022), and The Arcane Equinox (February 2023). Their sound explores dark, atmospheric doom in the tradition of underground Brazilian doom metal.
Gath is a death metal project of unclear geographic origin, shrouded in a deliberate obscurity that suits the biblical darkness of the name. Their Bandcamp presence under the handle 'gathsmane' hints at a conceptual depth that runs beneath the brutality.
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