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AntiFragile (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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Dayton, Ohio's Gaia Weeps arrived in 2024 with a sludge metal sound as bleak and grinding as the Rust Belt landscape that shaped them — slow, corrosive, and unrepentant.
GaiaBeta is a heavy/power metal band from Feira de Santana, Bahia, formed in 2017 by vocalist Marcos Diantoni, with a lineup that also includes guitarists Lennon Kitaro and Fabio Mesquita, bassist Junior McGyver, and drummer Valter Filho. Twice recognized with national metal awards in Brazil, the band released their debut album "Gate of GaiaBeta" through the Greek label Pitch Black Records in May 2025, drawing comparisons to Iron Maiden, Hammerfall, and Helloween.
Gaias Lycan is a power/thrash metal band from Athens, formed in 2017. They fuse the melodic grandeur of power metal with thrash aggression from the Greek capital.
Gain is a Danish heavy metal band formed in 2018, delivering classic heavy metal from Denmark's metal-rich scene. The band works in the tradition of Scandinavian heavy metal.
Baltimore's Gain Stages, active since 2020, occupy the slow, suffocating overlap between drone and doom — music built on sustained frequencies and the almost physical pressure of amplified silence.
Gaina is a heavy/speed metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2016 and delivering high-velocity riffs and classic metal energy. The project channels the excitement of speed metal through a heavy metal framework.
A thrash metal band from the small town of Rural Valley, Pennsylvania, Gainstand have been delivering straight-ahead speed and aggression since 2016, proving that small towns can produce genuinely ferocious metal.
Gaiseric is a solo atmospheric and post-black metal project from Aix-en-Provence, France, formed in 2021, describing the work as 'a melancholic journey' with influences from Lascar, Unreqvited, and Eldamar. Releases include the album Fog in the Distance and the single A Path Through the Autumn Leaves.
Gaistaz is a blackened gothic/doom metal band from Gelderland, formed in 2019. They blend blackened atmosphere with gothic doom from the eastern Dutch province.
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