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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Ggu:ll is a drone/doom metal project from Tilburg, active since 2010. They deliver massive, slow-motion drone doom from the North Brabant city.
Ghaladriel is a heavy/power metal band from Ontinyent in the Valencia region, Spain, formed in 2024, named with a variant spelling of Tolkien's elven queen. The band brings epic power metal to the Spanish Levante.
Ghaltra is a black metal band from Arvika, Sweden, active since 2015 and forging cold, atmospheric black metal from the Värmland forests near the Norwegian border. The project channels the darkness of the Scandinavian wilderness.
Ghamorean is a progressive death/black metal band from Umeå, Sweden, active since 2011 and crafting ambitious, technically demanding extreme metal from the university city of northern Sweden. The project pushes genre boundaries through progressive compositions.
Ghandi is a heavy metal band from Willebadessen, Germany, formed in 2012, delivering classic heavy metal from the rural Westphalian region. The band brings traditional metal riffing and energy to the North Rhine-Westphalia scene.
Ghash is a black metal project from Grodno, Belarus, formed in 2016, with releases including Falling to Ashes and Goat, as well as a collaborative effort titled Colours of the Mind alongside Marunata, Dreamshift, and A Light in the Dark. The project draws its name from the Black Speech of Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Ghash is a one-man black metal project from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, the sole creation of a member recording under the name Oghor. The project released the demo "Forests of Perpetual Pain" through Gungnir Productions, a hypnotic and desolate recording built around effects-laden guitars and an atmosphere of misanthropy and despair.
Ghast is a black/doom metal band from Swansea, Wales, formed in 2021. They blend the cold hostility of black metal with doom's crushing weight from the South Welsh industrial coast.
Cleveland, Ohio's Ghast Misanthropia surfaced in 2023 with black metal that leans into the ugly and misanthropic, carrying the weight of the Rust Belt in its cold riffs and hostile atmosphere. The name is a mission statement.
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