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Ghost of Wem is a sludge metal band from the Freiburg/Karlsruhe area in southwestern Germany, formed in 2011, with a catalog of split LPs including collaborations with Golden Gorilla and Shadow of the Torturer. The band channels massive, distorted sludge riffing from the Baden-Wurttemberg region.
San Francisco's Ghost of Winchester bring West Coast metalcore to a city better known for thrash and hardcore, their 2021 formation part of a broader resurgence of the genre on the Bay Area's crowded heavy scene. Tight, punishing, and melodically aware.
Ghost on Mars is a progressive metal band from Rome, formed in 2019. Their sci-fi name signals the otherworldly character of their progressive metal from the Italian capital.
Jersey City's Ghost Orgy have been stoking the embers of doom and gothic metal since their formation — dense, sepulchral riffs draped in dark romanticism, the kind of music that fills cavernous spaces with equal parts dread and beauty.
Ghost Reign is a five-piece symphonic metal band from Bordeaux, France, formed in 2015, featuring members Cisco, Alex, Thomas, Lucie, and Fred. Their debut In Between Shadows (2015) delivers eleven tracks of orchestral-tinged metal across forty-eight minutes.
Moscow melodic death metal project formed in 2023, weaving melodic sophistication through death metal's aggressive framework. Their hook-laden approach channels the accessibility and emotional range of the Gothenburg tradition.
Towering Stoner / Doom Metal from Houston.
Denver's Ghost Spawn conjure death/doom with a high-altitude coldness, their music moving at the pace of tectonic plates and hitting just as hard. Active since 2019, they are among Colorado's more reliably crushing underground acts.
Atlanta's Ghost Story have been blending heavy metal, power metal, and thrash since 2010, channeling the best of classic American metal into a sound that is equal parts anthem and assault. The South's storytelling tradition runs through every riff.
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