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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Plano's Giant of the Mountain fuse progressive ambition with the raw extremity of black and death metal, building sprawling, technically demanding compositions that refuse to settle into any single genre. Their work since 2010 rewards patience and repeated listening.
Sacramento's Giant Squid have spent over two decades crafting some of the most literary and emotionally complex music at the intersection of doom, post-metal, and progressive rock. Their ocean-deep arrangements unfold like dark novels in sound.
Out of Orono, Maine, GiantGiant layer stoner heaviness beneath progressive arrangements and doom-paced tempos, creating music that feels simultaneously earthbound and labyrinthine. The double name signals the doubled-down ambition behind every riff.
Portland, Oregon's Giantrider deal in the traditional craft of doom metal — slow tempos, massive guitar tone, and a suffocating atmosphere built for patience. Their name says it all: they ride riffs so large they swallow you whole.
A Chicago project born in 2023, Giard bridges the grime of black metal with the directness of classic heavy metal, finding menace in the space between the two. It's a new act with an old-world sense of darkness.
Giasc is a black metal project from Italy, active since 2013. They channel atmospheric black metal from the Italian underground.
Giastemma is a death/folk metal band from Genoa, active since 2012. Their Genoese dialect name roots their folk-tinged death metal in the Ligurian cultural tradition.
Gibur is a black metal project from Perugia in Umbria, formed in 2024. They deliver black metal from the medieval hilltop city in central Italy.
Gida is a black metal project with hardcore elements from Greece, formed in 2023. They blend black metal hostility with hardcore punk energy from the Greek underground.
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