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Gleichmacher is a black metal act from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2019, delivering abrasive yet melodic black metal with high production values and second-wave feeling. Their 2022 album Krankung Fall Verderben features seven tracks mastered at Moontower Studios, praised for its many layers and depth blending melodic tones with raw harshness.
Drawing its name from the mythological binding that held the wolf Fenrir, California's Gleipner channels Norse themes into black metal that aims to restrain and overwhelm in equal measure. Founded in 2022, they bring a focused, mythologically charged darkness.
Glemt is a raw black metal project from London, formed in 2019. Their Norwegian name — meaning 'forgotten' — brings Scandinavian character to their raw London-based black metal.
Glenn Tipton is a heavy metal/alternative rock/grunge artist from Birmingham, active since 2021. Not to be confused with the Judas Priest guitarist of the same name, this Birmingham artist blends heavy metal with alternative and grunge influences.
Gletschersturz is an atmospheric black metal project from Germany's Black Forest region, conceived in fall 2021 and releasing the Wut EP in January 2024. The project's name, meaning "glacier collapse," reflects its blend of natural catastrophe themes with progressive and atmospheric black metal across three expansive tracks.
Glib is a death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal band from Ruma, Serbia, active since 2019. They deliver a ferocious blend of extreme metal subgenres from the Vojvodina region.
Glimpse into Genocide is a one-man deathgrind and grindcore project from Goudargues, France, formed in 2019, delivering ferocious solo extreme metal. Releases including This Is a Threat and Scum Colony channel relentless grindcore aggression through a solo creative vision.
Glimt is an atmospheric post-black metal project from Kristiansand in southern Norway, formed in 2021. Their name — Norwegian for 'flash' or 'glimmer' — captures the luminous moments within their atmospheric black metal.
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