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Gloomlurker is a melodic death/doom metal band from Grimsby in northeast England, formed in 2020. They deliver the melancholic intersection of melodic death metal and doom from the Humber coast fishing town.
Atlanta's Gloomreach pulls death-doom into D-beat territory, pairing the glacial weight of death/doom with a rawer, more punk-informed attack that keeps the music from ever fully settling into complacency. Formed in 2018, they're one of Atlanta's more unpredictable extreme metal acts.
Gloomreaper is a doom/death metal band from Liverpool, formed in 2025. They bring crushing doom/death metal to the Merseyside city.
Gloomweaver is a brutal death metal/deathcore band from Southampton and Brighton, formed in 2025. They deliver punishing extremity from the English south coast.
Gloomy Embody Abysmal is a one-man project from Langres, France, created in 2006 by Stelio 'Dyp' Pagani, spanning black metal, DSBM, post-rock, post-metal, and progressive influences across eleven albums. The evolving sound encompasses the Dypression series alongside albums like The Cemetery Trinity and Symphony for a Broken Heart.
Gloomy Forest is an atmospheric/post-black metal and ambient project from Balakirevo, Russia, active since 2020 and crafting immersive sonic landscapes from rural central Russia. The project blends nature-inspired atmospherics with black metal intensity.
Gloomy Grim is a Finnish black metal and symphonic metal project started in 1995 by Agathon as a one-man band, driven by his will to make music on his own terms with primary inspiration drawn from horror film soundtracks. The project expanded to a full band, releasing albums including Blood, Monsters, Darkness, The Age of Aquarius, and Agathonomicon.
Gloomy Misanthropy is a one-man black metal and dark ambient project from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, driven entirely by the sole member known as Wandering Moribund. The project debuted with a 2016 demo and released its first full-length album, "Dark Procession from the Abyss," on July 11, 2021, through Astral Nightmare Productions, recorded and mixed at Wolf's Lair Home Studio between 2018 and 2020. Drawing on anti-cosmic Satanism and misanthropic themes, the project is rooted in the raw traditions of LLN, Abruptum, and Leviathan.
Gloomy Sunday is a sludge/doom metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2007 and delivering nearly two decades of crushing heaviness from the Swedish metal capital. Their longevity makes them one of Gothenburg's more enduring doom acts.
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