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Nizhny Novgorod, RU · 2023–present · active
Graaulgohus is a black metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, formed in 2023 and forging dark extremity from Russia's fifth-largest city. The project channels the atmospheric intensity of black metal.
Leipzig, DE · 1999–present · active
Grabak is a black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 1999, with an extensive discography spanning from their 1997 demo through Encyclopaedia Infernalis (2001), The Serpent within Paradise (2003), Agash Daeva (2007), and SCION (2021). The band has maintained over two decades of consistent black metal output from the Saxon musical capital.
Bugey, FR · 2014–present · active
Graben is a raw black metal project from the Bugey area of eastern France, active since 2014 and trafficking in stripped-down, lo-fi black metal hostility. The project channels unrelenting bleakness through its primitive approach to the genre.
Kempten, DE · 2020–present · active
Grabesfurcht is a post-black metal project from Kempten in the Allgau region of Germany, formed in 2020, whose name translates to "grave fear." The project channels atmospheric post-black metal from the Alpine foothills of Bavaria.
Dortmund, DE · 2017–present · active
Grabunhold is a black metal project from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2017, whose name roughly translates to "grave monster." The project channels raw, graveyard-themed black metal from the Ruhr Valley.
Herk-de-Stad, BE · 2012–present · active
Gracefallen is a black/gothic metal act from Herk-de-Stad, Belgium, formed in 2012, melding the atmospheric darkness of black metal with gothic melodic sensibilities. Their music bridges aggression and melancholy in the tradition of Belgian dark metal.
Murmansk, RU · 2008–present · active
Graffias is a melodic black metal band from Murmansk in Arctic Russia, active since 2008 and channeling the extreme cold and darkness of the Kola Peninsula through nearly two decades of melodic black metal. The project's name references the star Beta Scorpii.
Reykjavík, IS · 2015–present · active
Grafir is a punk/black metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, active since 2015 and fusing the raw energy of punk with the atmospheric intensity of Icelandic black metal. The project bridges underground punk traditions with Nordic black metal aesthetics.
Utrecht, NL · 2012–present · active
Utrecht-based black metal quintet blending second-wave aggression with punk, crust, and folk influences, all delivered in their native Dutch tongue. Self-described practitioners of 'Primitieve Nederlandstalige Necrorock,' their albums like 'De Zoute Kwel' and 'De Tyfus, De Teerling' have made them flagbearers of the Utrecht underground scene.

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