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Gambanteinn is a black metal band from Turku, Finland, active since 2010, describing their sound as 'Wrathful Thursian Black Metal.' Their debut Nielevä Pimeys (2014) was written and performed by Þjazi with guitars by J. Riihimäki, channeling Nordic fury through five tracks of fierce, mythologically rooted black metal.
Gandferd is a black metal project from the Vestfold og Telemark region, formed in 2022. They deliver black metal from southeastern Norway.
Gandr is a raw black metal project from Lappeenranta, Finland, formed in 2018, delivering stripped-down, lo-fi black metal with an unpolished and primal aesthetic. Their sound embraces the most abrasive and minimalist tendencies of the raw black metal underground.
Gandur is a black metal project from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2023 and forging dark extremity from the Portuguese capital. The project channels the raw aggression of black metal through an Iberian lens.
Gangrena is a black/speed metal band from Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal with speed metal velocity from the Baltic capital.
Ganondorf is a black metal project from Nulvi in the Sassari province of Sardinia, formed in 2019. Named after the villain of the Legend of Zelda, they channel black metal from one of Sardinia's most remote northern villages.
Gaoth is a one-person atmospheric and post-black metal project from Wexford, Ireland, created entirely by sole member F.S. since 2016. The project's two albums, Dying Season's Glory (2016) and The Obsidian Dialogue (2021), span over seventy minutes of cosmic, transcendent black metal blending folk, neofolk, and progressive elements.
Active since 2008 in Urfahr-Umgebung, Upper Austria, Garden of Grief craft atmospheric black metal grounded in melancholy and desolation, with an extensive catalog stretching from early splits and demos through full-lengths such as Philosophies of Bleak Landscapes and Of Shattered Dreams and Nostalgic Melancholy. Their album titles map a consistent lyrical world of bleak landscapes, sorrow, and fading light.
Garden of Nurgle is a French raw black metal project formed in 2021, tagged with the motto 'Noise, Plague, Chaos,' delivering instrumental black metal through extended compositions. Their debut VII features two sprawling tracks of raw, atmospheric black metal totaling nearly nineteen minutes.
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