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Sandanski, BG · 2023–present · active
Gaskammer is a black metal project from Sandanski, Bulgaria, formed in 2023, operating in the raw end of the black metal spectrum. The project channels a stripped-down, underground approach to the genre.
Thuringia, DE · 1998–present · active
Gassturm is a black metal act from Thuringia, Germany, active since 1998, making them a long-running fixture of the East German black metal underground. The project channels nearly three decades of raw, uncompromising black metal from the former East.
Östergötland, SE · 2015–present · active
Gast is a black metal project from Östergötland, Sweden, active since 2015 and channeling the atmospheric darkness of the Swedish countryside through raw black metal. The project's name, meaning "ghost" in Swedish, reflects its spectral approach.
Skåne, SE · 2011–present · active
Gastljus is a folk/black/death metal band from Skåne, Sweden, active since 2011 and weaving Scandinavian folk traditions into extreme metal from southern Sweden. The project merges ancient folk with aggressive black and death metal.
L'Aquila, IT · 2025–present · active
Gaszimmer is a black metal project from L'Aquila in Abruzzo, formed in 2025. They deliver black metal from the earthquake-resilient mountain city in central Italy.
Cervignano del Friuli, IT · 2015–present · active
Gates of Doom is an epic death/black metal band from Cervignano del Friuli, active since 2015, having evolved from earlier melodic death/power metal origins. Their shift toward epic extremity reflects a darkening creative vision from the Friulian plains.
Vienna, AT · 2020–present · active
Vienna's Gates of Londra play a multifarious industrial black metal that draws freely from post-punk, dungeon synth, deathrock, epic metal, and symphonic black metal, making for a distinctive and deliberately eclectic sound. Their 2022 full-length Servants of the Runestaff is a nine-track concept album inspired by Michael Moorcock's History of the Runestaff fantasy cycle.
Bratislava, SK · 2013–present · active
Bratislava black/death metal act formed in 2013, unleashing the combined ferocity of both extreme subgenres from Slovakia's capital. Their blasphemous sonic assault draws from the darkest wells of the underground tradition.
Zwickau, DE · 2016–present · active
Gateway to Selfdestruction is a depressive/atmospheric black metal band from Zwickau, Germany, formed in 2013 and signed to Northern Silence Productions. Their 2016 debut Death My Salvation was produced by Patrick W. Engel and explores themes of existential crisis, drawing influence from Katatonia's Brave Murder Day era, Shining, and Woods of Desolation.

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