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England, GB · 2018–present · active
Grandfather Nebulous is an industrial black metal project from England, formed in 2018. They merge industrial textures with black metal hostility under an enigmatically cosmic moniker.
Jægerspris, DK · 2012–present · active
Granhammer is a melodic black metal project from Jaegerspris, Denmark, formed in 2012, combining atmospheric melody with black metal's harshness. The project has maintained over a decade of melodic black metal from the Danish island of Zealand.
Annaberg-Buchholz, DE · 2023–present · active
Granitader is an atmospheric black metal project from Annaberg-Buchholz in the Erzgebirge mountains of Saxony, Germany, formed in 2023. The project channels the cold, mountainous landscape of the Ore Mountains through melodic and atmospheric black metal.
Chernivtsi, UA · 2024–present · active
Chernivtsi black metal project launched in 2024, whose name evokes the spruce forests of the Carpathian region. Their sound carries the raw intensity and atmospheric depth associated with Eastern European black metal.
Thuringia, DE · 2022–present · active
Grantig is a melodic black metal project from Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2022, whose name is Bavarian dialect for "grumpy" or "irritable." The project channels melodic black metal with a distinctly German character.
Merching, DE · 2022–present · active
Grattler is a black metal project from Merching in Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022, whose name is Bavarian dialect for "scoundrel" or "ruffian." The project channels raw black metal with Bavarian rural character.
Trier, DE · 2012–present · active
Gratwanderung is a black metal project from Trier, Germany, formed in 2012, whose name means "ridge walk" or "tightrope walk" in German. The project has maintained over a decade of black metal from Germany's oldest city.
Bochum, DE · 2017–present · active
Grauen is a black metal project from Bochum in the Ruhr Valley, Germany, formed in 2017, whose name means "horror" or "dread" in German. The project channels dark, atmospheric black metal from the industrial Ruhr heartland.
Linz, AT · 2022–present · active
Founded at the end of 2020 in Linz, Graufar play blackened death metal that complements aggressive black metal riffing with death metal heaviness and melodic elements, debuting with the album Scordalus in April 2024. In June 2024 the band won the Austrian Wacken Metal Battle and competed at Wacken Open Air, placing in the top ten; their second album Via Necropolis followed in March 2026.

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