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Featured Album
The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
MMXX - Hypa Hypa Edition (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (Digital Deluxe) (2020)
05/26 @ Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg
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Grimhowl Grave is a death/black metal band from Clermont-Ferrand in central France, formed in 2016. They merge death and black metal traditions from the volcanic Auvergne capital.
Grimlair is a black metal project from Poitiers, France, active since 2002. Over two decades from the historic Poitevin city, they have maintained a dedication to black metal in the French underground.
Grimlord is a black metal project from Grenoble in the French Alps, active since 2007. They channel mountain-cold black metal from the alpine city surrounded by the Chartreuse, Vercors, and Belledonne ranges.
Grimm is a black metal band from Kuusamo in northeastern Finland, formed in 2014, channeling the frozen isolation and vast wilderness of their Arctic homeland. Their sound reflects the raw, atmospheric strain of Finnish black metal shaped by extreme northern landscapes.
Grimmferd is a black metal project from Norway, formed in 2025. They deliver raw black metal from the Norwegian underground.
Grimmind is a raw black metal project from Germany, formed in 2018, delivering stripped-down, lo-fi black metal with maximum intensity. The project channels pure aggression through intentionally primitive production.
Grimmness is a black metal/crust project from Lancashire, formed in 2014, having evolved from earlier power electronics and noise origins. Their genre journey from harsh noise to black metal/crust reflects a consistently confrontational artistic vision.
Grimmthurs is a blackened death/thrash metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2007, combining three extreme metal subgenres into a ferocious, multi-pronged attack. The band has built nearly two decades of activity, named after the Norse frost giants.
Grimness is a black metal band from Szeged, Hungary, active since 2012 and forging cold, unrelenting black metal from southern Hungary. Over a decade of activity reflects a steadfast commitment to the genre's darkest traditions.
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