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.

Graugeist is a black/death metal project from Saarland, Germany, formed in 2020, whose name translates to "grey ghost." The project blends the darkness of black metal with death metal's aggression from the Franco-German border region.

Gravastar is a melodic death/groove metal band from Athens, formed in 2014. Named after the hypothetical gravitational vacuum star — a theoretical alternative to black holes — they deliver technically informed melodic death/groove metal from the Greek capital.

Formed in Visby, Sweden in 1988 — initially as Corpse — Grave are considered one of the founding pillars of Swedish death metal alongside Entombed, Dismember, and Unleashed. Their 1991 debut Into the Grave on Century Media established the chainsaw-guitar, down-tuned template that defined the genre, and three further albums across the early 1990s cemented their reputation. After a hiatus from 1997 to 1999, Grave resumed recording and have released a total of eleven studio albums, maintaining a consistently crushing approach throughout.

Grave Condition is a metalcore and death metal band from Sommerda in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2024. The band combines metalcore's breakdowns with death metal heaviness.

Grave Conflict is a one-man death metal project from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2025, whose solo output already includes releases titled Visceral Tomb of the Hades Slayer, Upon Death, Apocalypse, and Ghidorah. The project channels classic death metal through a prolific solo creative process.

Symphonic death metal act from Almelo founded by ex-Morphia guitarist Roger Koedoot and Maurice LeFeu after the dissolution of The Memory Remains. Their 2018 debut 'From Dust to Dust' blends brutal riffing with melodic elements and orchestral layers, drawing comparisons to Amorphis and Insomnium.

Grave Eater is a death/doom metal band from Wales, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing death/doom from the Welsh underground.

Grave Finality is a death metal band from Leeds, formed in 2021. They channel old-school death metal from the West Yorkshire city.