A brand-new death metal act from Stainach in the Styrian Alps, Grimming formed in 2024 and quickly signed to Napalm Records after their debut track Lindwurm racked up 100,000 views in spring 2025 and drew attention to their fusion of technical death metal with local alpine legends and folklore. Their follow-up single Wüdschitz, themed around Styrian poaching traditions, deepened this regional mythological focus.

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.

Grimnis is a blackened deathcore project from Bielefeld, Germany, formed in 2025, fusing black metal's atmospheric darkness with deathcore's crushing breakdowns. The project is one of the newest entries in the evolving German blackened deathcore scene.

Grimoire de Occulte is a death/doom/drone metal project from Ubach-Palenberg, Germany, formed in 2011, evolving from early drone and ambient work into a heavier death/doom sound. The project's name references an occult book of spells, reflecting its dark, ritualistic thematic focus.

Grimoria is a black metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2023 and evolving toward death/black metal. They represent the newest wave of Toulouse's expanding extreme metal underground.

Grimorium Verum is a death/thrash metal band from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia, active since 2007. Named after an 18th-century grimoire, they merge occult themes with aggressive riffing.

Grimville is a five-piece blackened death metal band from Tielt, Belgium, formed in 2023 and self-described as playing "blackish oldschool death metal" with ties to the H8000 hardcore scene. Their 2023 promotional EP features two tracks recorded by Wannes Breyne and mastered by Tom Schelfaut.

Grimwind is a melodic death/power metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, active since 2018 and blending the aggression of melodeath with power metal's soaring energy. The project delivers dual-genre intensity from the Volga.

Grin in Fear is a melodic death metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2019. They deliver melodic death metal from the Sardinian capital.