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Gruesome is a brutal death metal band from Fredrikstad, formed in 2015. They deliver visceral brutal death metal from the southeastern Norwegian city.
Gruesome Pledge is a death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, formed in 2025. They represent the newest generation of Breton death metal, bringing raw aggression to the Ille-et-Vilaine capital.
Gruesome Stuff Relish is a death metal and goregrind band from Mieres in Asturias, Spain, active since 2002, blending extreme metal with B-movie horror imagery across releases like Teenage Giallo Grind (2002) and Horror Rises From The Tomb (2008). Their sound has been described as 'groovin' cannibalistic bloodthirst,' pairing crushing riffs with schlocky horror film aesthetics.
Gruff is a melodic death metal band with gothic influences from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2018, combining the Gothenburg melodeath template with dark, atmospheric gothic metal elements. The band brings a moody, layered approach to Hamburg's extreme metal scene.
Grumo is a grindcore/death metal band from Modena, formed in 2015, having evolved from earlier goregrind/noise origins. Their shift toward more structured grindcore reflects a maturing approach to extreme music.
Grunge is a death metal band from Aberdeen, active since 2013. Their name — a genre tag borrowed from a very different musical tradition — brings deliberate irony to their death metal from the Scottish northeast.
Grunts is a death metal band from the Riga/Skriveri area, formed in 2020. They deliver death metal from the Latvian heartland.
Grymheart is a melodic death and folk metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2017 and weaving folk melodies and traditional instrumentation into aggressive melodic death metal frameworks. The project bridges Hungarian folk heritage with Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Grymt is a death metal and grindcore act from Paris, France, delivering ferocious blasts of extreme music rooted in the traditions of both genres. The project channels unrelenting intensity through its grinding approach to heaviness.
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