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Forêt-la-Folie, FR · 2012–present · active
Grisatre is a depressive black metal project from Foret-la-Folie in Normandy, active since 2012. Their home village name — literally 'forest of madness' — provides a fitting origin for their anguished, desolate depressive black metal.
Valle Lomellina, IT · 2020–present · active
Griverion is a depressive black metal project from Valle Lomellina in the Pavia province, formed in 2020. They channel anguished black metal from the rice paddies of the Lomellina plain.
Girona, ES · 2021–present · active
Grotte is a depressive black metal project from Girona, Catalonia, formed in 2021, exploring bleak emotional landscapes through raw, atmospheric compositions. Their sound channels the introspective melancholy and lo-fi aesthetics central to the depressive black metal tradition.
Glasgow, GB · 2019–present · active
Grat Strigoi is a depressive black metal project from Glasgow, formed in 2019. Named after the Romanian undead creature, they channel Eastern European folklore through depressive black metal from Scotland's largest city.
Lisbon, PT · 2016–present · active
Guthravir is a depressive black metal project from Lisbon, Portugal, channeling despair since 2016. Their bleak soundscapes draw from the melancholic tradition of DSBM.
Alessandria, IT · 2017–present · active
Forged in Alessandria's metal community, this atmospheric/depressive black metal act channels fierce aggression since 2017. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Toulouse, FR · 2013–present · active
Hangvart is a depressive black/doom metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2013. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Bremen, DE · 1983–present · active
Depressive black metal project from Bremen, Germany, with origins tracing back to 1983 - making them one of the oldest extreme metal acts in the country. Their ironically named project delivers decades of sorrowful, emotionally devastating black metal.
Witten, DE · 2020–present · active
Depressive black metal project from the Ruhr region of Germany, active since 2020. Their sorrowful, emotionally devastating sound channels deep despair into raw, harrowing black metal compositions.

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