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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Grave Dogger is a thrash metal and crossover band from Kronach in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2008, delivering riff-heavy thrash with crossover punk energy. The band brings aggressive, fun-first thrash to the Franconian countryside.
Grave Intentions is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Datteln, Germany, formed in 2017, combining Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with thrash metal's aggression. The band brings melodic extreme metal to the northern Ruhr area.
Grave News is a heavy metal and thrash band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2019, delivering hard-hitting tracks like Alienation and Battlefield. Their sound combines traditional heavy metal power with thrash metal's aggressive speed and intensity.
Grave Noise is a thrash metal outfit from Burgos, Spain, active since 2012, delivering short, intense bursts of grindcore-tinged metal and punk. Their release H1N1 showcases six rapid-fire instrumental tracks of blistering extreme metal.
Grave Superior is a death/thrash metal band from Reykjavik, formed in 2016. They deliver aggressive death/thrash from Iceland's small but fierce extreme metal scene.
Grave Violator is a black thrash and speed metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011, with the tagline 'void seeding evil speed,' featuring Kife and Slade on guitars, J.I. on bass and vocals, and GG on drums. Their five releases from Ghoul Call (2011) through Full Moon Terror (2025) deliver aggressive, fast-paced extreme metal at the intersection of black, death, and thrash.
Graveater is a death/thrash metal band from Tartu, Estonia, formed in 2022, combining death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed from the Livonian university town. The band brings aggressive extreme metal to the Estonian scene.
Gravehole is a thrash metal band from Panevezys in northern Lithuania, active since 2013. They deliver thrash metal from one of Lithuania's five largest cities.
Gravemind is a thrash metal band from Aylsham and Norwich in Norfolk, formed in 2015. They deliver fast-paced thrash from the East Anglian countryside.
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