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Lyngby, DK · 2012–present · active
Guttural Slug is a slam/brutal death metal and deathcore band from the Lyngby/Copenhagen area, Denmark, formed in 2012, blending slam death metal's crushing breakdowns with deathcore elements. The five-piece band has maintained over a decade of brutal, bone-crushing output.
Bergen, NL · 2011–present · active
Gutwrench is a death metal band from Bergen and Zaandam in North Holland, Netherlands, active since 2011 and delivering gut-wrenching death metal from the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Over a decade of activity reflects a steadfast commitment to the genre.
Moscow, RU · 2021–present · active
Guul is a black metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2021 and forging dark extremity from the Russian capital. The project channels raw, atmospheric black metal aggression.
Graz, AT · 2022–present · active
Founded in 2020 in Graz, Guyođ pursue a blackened doom/death metal sound drawing its imagery from ocean depths, Baudelaire's poetry, and Melville's prose, debuting with the 2023 album Heart of Thy Abyss on Grazil Records before releasing the structurally experimental EP Death Throes of a Drowning God in January 2026. Their 2022 split Alluvial Soil with LEHM introduced the project to the underground, and they have steadily built a following in the doom-death community.
NO · 2024–present · active
Gudvangir is a funeral doom metal project from Norway, formed in 2024. Named after the Icelandic word for sacred fields, they deliver glacial funeral doom from the Scandinavian underground.
Lysychansk, UA · 2023–present · active
Death metal and grindcore act from Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, formed in 2023 and creating extreme music from one of Ukraine's most conflict-affected areas. Their grinding assault carries a weight beyond the purely musical.
Bremen, DE · 2020–present · active
Gvillotine is a black metal and crust/hardcore punk band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2020, fusing black metal's atmospheric darkness with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy. The band brings a distinctly punk-inflected approach to black metal.
Bremen, DE · 2021–present · active
Gvla is a black metal project from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2021, channeling raw black metal from the Hanseatic city. The project operates in the atmospheric end of Bremen's small but active black metal scene.
Yekaterinburg, RU · 2020–present · active
Gvorn is a doom/death metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2020 and channeling crushing heaviness from the Urals, where Europe meets Asia. The project merges doom's oppressive weight with death metal's brutality.

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