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Fu Manchu (band)
Fu Manchu: San Clemente, Orange County stoner rock band formed 1985 as hardcore band Virulence, renamed 1990; led by constant member Scott Hill; albums include The Action Is Go, King of the Road, and 2024's The Return of Tomorrow.
Fulci (band)
Fulci (band): Italian brutal death metal trio from Caserta, formed 2013, named for director Lucio Fulci; concept albums based on his films, including Tropical Sun (2019) and Duck Face Killings (2024) on 20 Buck Spin.
Fuming Mouth
Fuming Mouth is a Massachusetts death metal band formed in 2013 by Mark Whelan, blending Entombed-style HM-2 death metal with hardcore. Albums: The Grand Descent (2019), Last Day of Sun (2023), The Ringing Bell (2026) with ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg.
Funeral (group)
Funeral is a Norwegian funeral doom band from Drammen, formed in 1991 and known as one of the pioneers of the funeral doom genre, with drummer Anders Eek its constant member.
Funeral Mist
Funeral Mist is a Swedish black metal band formed in 1993 in Tyresö, Stockholm, led by Daniel Rostén under the pseudonym Arioch, with albums Salvation, Maranatha, Hekatomb, and Deiform.
Gallhammer
Gallhammer is an all-female Japanese blackened crust trio formed in Tokyo in 2003, blending Hellhammer-style black metal, UK crust punk, and doom; signed to Peaceville Records in 2006.
Gallows (group)
Gallows is a British hardcore punk band formed in Watford, England, in 2005, fronted by Frank Carter until Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire replaced him in 2011.
Gamma Ray (band)
Gamma Ray is a German power metal band formed in 1989 in Hamburg by ex-Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen; debut Heading for Tomorrow (1990), landmark Land of the Free (1995), Teutonic sound pillar with ten albums by 2010.
George Kollias (Greek drummer)
George Kollias (Γιώργος Κόλλιας) is a Greek drummer, born in 1977 in Corinth, best known as the drummer of the American technical death metal band Nile since 2004.
Girlschool
Girlschool: British all-female heavy metal band (formed 1978 in south London, previously Painted Lady), NWOBHM pioneers behind Demolition and Hit and Run, and the Headgirl EP with Motörhead.
Gloryhammer
Gloryhammer is a symphonic power metal band founded by Alestorm's Christopher Bowes, originally named Gloryhole, on Napalm Records. Known for the Angus McFife vs. Zargothrax concept saga across albums from Tales from the Kingdom of Fife (2013) to Space 1993 (2026).
Gnaw Their Tongues
Gnaw Their Tongues is the Dutch one-man experimental project of Maurice "Mories" de Jong (Drachten, formed 2005), fusing black metal, noise, industrial, and dark ambient. Named from Revelation 16:10; first album Spit at Me and Wreak Havoc on My Flesh (2006); over seventy releases plus collaborations with Dragged Into Sunlight, Crowhurst, Alkerdeel, and Déhà.
Gnome (band)
Gnome is an Antwerp, Belgium stoner metal power trio formed in 2016 (Rutger Verbist, Egon Loosveldt, Geoffrey Verhulst), known for red gnome hats and albums Father of Time, King, and Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome; distinct from a 1995 Japanese black metal band of the same name.
Godsmack
Godsmack: American hard rock band formed 1995 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, led by Sully Erna; known for Alice in Chains-influenced alt-metal, three No. 1 Billboard 200 albums, and 26 Mainstream Rock top-ten singles.
Gojira (band)
Gojira: French metal band formed 1996 near Bayonne (originally Godzilla), led by brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier; known for technical/progressive death metal, environmental lyrics, Magma (2016), Fortitude (2021), and the 2024 Paris Olympics performance.
Goodbye to Gravity
Goodbye to Gravity: Romanian metalcore band from Bucharest, active 2011-2015, formed by ex-Thunderstorm members with Megastar winner Andrei Găluț; ended after the 2015 Colectiv club fire killed four members.
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth, a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen formed in 1992 by Infernus (Roger Tiegs), named after Tolkien's Mordor plateau. Known for Satanic imagery, the 2004 Krakow controversy, and the 2007-2009 trademark dispute won by Infernus.
Gotthard
Gotthard is a Swiss hard rock band from Lugano, formed in 1990, one of Switzerland's most successful rock acts with 17 Swiss number-one albums and more than 3.5 million records sold.
Gouge Away
Gouge Away is a hardcore punk band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, formed in December 2012 and named after the Pixies song. After a 2020 hiatus, it returned with Deep Sage in 2024.
Graphic Nature
Graphic Nature are a British metalcore and nu-metal band formed around London and Kent, fronted by Harvey Freeman and known for the album A Mind Waiting to Die (2023).
Grave (group)
Grave is a Swedish death metal band formed in Visby, Gotland, in 1988, led by Ola Lindgren and known for its 1991 debut Into the Grave.
Grave Pleasures
Grave Pleasures are a Finnish apocalyptic post-punk and death rock band formed in Helsinki in 2015 from the renamed remainder of Beastmilk, fronted by singer Mat 'Kvohst' McNerney.
Graveland
Graveland is a Polish pagan/black metal band from Wrocław founded by Rob Darken (Robert Fudali), active since 1991-1992, known for Thousand Swords, its epic Bathory-inspired pagan metal style, NSBM associations, German BPjM indexing, and first live shows only from 2015-2016.
Graveyard
Graveyard is a Swedish rock band from Gothenburg formed in 2006, playing blues- and psychedelia-influenced hard rock; their album Hisingen Blues reached number 1 in Sweden in 2011.
Green Lung
Green Lung is a London-based occult doom and stoner metal five-piece formed in 2017, whose albums include Woodland Rites, This Heathen Land, and Necropolitan (2026).
Guano Apes
Guano Apes: German alternative rock/crossover band formed 1994 in Göttingen, fronted by Sandra Nasić. Debut Proud Like a God (1997) with "Open Your Eyes"; broke up mid-2000s, reformed 2009.
Guilt Trip (group)
Guilt Trip is a British metallic hardcore band from Manchester, England, formed in 2015 and signed to Roadrunner Records, whose albums include Severance (2023) and Armour of Angels (2026).
Gutalax
Gutalax is a Czech goregrind band from Křemže formed in 2009, led by vocalist Maty, known for toilet-humor lyrics, pig-squeal vocals, and albums Shit Beast, Shit Happens!, and The Shitpendables.
Gwar
Gwar (GWAR) is a satirical thrash metal and punk band formed in 1984 in Richmond, Virginia, whose costumed members play alien warlords in blood-soaked theatrical shows; founded by Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus), now fronted by Michael Bishop as Blothar the Berserker.
GZR
GZR (also G//Z/R or G/Z/R) is the heavy metal band founded by Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and his nephew Pedro Howse, releasing Plastic Planet (1995), Black Science (1997), and Ohmwork (2005).