All of the Heavy Metal Bands from Georgia (Updated: 2021)
Much of the credit in making this list goes to Encyclopedia Metallum: The Metal Archives and its exhaustive, crowdsourced documenting of heavy metal from around the world. For more information on the bands listed here, check out The Metal Archives’ Georgia page.
This list is compiled from a variety of sources, including MySpace, YouTube, Spotify, The Metal Archives, Bandcamp, and other social networking sites (i.e. Facebook). Bands are organized alphabetically and supplemented with relevant links.
For metal bands from the other two countries of the South Caucasus, check out my other articles: Azerbaijan and Armenia!
If bands are missing, links are broken, or information is incorrect — please let me know! I will update the article as more information comes. This list is a work in progress.
Enjoy!
Adramalech
Black metal / dark ambient from Tbilisi. Active 2009–2012.
Sample:
They have a Blogspot account, although it doesn’t seem like it has been updated since 2012:
There is also an associated Myspace account.
Angel of Disease
Progressive death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2001.
Playthrough video:
Their full discography can be heard on Bandcamp:
They also maintain accounts on Facebook and Myspace.
Askeesi
Atmospheric black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2020 by Beka Gachava.
Full album (2021):
Their releases are also available via Bandcamp:
Askeesi also maintains a Facebook page.
Atalaka
Atmospheric black metal. Origin city and years active are unknown, just “Georgia.”
Releases via Bandcamp:
Atalaka does not maintain a social media presence that I’m aware of.
Blackends (The Blackeneds)
Thrash metal from Tbilisi. Only known to be active in 1998.
Official spelling of their band name is uncertain. Their only known release is two demo songs on an obscure “Metalcompilation” released in Georgia in 1998. Five of the six bands on this tape are unknown outside of this recording:
Bohema
Technical / brutal death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2001. Current status is unknown.
ReverbNation profile:
The also maintain a page on Myspace.
Full album:
Diabolus Sanctus
Black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2007.
Full discography is available from Bandcamp:
ReverbNation profile:
Diaokhi
Pagan black metal from Tbilisi. Only active in 1999.
Single from 2000 (only known release):
More footage of the band:
Dismorial
Progressive / melodic death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2010.
Music video:
ReverbNation profile:
Dismyth
Stoner / doom metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2015.
Full discography is available via Bandcamp:
Full album:
They also maintain an account on Facebook.
Ennui
Funeral doom from Tbilisi. Formed in 2012.
Full discography on Bandcamp:
ReverbNation profile:
They also maintain accounts on Facebook, Myspace, and VKontakte (in Russian).
Heavy Cross (მძიმე ჯვარი)
Hard rock / heavy metal / thrash metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 1988.
Some of their music:
Iahsari
Symphonic metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2015.
Full discography available via Bandcamp:
Music video:
ReverbNation profile:
They maintain accounts on VKontakte (in Russian), Instagram, Facebook, as well as their own website.
Im Nebel
Symphonic / progressive black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2006.
Full discography available via Bandcamp:
Music video:
They also maintain accounts on VKontakte, Facebook, SoundCloud, and ReverbNation.
Infadus
Progressive / melodic death metal. Formed in 2015.
Full discography available on Bandcamp:
Also on Spotify:
They also maintain accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and VKontakte.
Last Supper
Doom metal from Tbilisi. Only active in 1998.
Another one of the bands on the “Metalcompilation” demo tape that hasn’t been identified since:
Manticore
Melodic death metal from Tbilisi. Only active in 2002.
I can’t find their EP, The Legend Lives, on any platform.
Here is the album cover:
Morheim
Melodic death / black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2019.
Discography available from Bandcamp:
Single:
Neuromnesia
Depressive post-black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2014 as Happy End, renamed in 2016.
Single:
They also maintain accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Nilflheimr
Black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2007.
Blogspot (with download links):
They also maintain an account on Myspace.
No Regrets
Melodic doom / death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2011.
ReverbNation profile:
They also maintain an account on Facebook.
Omophor
Melodic death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2013.
Discography available via Bandcamp:
Also on YouTube:
They also maintain accounts on SoundCloud, Facebook, and Twitter.
Pergamo
Black metal from Tbilisi. Only active in 1998.
Another one of the bands on the “Metalcompilation” demo tape that hasn’t been identified since:
Project Omega
Black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2016.
Discography available on Bandcamp:
They do not maintain any other active social media account. Everything I could find has been deactivated.
Psychonaut 4
Depressive black metal / depressive rock from Tbilisi. Formed in 2010.
Full discography available via Bandcamp:
And Spotify:
YouTube:
The also maintain active accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Ritual Mortis
Technical death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2016.
Full discography available on Bandcamp:
And Spotify:
Ritual Mortis also maintains accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Ruins of Faith
Black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2001.
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Music visualizer on YouTube:
Their ReverbNation profile:
Ruins of Faith also maintains accounts on Myspace and Facebook.
Sadizm
Death/thrash metal from Tbilisi. Only active in 1998.
Another one of the bands on the “Metalcompilation” demo tape that hasn’t been identified since:
Signs
Symphonic black metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2009.
Album teaser from 2016:
Signs also maintains an account on Facebook.
Tanelorn
Melodic death metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2001 as Defenders of Tanelorn.
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Live footage:
ReverbNation profile:
Tattooed Monk
Heavy metal from Tbilisi. Only active in 1998.
Another one of the bands on the “Metalcompilation” demo tape that hasn’t been identified since:
Tianet
Depressive black metal from Tbilisi. Active 2017–2018.
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Tianet does not maintain any other social media profiles.
Undo Creation
Death/thrash metal from Tbilisi. Formed in 2014.
Full discography on Bandcamp:
Undo Creation also has a profile on Facebook.
Unsaved
Funeral doom from Tbilisi. Formation date unknown.
Single on YouTube:
I hope you enjoy this list of heavy metal groups from Azerbaijan! This list accompanies two other articles on Azerbaijan and Armenia.
I will update this article as I receive more info.
Alexander Leslie is a foreign policy analyst, freelance journalist, and has an M.A. in Eurasian, Russian, & East European Studies from Georgetown University. His interests include U.S.-Georgia relations, energy politics, and studies in counterterrorism policy.
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