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Gnosis Abaddon is a black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019, featuring vocalist K. Hallaveri, drummer Heights Unknown, and bassist Howling Emptiness. Their releases Pisschrist Drowning, Lihamme Hillittömyyden Kuori, and Two Hammers Striking a Surface explore avant-garde extremes within Finnish black metal.
Gnosticism is a black/doom metal project from São Miguel in the Azores, Portugal, formed in 2025 and channeling the isolation and mysticism of the mid-Atlantic islands through crushing extremity. The project merges black metal's darkness with doom's oppressive weight.
Gnot is a post-black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2019 and crafting atmospheric, expansive black metal that transcends conventional genre boundaries. The project adds to Saint Petersburg's vibrant post-black metal scene.
Goat is a death/black metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2012, delivering bestial extreme metal from Jutland's cultural capital. The band channels primal black/death metal aggression.
Goat Christ is a black/death metal band from Lamia in central Greece, formed in 2015. They deliver extreme metal from the Phthiotis region of the Greek mainland.
Goat Command were a black/thrash metal band from Constitución, Maule, Chile, active from 2010 to 2014 and released through the underground label Headbanging on the Pentagram. The band drew on the violent, chaotic energy typical of South American black/thrash, with lyrical themes centered on blood, violence, and rage.
Goat Cult is a blackened thrash/death metal act from Zebrak, Czech Republic, formed in 2021, fusing the speed of thrash with the darkness of black and death metal. The project channels a raw, bestial approach to extreme metal.
Goat Emperor is a German black metal project formed in 2021, channeling satanic and occult themes through raw black metal. The project operates in the underground reaches of the German black metal scene.
Goat Emperor is a black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, originally formed in 1992 and revived around 2015, centred on the duo of Cesar Severus (vocals, guitar, drums) and Cecilia Katrini (bass/keyboards). Their debut recording Apopantos Kakodaimonos was tracked at Pepe's Studio in August 1993 and stands as one of the earliest entries in the Brazilian bestial black metal canon. The band has remained prolific across subsequent decades, with their 2025 album O Anticristo (Maldição ao Cristianismo) mixed and mastered by Severus at Gruta studio in Rio de Janeiro.
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