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Gorgonchrist is a black metal/crust punk and industrial project from the United Kingdom, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal hostility with crust punk politics and industrial textures.
Gorgonia is a Black Metal band from Quito, Ecuador, originally formed in 1998 under the name Astaroth before adopting the Gorgonia name in 2001. The band focuses on themes of darkness, occultism, and paganism, and released the demo "Almas en su eterna oscuridad" in 2019 after appearing on a split compilation in 2005.
Gorgonian is a black metal act from Porto, Portugal, conjuring dark atmospheres since 2013. They represent Porto's growing presence in the European black metal underground.
Gorguina is a Catalan black metal project formed in 2021, channeling dark, regional mythology through raw black metal. The project draws from Catalan folklore and cultural identity.
GorlaThrog is a black/doom/death metal band from Novosibirsk, Siberia, formed in 2024 and merging three extreme metal genres from Russia's third-largest city. The project channels the darkness and weight of its triple-genre approach.
Gormoth is an atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Fuzesgyarmat in eastern Hungary, formed in 2022. They blend atmospheric black metal with ambient textures from the rural Great Plain.
Gornan is a war black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2025. The band released the six-track album 'Satanic in War' (May 2025), a collaborative effort featuring Holocausto, the pioneering Brazilian extreme metal band from Belo Horizonte.
Gornisht is a black metal project from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021, whose name derives from the Yiddish word for "nothing." The project brings a distinctive cultural perspective to Berlin's diverse black metal underground.
Goromaul is a black metal and grindcore band from Kemi in northern Finland, formed in 2024, self-described simply as 'HELL,' delivering raw, violent extreme metal. Their debut demo Ultimate Brutal Massive Meat Organ packs three tracks into under four minutes of pure sonic aggression.
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