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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Goryhole is a brutal death metal and goregrind act from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2024, channeling graphic, over-the-top extreme metal from the Ruhr Valley. The project deals in the most visceral end of the goregrind spectrum.
Jarrell, Texas's Gourge are a 2024 arrival to the brutal death metal tradition, pushing the genre's heaviest conventions with the intensity that Central Texas's extreme underground has been cultivating for years. Early days, but already relentless.
Graveblast is a blackened and brutal death metal band from Kirov, Russia, formed in 2025 and merging black metal's corrosive atmosphere with brutal death's guttural weight. The project delivers fierce extremity from the Vyatka River region.
Gravemuzzle is a brutal death metal/goregrind band from Mazamet in southern France, formed in 2021. They channel visceral extremity from the Tarn department, delivering the genre's characteristic blend of guttural brutality and shock-value imagery.
Graviter is a brutal death metal band from Maracena in Granada, Spain, active since 2011, blending technical precision with crushing heaviness. Their discography includes the full-length Myopia, featuring extended compositions that showcase their punishing and expansive approach to extreme metal.
Grenouille is a brutal death metal band from France, active since 2008. Their name — French for 'frog' — brings a darkly humorous national touch to their brutal death metal approach.
Grilled Human Brain is a brutal death metal band from Florence, active since 2013. Their provocatively grotesque name signals the unfiltered extremity of their brutal death metal from the Tuscan capital.
Berdiansk-based brutal death metal and grindcore act active since 2016, delivering grinding extremity from southeastern Ukraine's Azov Sea coast. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal brutality with grindcore's blistering velocity.
Grindustry is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Doetinchem, Netherlands, active since 2019 and merging industrial-strength brutality with grinding velocity. The project's name reflects its mechanized approach to extreme metal.
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