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Grotesque Impalement is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2018, dealing in the most extreme end of the Baden death metal scene. The band delivers relentless, gory brutality from the gateway to the Black Forest.
Gruesome is a brutal death metal band from Fredrikstad, formed in 2015. They deliver visceral brutal death metal from the southeastern Norwegian city.
Brutal death metal project from the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, formed in 2021 and delivering guttural punishment from one of Sweden's most isolated locales. Their remote island origins lend an appropriately harsh edge to their extreme sonic vision.
Istanbul slam and brutal death metal three-piece formed in 2011, whose mid-paced slamming style on releases like 'The Reign of Pure Madness and Contagious Perversion' and 'Guttural Carnival' draws comparisons to Katalepsy and Abominable Putridity. Their dueling guttural vocalists deliver a relentless wall of low-end punishment.
Gutfuck is a brutal death metal band from Ulm, Germany, formed in 2023, dealing in the most savage end of the death metal spectrum. The project channels punishing brutality from the Swabian Danube city.
Gutrectomy is a slam/brutal death metal and deathcore band from Lorrach on the Swiss-French-German border, formed in 2014, evolving from early slam brutality into a more refined brutal deathcore approach. The band operates in the unique cultural triangle of the Upper Rhine.
Gutslamed is a brutal death metal band from Szczecin, Poland, active since 2014 and dealing in the most extreme forms of death metal from this northwestern port city. The project channels guttural brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Rock Spring, Georgia's Gutsnagged specialize in the brutal death metal tradition — inhuman drumming, guttural vocals, and down-tuned guitars deployed with clinical precision and zero mercy. Since 2018 they've been a reliable source of purely punishing extremity from the Deep South.
Gutted Souls is a technical and brutal death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2012. The band released their debut demo EP Unconscious Automaton in 2012 and followed it with the full-length The Illusion of Freedom in 2017, with a further promo release Organic Portal appearing in 2019. Their lyrical themes draw heavily from psychology, politics, and critiques of social control.
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