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G-Hud is a thrash/death/groove metal band from Rzeszow in southeastern Poland, formed in 2015. They blend three aggressive genres from the Podkarpacie region.
Melodic death metal act from war-torn Donetsk formed in 2021, creating music amidst some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Their melodic approach channels the emotional weight of their surroundings through the Scandinavian-influenced death metal tradition.
G.D.R. is a death metal and grindcore band from Smolensk, Russia, active since 2013 and merging the brutality of death metal with grindcore's chaotic velocity. The project delivers relentless extremity from western Russia.
G.O.R.E is a death metal and grindcore project from Karvina, Czech Republic, formed in 2022, operating under the Viscera and Vapor name on Bandcamp. The project channels extreme, visceral grind with a focus on raw intensity.
G.P.I. is a death/thrash/industrial metal band from Coleraine in Northern Ireland, active since 2006. They fuse industrial textures with death and thrash metal aggression from the north coast of Ireland.
G.R.I.T.H. is a progressive death metal band from Veliky Novgorod, Russia, active since 2011 and crafting technically ambitious death metal from one of Russia's oldest cities. The project combines progressive complexity with extreme metal ferocity.
Fresh out of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, G.R.U.M. launched in 2023 with a vicious blend of death metal and goregrind. Short, brutal, and utterly remorseless.
G.T.I. is a death metal and grindcore band from Nantes, France, formed in 2022, channeling fast, aggressive extreme metal with a punk-infused ethos. Their sound blends deathgrind's brutality with the raw, unpolished energy of the underground.
G.Z.P is a goregrind duo from Marne La Vallée near Paris, France, formed in 2018, consisting of Ré on guitar, bass, and vocals and Loïc on drums. Their 2021 album Brain Bucket features thirteen tracks of extreme goregrind with guest vocalists from Brutal Sphincter, Pendrak, and Holy Cost.
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