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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Chicago's Gastropod blend grindcore's furious brevity with death metal's crushing low-end, building a sound that's both abrasive and rhythmically punishing. Formed in 2023, they're a welcome new entry into the city's brutal underground.
Gastroschisis is a goregrind/death metal band from Attard, Malta, formed in 2018. Named after the congenital abdominal wall defect, they deliver medical-horror themed extremity from the Mediterranean island nation.
Gate of Abydos is a death metal band from Godollo near Budapest, formed in 2017. Named after the ancient Egyptian portal to the underworld, they deliver death metal from the Budapest suburbs.
Tucson's Gatecreeper have become one of American death metal's most celebrated acts, channeling Swedish buzzsaw tones and suffocating groove into anthemic, punishing albums since 2014. Their rise from the Arizona desert to international stages is one of the genre's great success stories of the last decade.
Gatecrusher is a melodic death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2012, combining the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with the precision of Bavarian musicianship. The band has been building their catalog in Munich's diverse metal scene for over a decade.
Out of Torrance, California, Gatekeeper have been delivering no-frills death metal with a stripped-back, old-school conviction since 2013. Their approach favors bone-snapping riffs and guttural conviction over flash.
Gates of Autricon is a French metalcore band spanning Chartres to Belfort, formed in 2024, delivering 'pure metalcore vibes' with influences between Children of Bodom and Trivium. Their debut EP Reclaim (2024) features three tracks blending melodic death metal and metalcore at €6.66.
Gates of Doom is an epic death/black metal band from Cervignano del Friuli, active since 2015, having evolved from earlier melodic death/power metal origins. Their shift toward epic extremity reflects a darkening creative vision from the Friulian plains.
Raleigh's Gates of Endor bring a methodical, old-school death metal attack to the North Carolina underground, leaning into dark riff architecture and deep-end heaviness since 2016. Their sound has more in common with the Floridian founders of the genre than any modern trend.
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