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Gabriel is a death/groove metal act from Wurzburg, Germany, combining the heaviness of death metal with the rhythmic punch of groove metal. The band contributes to the Franconian region's active metal underground.
Gaf is a grindcore and death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2008, blending grindcore's short-burst aggression with punk energy across releases like Mongofied (2008), Cultivate Disdain (2010), and Gore 'n' Feast (2015). Their sound is fast, filthy, and uncompromising, with an Entombed cover on their latest record nodding to Swedish death metal roots.
Sugar Land, Texas's Gaius hit the ground running in 2020 with a sound that fuses brutal death metal's heaviness with grindcore's velocity — short songs, enormous riffs, and absolutely no mercy.
Springfield, Missouri's Galactic Massacre have been dealing in no-frills death metal since 2018, channeling outer-space dread into relentless, down-tuned brutality.
Toledo, Ohio's Galactic Mechanics have spent over a decade — since 2011 — constructing progressive death metal that rewards careful listening, mixing technical intricacy with the raw force of extreme metal.
Baltimore's Galactic Skyfather have been refining a hybrid of melodic death and power metal since 2017, wielding soaring melodies with enough aggression to keep things from ever getting comfortable.
Galactomyces is a slam and brutal death metal band from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, formed in 2024 and delivering gut-churning brutality from southern Russia. The project merges slam's guttural weight with deathcore breakdowns.
Bratislava gothic/doom/death metal veterans founded in 1995, whose Tolkien-inspired name matches a sound steeped in science fiction, fantasy, and psychedelia. Albums like 'Empire of Emptiness' and 'The Mirror of Ages' established them as pillars of the Slovak metal scene across three decades of activity.
Galar is a black/doom/death metal project from Ireland, active since 2010 and merging three extreme metal genres into a single devastating sonic force. The project explores the darkest intersections of black, doom, and death metal.
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