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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Covington, Kentucky's Ghostslug have been dragging death metal and grindcore through the Ohio River valley since 2013 — fast, filthy, and economically violent, with the genre's characteristic contempt for anything leisurely or refined.
Ghosttide is a melodic death metal band from Pori, Finland, formed in 2009, self-described as 'melodic death rock' with progressive and epic elements. Their EP White Shores, Black Tides (2014) features six tracks of maritime-themed melodic death metal with cello guest work, recorded by a five-piece lineup including vocalist Lassi Nuolivaara.
Ghotna is a death/thrash metal band from Småland, Sweden, formed in 2023 and delivering aggressive crossover fury from the historic heartland of Swedish metal. The project channels the rich metal heritage of the region.
Oakland's masked and anonymous Ghoul have been delivering horror-obsessed death/thrash and grindcore since 2000 under elaborate fictional personas, building one of the most cult-beloved bodies of work in Bay Area metal — grotesque, theatrical, and genuinely dangerous.
Ghoul Patrol is a death metal band from Uusimaa, Finland, active since 2012, delivering horror-themed extreme metal with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. Their catalog reflects the playful grotesquerie common to the death metal underground.
Ghoul'Art is a one-person death metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2024 by a solo musician who handles all vocals, guitars, bass, and drums. The project released its debut EP "Black Lodge" in July 2024 through Dead Icon Productions, drawing its lyrical concept from the TV series Twin Peaks and delivering old-school death metal in the vein of the Swedish HM2 guitar tone. Themes of blasphemy, horror, and supernatural events define the project's sound.
Ghouldozer is a death metal band from Chambéry in the French Alps, formed in 2025, representing a fresh entry in the French death metal underground. Their sound channels raw, aggressive death metal energy from the Alpine region.
Ghoulgash is a death metal/grindcore and electronic band from England, formed in 2021. They blend the violence of grindcore with electronic elements, creating an unusual hybrid from the English underground.
San Diego's Ghoulgotha have been tunneling through the earth's dark layers with death/doom metal since 2015, their cavernous sound drawing on the city's deep underground tradition to produce something ancient, doomed, and fully subterranean.
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