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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Named after a three-headed kaiju, Merced's Gidorah bring a corresponding multi-pronged assault of death metal brutality, groove-driven rhythm, and metalcore intensity. Their music hits like a creature that attacks from every direction at once.
Technical death metal and metalcore act from Korolyov near Moscow, active since 2006 and fusing intricate musicianship with aggressive breakdowns. Their long-running career has allowed them to refine a sound that balances technical ambition with crushing impact.
Portland, Maine's Gift of Tongues fuse the atmospheric density of post-sludge with the raw violence of death metal, constructing music that feels both hauntingly spacious and crushingly heavy. Their approach since 2013 rewards those willing to sit inside the weight.
Chicago's Gigan are among the most disorienting forces in progressive and technical death metal, dismantling conventional song structure in favor of alien, cosmos-eating compositions that feel genuinely unknowable. Since 2008, they've existed in a category largely of their own invention.
Gigantomachia is a melodic death metal band from Alatri in the Frosinone province of Lazio, formed in 2016. Named after the mythological battle between gods and giants, they deliver epic melodic death metal from central Italy.
Giggerotah is a death metal band from Stavropol, Russia, active since 2014 and delivering punishing death metal from the North Caucasus region. The project channels unrelenting brutality.
Gilgamesh is a blackened death metal act from Munich, Germany, formed in 2013, named after the ancient Sumerian king of Uruk. The project channels the intensity of blackened death metal from Bavaria's capital city.
Gilgamosh are a death/thrash metal band formed in 2023 from St. Pölten and Vienna, Austria, representing a newer entry in the country's active extreme metal underground. They operate independently and have been building their catalog and live presence since their formation.
Gimli, Son of Gloin is a death metal/grindcore band from Southampton, formed in 2019. Named after Tolkien's dwarven warrior, they bring literary irreverence to their grinding death metal from the Hampshire coast.
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