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Goatburner is a death metal duo from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019, consisting of Kaos on guitar and vocals and Spider on drums, blending death metal with grindcore and powerviolence influences. Their 2023 album FATAL features ten tracks of darkly humorous, accident-themed extreme metal recorded at Kaos's Chaotic Doom Cave Studios.
Cleveland's Goatchamber traffic in blackened death metal with an atmosphere that evokes something genuinely sinister. Formed in 2022, they've built their sound around cold, cavernous riffs and the kind of darkness that doesn't lift.
Goatchrist is an experimental black metal project from Wakefield in West Yorkshire, formed in 2015, having evolved from early blackened death metal into experimental and electronic territory. Their stylistic restlessness reflects a constant drive to push black metal's boundaries.
Bratislava black/death metal project formed in 2016, merging the atmospheric intensity of black metal with death metal's guttural extremity. Their unholy fusion channels the darkest impulses of both genres.
Goatfather is a death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015, delivering straightforward, riff-driven death metal from the German capital. The band has been an active presence in Berlin's thriving extreme metal scene for a decade.
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Goatguts is a death metal band from Pori, Finland, active since 1998, representing one of the longer-running acts in the city's extreme metal scene. Their sound draws on the Finnish tradition of dense, murky death metal with a raw, uncompromising edge.
Goath is a black/death metal act from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2016, self-described as "shaped by the unlight" with releases including a demo, Luciferian Goath Ritual, and II. Opposition. The band channels dark, ritualistic extreme metal from the Franconian city.
Goathammered is a Danish black/death metal project formed in 2018, delivering war-metal-adjacent extreme metal with a hammering, bestial approach. The project channels savage aggression through relentless black/death metal.
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