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Boise, Idaho's Goathorn arrived in 2024 with black/death metal forged in the frigid isolation of the inland northwest. Their approach is fierce and unadorned, channeling elemental hostility into compact, punishing compositions.
Goathorns is a death metal band from Kwidzyn in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, formed in 2014. They deliver death metal from the former Teutonic Knights stronghold in northern Poland.
Goatkraft is a black/death metal band from Bergen, formed in 2017. They merge black and death metal traditions from Norway's western capital.
Goatkrieg is a black/death metal project from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2024, whose name fuses goat imagery with the German word for war. The project delivers war-metal-inflected black/death metal from the Rhineland.
Goatmilker is a death metal band from Deest, formed in 2015. They deliver death metal from the small Gelderland village.
Goatpenis was a war metal band from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, originally formed in 1991 and known for a brutal sound rooted in black and death metal with themes of anti-humanity, war, and chaos. Over a career spanning more than three decades, the band released albums including "Inhumanization" (2004), "Biochemterrorism" (2010), and "Apocalypse War" (2016) before ceasing all activities in 2024 following the death of member Virrugus Apocalli.
Goatplasma is a black/death metal project from Poland, formed in 2025. They deliver raw extreme metal from the Polish underground.
Goatpreacher is a black/death metal band from Astrakhan, Russia, active since 2015 and merging black metal's atmospheric darkness with death metal's crushing brutality from the Caspian coast. The project delivers fierce extremity from southern Russia.
Goatpuncher is a melodic death metal band from Lincoln, formed in 2017. Their irreverently goat-themed name contrasts with the melodic precision of their death metal from the Lincolnshire cathedral city.
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