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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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God Syndrome is a melodic death metal band from Samara, Russia, active since 2013 and delivering Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from the Volga region. Over a decade of activity reflects a dedicated approach to the genre.
GOD The Barbarian Horde is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Iași, Romania, active since 1997. Blending death, doom, folk, and gothic metal, they are among the longest-running acts in Romania's eastern Moldavian metal scene.
God.Fear.None is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Athens, active since 2005. Two decades of melodic death metal from the Greek capital make them one of the most enduring acts in the Hellenic extreme underground.
Godagainst are a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2006 by guitarist José Luis González, playing technically demanding death metal with anti-religious lyrical themes. The band released "Supreme Khalkulus of Tribulation" (2011) and "Summoning Chaotic Annihilation" (2019) through Australis Records, with the latter further developing the band's dense, fast-paced approach honed over more than a decade on the Chilean extreme metal circuit.
Godark is a melodic death metal band from Penafiel, Portugal, active since 2014 and delivering Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from northern Portugal. The project channels melodic aggression and technical precision.
Godblender is a death metal band from Härnösand, Sweden, formed in 2021 and delivering crushing death metal from the Ångermanland coast of northern Sweden. The project channels extremity from the Gulf of Bothnia.
Godbotherer is a groove/death metal band from Preston in Lancashire, formed in 2015. Their irreverent name — British slang for a religious proselytizer — matches their confrontational groove/death metal from the North West.
Godcomplex is a death/black/thrash metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2015, delivering a three-pronged attack of extreme metal subgenres from the Rhine-Ruhr area. The band combines the speed of thrash, the darkness of black metal, and the brutality of death metal.
Goddefied is a death metal band from Karlskoga, Sweden, active since 2020 and forging brutal death metal from this former munitions town in central Sweden. The project channels industrial-strength extremity.
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