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Fresh out of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, G.R.U.M. launched in 2023 with a vicious blend of death metal and goregrind. Short, brutal, and utterly remorseless.
G.T.I. is a death metal and grindcore band from Nantes, France, formed in 2022, channeling fast, aggressive extreme metal with a punk-infused ethos. Their sound blends deathgrind's brutality with the raw, unpolished energy of the underground.
G.Z.P is a goregrind duo from Marne La Vallée near Paris, France, formed in 2018, consisting of Ré on guitar, bass, and vocals and Loïc on drums. Their 2021 album Brain Bucket features thirteen tracks of extreme goregrind with guest vocalists from Brutal Sphincter, Pendrak, and Holy Cost.
Gabriel is a death/groove metal act from Wurzburg, Germany, combining the heaviness of death metal with the rhythmic punch of groove metal. The band contributes to the Franconian region's active metal underground.
Gaf is a grindcore and death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2008, blending grindcore's short-burst aggression with punk energy across releases like Mongofied (2008), Cultivate Disdain (2010), and Gore 'n' Feast (2015). Their sound is fast, filthy, and uncompromising, with an Entombed cover on their latest record nodding to Swedish death metal roots.
Sugar Land, Texas's Gaius hit the ground running in 2020 with a sound that fuses brutal death metal's heaviness with grindcore's velocity — short songs, enormous riffs, and absolutely no mercy.
Springfield, Missouri's Galactic Massacre have been dealing in no-frills death metal since 2018, channeling outer-space dread into relentless, down-tuned brutality.
Toledo, Ohio's Galactic Mechanics have spent over a decade — since 2011 — constructing progressive death metal that rewards careful listening, mixing technical intricacy with the raw force of extreme metal.
Baltimore's Galactic Skyfather have been refining a hybrid of melodic death and power metal since 2017, wielding soaring melodies with enough aggression to keep things from ever getting comfortable.
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