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Galactomyces is a slam and brutal death metal band from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, formed in 2024 and delivering gut-churning brutality from southern Russia. The project merges slam's guttural weight with deathcore breakdowns.
Bratislava gothic/doom/death metal veterans founded in 1995, whose Tolkien-inspired name matches a sound steeped in science fiction, fantasy, and psychedelia. Albums like 'Empire of Emptiness' and 'The Mirror of Ages' established them as pillars of the Slovak metal scene across three decades of activity.
Galar is a black/doom/death metal project from Ireland, active since 2010 and merging three extreme metal genres into a single devastating sonic force. The project explores the darkest intersections of black, doom, and death metal.
Galge is a death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2019, whose name means "gallows" in Danish. The band delivers straightforward death metal from Denmark's second-largest city.
Galgeberg is a death metal/crust band from Oslo, formed in 2025. They merge death metal with crust punk from the Norwegian capital.
Whittier, California's Galicia merge black and death metal into something uncompromising and direct — no atmospheric softening, just raw extremity from a band that formed in 2021.
Galiryon is a melodic death metal band from Lugo in Galicia, Spain, formed in 2016, channeling Scandinavian-style melodeath from the Celtic-influenced northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. The band bridges Galician identity with Swedish melodeath traditions.
GallBladder is a death metal band from Vitória, Espírito Santo, who released their debut full-length "Virus Rotted Minds" on February 14, 2025. The eleven-track album blends death metal with grindcore and hardcore elements, with lyrics examining societal decay, misinformation, and the contradictions of existence in the digital age.
Hailing from the old frontier town of Deadwood, South Dakota, Gallow Cult deal in a corrosive blend of black and death metal built on punishment and atmosphere. Formed in 2017, their music carries the bleak weight of the American frontier filtered through extreme metal's most uncompromising traditions.
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