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Gamma Tauri Spawn is a technical brutal death metal quartet from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2023, whose lyrical themes draw on Sumerian mythology and H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror. Their 2023 debut EP Vicious Gods Below features six tracks produced and mastered by Fernando Roma, citing influences from Behemoth and Nile.
Gammoth is a death metal band from Leme, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in the early 2000s. The band released the album Blunt Force Trauma in 2005 and later recorded Obliterate at MixMusic Estúdio in Amparo, SP during 2015 and 2016. The band has been on hold since 2017.
Providence, Rhode Island's Gamohra splice melodic death metal's harmonic intelligence into a thrash metal framework built for velocity and brutality. Since 2015, they've been one of the more technically ambitious acts working out of the New England underground.
Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Houston.
Houston's Ganglion combine death metal's visceral weight with grindcore's frantic tempo and brevity, carving out a space in one of Texas's most active extreme metal cities. Since 2013, they've been a caustic fixture in the Houston underground.
New Jersey's Gangora have been grinding out a caustic death/grind hybrid from East Brunswick since 2020, leaning into the genre's most abrasive tendencies with clear enthusiasm. Short, sharp, and ugly in all the right ways.
Gangrena are a death metal band from Chillán, Ñuble, Chile, formed in 2005 and affiliated with Australis Records. Their 2020 album "Oscuro Tormento," described by the band as their fourth full-length and brutal from start to finish, cemented their standing as one of the more enduring acts in the Chilean provincial death metal underground.
Gangrenectomy is a slam/brutal death metal band from Catania, Sicily, formed in 2017. They deliver the guttural heaviness of slam death metal from the foot of Mount Etna.
Gangrenomity is a brutal death metal act from Bellinzona in the Italian-speaking Ticino region of Switzerland, formed in 2014 with members from Insomnia Isterica. Their 2014 demo was a raw, DIY recording with drums captured in a single take and no triggers, yielding three tracks of slamming brutality.
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