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Gargantua is a death metal and progressive metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2016, combining technical prowess with extreme metal aggression. Named after Rabelais' literary giant, their sound reflects an ambitious French approach to progressive death metal.
Springfield, Illinois outfit Gargantuan merges the atmosphere of black metal with the pummeling density of death metal into a sound that's as expansive as its name implies. Since 2019 they've built a reputation in the Illinois underground for uncompromising extremity.
Santa Cruz, California's Gargantula has been spinning its web since 2015, weaving together progressive, stoner, doom, and death metal into something strange and sprawling. Their compositions wander freely across tempos and moods, held together by a psychedelic, spidery sensibility.
Gargleguts is a slam/brutal death metal/goregrind project from the United Kingdom, formed in 2023. Their deliberately grotesque name signals the visceral extremity of their slam and goregrind approach.
Gargor is a four-piece death/thrash unit from Brussels who emerged in 2022 and have quickly built a catalog with the releases Atrox (2022), Immolate (2023), and Dance of Death (2024). Their music centers on apocalyptic and survival-themed subject matter delivered through tight, riff-driven death-thrash.
Gargouyllas is a thrash and technical death metal band from Tours, France, formed in 2006, worshipping Death, Testament, Decapitated, Suffocation, and Pantera. Their catalog spans from the 2009 demo Land of the Extremos through The Ocean of Perdition and Decadence EP (2012) to remastered material in 2022.
Elizabeth, New Jersey thrash act Gargoyle channels the caustic energy of classic speed and thrash metal into a punishing and direct style. Formed in 2021, they keep the attack sharp and the tempo aggressive.
Gargul is a black/death metal project from Coimbra, Portugal, formed in 2024 and merging black metal's atmospheric intensity with death metal's brutality from this historic university city. The project adds to Portugal's growing extreme metal scene.
Gargullas is a death metal band from São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 before splitting up in 1998. The band released the EP Secrets of Eternity in 1993 and issued a self-released 7" in November 1992. Members included vocalist Rogério Ribeiro, guitarists Alexandre and Emerson Poletti, bassist Fernanda, and drummer Cristiano Delboni.
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