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Gavelkind is a doom/death metal band from Durham in northeast England, formed in 2025. Named after the medieval system of land inheritance, they bring historically informed doom/death to the university city.
Gavvakh is a melodic death/thrash/black metal band from Tver, Russia, formed in 2025 and blending three extreme metal genres into a versatile assault. The project channels multi-faceted aggression from central Russia.
Uzhhorod death metal and grindcore act active since 2009, named after a Soviet military truck and delivering grinding extremity from Ukraine's far western border region. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal brutality with grindcore velocity.
Death metal and grindcore act from Banska Bystrica in central Slovakia, active since 2015 and delivering grinding extremity. Their rapid-fire assault combines the brutality of death metal with grindcore's relentless velocity.
Out of Pomeroy, Ohio, Geezus came out swinging in 2019 with a death/thrash hybrid that favors blunt-force riffing over technicality. Gritty, no-frills, and delivered with genuine menace.
Gefrierbrand is a death/thrash metal five-piece from Pforzheim, Germany, formed in 2012, whose track Nekromantik showcases their extreme metal approach combining black and death metal elements. The band features a dual-guitar lineup with members Herr S., Simon, Frosch, Torsten, and Jansen.
One of the longer-running acts in American black metal and hardcore crossover territory, Reno's Gehenna has been active since 1997 and forged a sound that treats both genres as equals. Confrontational, uncompromising, and built to last.
Salix, Pennsylvania's Gehenna have been grinding out death metal since 1997, making them one of the more quietly tenacious acts in the genre. Their longevity speaks to a dedication to craft that has little interest in trends.
Gehtika is a black/death metal band from Coventry in the West Midlands, formed in 2013. They merge black and death metal from the historic Warwickshire city in the heart of England.
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