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Goretrust is a death metal band from Budapest, formed in 2021. They channel old-school death metal from the Hungarian capital.
Gorevenge is a melodic black/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and blending melodic sensibilities with the ferocity of black and death metal. The project delivers a decade of extreme metal from the Russian capital.
Gorezone is a brutal death metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2003, delivering over two decades of punishing death metal from Lower Saxony. The band is a longstanding fixture of the northwestern German extreme metal scene.
Connecticut's Gorge have been filling the space between doom and sludge with dense, slow-rolling heaviness since 2015 — Simsbury's contribution to a tradition of New England bands that take the heavy in heavy metal seriously.
Sonoma, California's Gorge blend death metal's mordant aggression with doom's unhurried pace since 2015, cultivating an atmosphere of rot and weight amid the wine country's rolling hills. The contrast feels entirely intentional.
Gorge of IX is a melodic death metal band from Petrozavodsk, Russia, active since 2015 and channeling Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from the shores of Lake Onega in Karelia. The project draws from the region's natural beauty and harshness.
Gorged Bile is a brutal death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2012 and delivering over a decade of guttural brutality from the Russian capital. The project channels the most extreme forms of death metal.
Gorgon Vomit is a death metal band from London, formed in 2022. Their deliberately repulsive name matches the raw aggression of their London-based death metal.
Gorgonaut is a death metal band from Borlänge, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering crushing death metal from the Dalarna region. The project channels the genre's most punishing traditions.
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