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Goatburner is a death metal duo from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019, consisting of Kaos on guitar and vocals and Spider on drums, blending death metal with grindcore and powerviolence influences. Their 2023 album FATAL features ten tracks of darkly humorous, accident-themed extreme metal recorded at Kaos's Chaotic Doom Cave Studios.
San Antonio's God Butcher combine technical death metal precision with the savagery of grindcore, producing music designed to overwhelm as quickly as possible. Active since 2023, they're among the most ferocious new arrivals in the Texas underground.
Godhole is a grindcore/black metal/powerviolence band from Edinburgh, formed in 2014. They deliver short, violent bursts of genre-blending extremity from the Scottish capital.
Godkiller is a death metal and grindcore act from Aurich in East Frisia, Germany, active since 1997, delivering nearly three decades of extreme metal from the rural North Sea coast. The project channels death and grind brutality from one of Germany's most remote metal outposts.
Godsfury is a three-piece from Tabor in South Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2016, fusing black metal, grindcore, and crust into short, violent bursts. Their 2016 EP TTST packs four tracks into under seven minutes of chaotic, punk-inflected extreme metal.
Godvomit is a death metal and grindcore project from Finland, formed in 2020, channeling visceral, short-burst extreme metal aggression in the deathgrind tradition. Their sound emphasizes ferocious intensity and concise songwriting across blasting grindcore and crushing death metal passages.
Goo is a grindcore and goregrind band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2025 and delivering chaotic grinding fury from Sweden's metal capital. The project channels the most frenzied impulses of the genre.
Goosefleshed is a Helsinki-based deathgrind duo formed in 2025 by P.M. and D.W., self-described as 'Finnish horrid deathgrind,' targeting fans of early Xysma, early Bolt Thrower, Impetigo, and Pungent Stench. Their debut demo Pissed, Fucked, Slammed delivers four tracks of chaotic, brutal grindcore.
Los Angeles's Goreatorium drag goregrind's grotesque obsessions through death metal's structural framework since 2016 — blastbeats, guttural excess, and a sense of humor about the whole disgusting enterprise.
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