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Named after a three-headed kaiju, Merced's Gidorah bring a corresponding multi-pronged assault of death metal brutality, groove-driven rhythm, and metalcore intensity. Their music hits like a creature that attacks from every direction at once.
Gimcrack is a groove metal and hardcore band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2013, delivering heavy, rhythmic metal from Germany's Baltic coast. The band combines groove metal's percussive riffing with hardcore punk's raw energy.
Sacramento's Girth have been pounding out thick-necked thrash and groove metal since 2005, favoring riffs with mass and swing over flashy technique. They're a blue-collar band in the best sense — no frills, all force.
Connecticut's Glass Divide brings groove metal's locked-in chug and metalcore's emotional intensity together in a combination that hits hard and keeps moving. The Shelton outfit has been sharpening this dual-edged attack since 2017.
Indianapolis's Global Plague works the space between progressive metalcore's technical reach and groove metal's locking-in low end, building music with enough structural interest to reward repeat listens and enough blunt force to satisfy immediately. Active since 2020.
Glum is a groove/thrash metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2007, combining groove metal's heavy rhythmic assault with thrash metal's speed. The band has built nearly two decades of activity from Hans Christian Andersen's hometown.
California's Goathead blend groove metal's mid-tempo stomp with thrash's riff-driven energy and classic heavy metal hooks, resulting in music built for fists-in-the-air catharsis. Formed in 2020, they have a knack for making heaviness feel effortless.
Goatizm is a stoner/groove metal band from Deest in Gelderland, formed in 2024. They deliver heavy, groove-driven stoner metal from the eastern Dutch river country.
Goats Rising is a melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, active since 2009, self-describing their genre as "Ambient Goat Metal" blending various heavy subgenres. Their catalog includes Rise of the Monkeygoat (2012), Necrogoaticon (2015) on Kernkraftritter Records, and Asche (2019).
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