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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Gennoma is a progressive metalcore and groove metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2013 and combining progressive complexity with metalcore dynamics and groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers technically proficient, accessible heaviness.
Genus Ordinis Dei is a symphonic death/groove metal/metalcore band from Crema in the Cremona province, formed in 2016. They blend symphonic grandeur with modern extreme metal from the Lombard plains.
Bay Area band Geryon blends melodic death metal's emotive sweep with metalcore's rhythmic punch, crafting songs that hit hard while still leaving room for melody. They've been honing their hybrid sound in California since 2013.
Ghost Guard is a deathcore and metalcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2023, blending the brutality of death metal with the rhythmic breakdowns and intensity of metalcore. Their sound reflects the modern extreme metal crossover between deathcore's punishing heaviness and metalcore's dynamic structures.
Greensboro's Ghost in the Ruins are a 2022-formed metalcore band mining the emotional wreckage of a genre that specializes in it — tight, punishing breakdowns anchored by melodic passages that underscore a sense of desolate aftermath.
Lynchburg, Virginia's Ghost of a Fallen Age have been a fixture of the regional metalcore scene since 2007, building a catalog on thick, bruising riffs and the genre's characteristic push-pull of melody and aggression. Longevity in a brutal genre is its own credential.
San Francisco's Ghost of Winchester bring West Coast metalcore to a city better known for thrash and hardcore, their 2021 formation part of a broader resurgence of the genre on the Bay Area's crowded heavy scene. Tight, punishing, and melodically aware.
Ghosts of Atlantis is an extreme symphonic metal/metalcore band from Ipswich in Suffolk, formed in 2020. They merge symphonic grandeur with extreme metal intensity from the East Anglian county town.
Ghosts of the Void is a metalcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019, blending metalcore, thrash, and melodic death metal across their 2019 debut Against the Tide. The five-track release delivers concise, hard-hitting compositions exploring themes of resistance and perseverance.
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