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Goat Evil are a raw black metal band from Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, formed in 2008 by Vozd Jovan Pogani with lyrical themes centered on satanism and blasphemy. They were active through 2019, returned in 2023, and are affiliated with Krieg Distro & Productions.
Goat Inferno is a raw black metal project from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2013, delivering stripped-down, lo-fi black metal with maximum aggression. The project channels pure, unfiltered black metal savagery from Baden-Wurttemberg's capital.
Goat Sperm is a raw black metal project from Saarbrucken, Germany, formed in 2018, delivering uncompromising, lo-fi black metal with maximum filth and aggression. The project operates at the most primitive end of the German raw black metal underground.
Goataog is a raw black metal project from Manchester, active since 2012. They deliver stripped-down, lo-fi black metal from one of England's most culturally diverse cities.
San Jose's Goatcorpse practice raw black metal in the most literal sense — coarse recordings, stripped-down malice, and an utter disdain for production value. Since 2018, they've kept the genre's ugliest instincts fully intact.
Goatmoon is a raw black metal and folk metal project from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022, blending the stripped-down ferocity of raw black metal with folk metal elements. Their approach fuses lo-fi production with a primal connection to Nordic musical traditions.
Goatness is a raw black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2014 and dealing in the most primitive and hostile strains of black metal. The project channels lo-fi aggression and uncompromising extremity.
Out of Russellville, Alabama, Goatscorge operate at the rawest edges of black/death metal, where production quality is an afterthought and atmosphere is everything. Since 2019, they've served up unfiltered sonic ugliness from deep in the American South.
GoatVomit Voidkvlt is a raw black metal project from Croatia, formed in 2019. Their deliberately extreme name signals the uncompromising lo-fi black metal they channel from the Croatian underground.
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