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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Godisdead is a four-piece black/thrash metal band from Avignon, France, formed in 2009 around nihilistic lyrical themes and aggressive riffing. They have released three albums including the self-titled debut (2010), II (2012), and JUST...DIE (2015), recorded at La Farinière and mastered at X-pand Sound Mastering.
Godless Agenda is a death/thrash metal band from Oslo, formed in 2019. They deliver aggressive death/thrash from the Norwegian capital.
Godless Crusade is a thrash metal band from Heilbronn, Germany, formed in 2007, delivering loud, aggressive thrash metal for nearly two decades from the Baden-Wurttemberg region. The band brings relentless thrash metal intensity to the Heilbronn scene.
Godlesson is a thrash metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2011, known for their discordant, progressive take on thrash across releases from Fuck, Satan, Hell, Die, Yeah! (2011) through the 2024 single Some Rage. Their sound has been described as weird and discordant prog metal with a thrash foundation.
Godmachine is a death/thrash metal band from Landsberg am Lech, Germany, formed in 2022, delivering aggressive extreme metal from the Bavarian Lechhochland. The band combines death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed.
GodPuppet is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Nordhorn/Lingen area in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015, combining Scandinavian-style melodeath with thrash metal intensity. The band operates near the Dutch border in northwestern Germany.
Santa Fe's Gods of War balance melodic hooks against death metal's heavier instincts, threading cinematic lead work through the kind of rhythmic punishment the genre demands. Active since 2009, they've carved a distinctive niche in the New Mexico scene.
Godsend is a thrash metal band from Geel, Belgium, formed in 2020, delivering aggressive riffing under the Petrichor moniker on Bandcamp. They are a young act building their catalog in the Belgian thrash underground.
Godsin is a thrash metal act from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, launched in 2024. They deliver aggressive riffing rooted in the classic thrash tradition.
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