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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.
Queensbury, New York's Girthquake channel death and thrash metal into a sound that's simultaneously old-school in its riff vocabulary and aggressive in its forward momentum. One of three unrelated bands sharing this name, they hold their own on the strength of pure speed and spite.
Giuda is a thrash metal/crossover/crust punk band from Italy, active since 2010. They deliver aggressive crossover thrash with crust punk energy.
Iowa City's Giving Up have been delivering crossover thrash with genuine punk conviction since 2007, blending the speed and riff-craft of thrash with the urgent, stripped-down energy of hardcore. The name sounds defeatist; the music sounds anything but.
Glacial Fear is a technical death/thrash metal band from Catanzaro in Calabria, active since 1993. Over three decades from southern Italy, they have established themselves as one of the country's most enduring technical extreme metal acts.
Portland, Oregon's Glacier revive the classic traditions of heavy and power metal with a reverence for melody, soaring vocals, and anthemic songwriting that feels earnest rather than nostalgic. Active since 2013, they're a bright light in the Pacific Northwest's heavier underground.
Oakland's Glacier Eater came out swinging in 2015 with melodic thrash built for the Bay Area blacktop — tight, aggressive, and shot through with lead guitar hooks that cut clean through the speed. They share a lineage with the thrash giants who built the scene around them.
Glaciers of Ice is a black/thrash metal band from London, formed in 2021. They merge the frozen hostility of black metal with thrash metal's velocity from the British capital.
Gladiator is a thrash metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally formed in the late 1980s and regarded as one of the pioneers of the genre in their region. The band's first full-length album, "Dreadful Dreams," was recorded at Signus Studio in Porto Alegre and released in 1992 on Whiplash Records, later reissued in a remastered edition on Rising Records. The band reformed in 2010 and has continued to be active within the Brazilian thrash metal scene.
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