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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Goytaca is a thrash metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2015, named after an indigenous Brazilian people. The band brings South American-influenced thrash aggression to the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area.
Gozer is a death/thrash metal band from Mâcon in the Burgundy region of France, formed in 2020 and delivering punishing crossover fury. Their sound combines the velocity of thrash with the heaviness of death metal in a volatile mix.
Graabein is a black/thrash metal band from Stavanger, formed in 2014. Their Norwegian name — meaning 'grey bone' or evoking the grey wolf — signals the feral character of their black/thrash from the Rogaland coast.
Graal is a thrash metal band from Rome, formed in 2020. Named after the Holy Grail, they deliver thrash metal from the Italian capital.
Grad is a groove/thrash metal band from Tychy in Upper Silesia, active since 2004. Over two decades of rhythmically charged metal from the Silesian industrial belt.
Granator is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2011, combining thrash metal's speed and precision with hardcore's raw intensity. The band has maintained over a decade of activity in the Hessian metal scene.
Grand Illusion is a black/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2018 and blending black metal's darkness with thrash's velocity from the Swedish capital. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Grand Master Krang is a crossover thrash band from Angers, France, formed in late 2017 and fueled by 1980s and 1990s thrash metal and hardcore punk with a pop culture edge. Their 2025 self-titled full-length and earlier EP deliver energetic, riff-driven fury inspired by the Foot Clan and martial arts culture.
Tampa's Grand Vulcanus carry the torch of Florida thrash with a fiery intensity that suits their volcanic name. Formed in 2021, they've tapped directly into the city's storied extreme metal heritage and weaponized it into shredding, sharp-edged aggression.
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