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Goat Eater is a grindcore band from Novi Sad, Serbia, blasting since 2013. They are part of the Vojvodina capital's active punk and extreme metal underground.
Goat Emperor is a German black metal project formed in 2021, channeling satanic and occult themes through raw black metal. The project operates in the underground reaches of the German black metal scene.
Goat Emperor is a black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, originally formed in 1992 and revived around 2015, centred on the duo of Cesar Severus (vocals, guitar, drums) and Cecilia Katrini (bass/keyboards). Their debut recording Apopantos Kakodaimonos was tracked at Pepe's Studio in August 1993 and stands as one of the earliest entries in the Brazilian bestial black metal canon. The band has remained prolific across subsequent decades, with their 2025 album O Anticristo (Maldição ao Cristianismo) mixed and mastered by Severus at Gruta studio in Rio de Janeiro.
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 Explosion is a heavy/doom/stoner metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2016, combining massive, fuzz-laden riffing with doom and stoner metal grooves. The band brings slow, crushing heaviness to Leipzig's diverse metal and rock scene.
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 ITNOS is a Finnish two-piece black metal band formed in 2018, self-described as 'a mailed fist targeted into the face of conformity and puritanism' with 'no compromises, no false idolatry, no limits.' Their 2018 debut Ignite - Illuminate delivers six tracks of relentless, uncompromising black metal across fifteen minutes.
Goat Kommander was a death/black metal band from São Paulo, active from 2021 until their split-up. They released two recordings: Bestial Torment (April 2021), a five-track slab of chaotic black/death thrash, and Warfare Dynasty (February 2024). Their themes centred on satanism, blasphemy, and nihilism in the tradition of Brazilian bestial metal.
Goat Lord is a black metal band from Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, whose formation date remains undocumented. Their only known recording is the thirteen-track demo In Septem Abruptus Imperations Tenebrae, captured in 1997, which places them within the raw, underground Brazilian black metal scene of that era. The band is independent and has released no material through major labels or distribution channels.
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