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New Jersey's Goat Piss deal in blackened death metal with a distinctly caustic personality — venomous, lo-fi, and deeply unconcerned with polish. Since 2021, they've channeled pure contempt into a reliably ferocious output.
Goat Prayers is a melodic black metal band from Sorocaba, São Paulo, with roots stretching back to 1992 under the name Hell Desecrater before adopting their current name around 1994. After decades in the Brazilian underground — including splits with Dethroned Christ (1997) and Lost Graveyard (2004) — the band released their long-awaited debut full-length Awake in the Mystic Landscape in October 2022 via Hammer of Damnation. Their sound incorporates organs, synths, and flutes alongside black metal aggression, with themes of blasphemy and satanism.
Goat Rider is a doom metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2020, dealing in slow, crushing doom from the Saxon musical capital. The band channels the heaviest, most deliberate end of the metal spectrum.
Goat Riders in the Sky is a doom and stoner metal band from Chambéry in the French Alps, formed in 2012, delivering fuzz-laden, heavy riffing with a nod to the wide-open atmosphere implied by their name. Their sound channels slow, crushing grooves and psychedelic haze.
Goat River is a doom and stoner metal band from Toulouse, France, active since 2009, delivering heavy, low-tuned riffs from the heart of southwestern France. Their catalog includes self-titled releases and a split with Dispenser.
Goat Sabbath is a death/black metal act from Halle an der Saale, Germany, formed in 2020, blending death metal's brutality with black metal's atmospheric darkness. The band takes their name from the legendary witches' sabbath, reflecting occult themes.
Goat Serpent is a death metal band from Lieksa in eastern Finland, formed in 2025, bringing aggressive extreme metal from one of the country's more remote and forested regions. Their sound channels the raw, primal energy that characterizes Finland's deep underground death metal scene.
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.
Utah's Goat Surgeon have been practicing a methodical strain of death metal since 2017, dissecting their subject matter with surgical precision and zero mercy. Their craft rewards listeners who can stomach the procedure.
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