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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Goatpsalm is a Russian project that evolved from industrial/noise/ambient origins in 2012 into funeral doom metal territory, tracing an arc from experimental noise to crushing heaviness. The project's genre evolution reflects an adventurous creative spirit.
Goatpuncher is a melodic death metal band from Lincoln, formed in 2017. Their irreverently goat-themed name contrasts with the melodic precision of their death metal from the Lincolnshire cathedral city.
Goatreich is a Swedish black/death metal project active since 2020, merging black metal's corrosive atmosphere with death metal's crushing weight. The project delivers fierce extremity.
Goatroach is a doom and sludge metal band from Kuopio, Finland, active since 2019, with a growing catalog including Demo '19, Plagueborn, Unified in Ash, and Satanic Decay. Their sound merges doom's crushing weight with sludge metal's abrasive filth across increasingly refined releases.
Goatrocity is a black/thrash metal band from Brașov, Romania, unleashed in 2024. Hailing from the Transylvanian city at the foot of the Carpathians, they deliver savage blackened thrash.
Goatron is a gothic and heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2018, merging gothic metal's dark atmospheres and dramatic flair with traditional heavy metal's riff-driven power. Their sound occupies the moody intersection of gothic melancholy and metallic heaviness.
Goats of Doom is a black metal band from Nivala, Finland, formed in 2017, with an extensive discography including Alla Kirkkaimman Tähden, Tie on Hänen Omilleen, INRI, Shiva, and a split with Iku-Turso. Their Finnish-language titles and prolific output reflect a deep commitment to atmospheric, spiritually charged black metal.
Goats of Purgatory is a heavy metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2022, delivering traditional heavy metal from the Rhineland's largest city. The band channels classic metal riffing with a purgatorial thematic lens.
Goats Rising is a melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, active since 2009, self-describing their genre as "Ambient Goat Metal" blending various heavy subgenres. Their catalog includes Rise of the Monkeygoat (2012), Necrogoaticon (2015) on Kernkraftritter Records, and Asche (2019).
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