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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)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Goblinsmoker is a sludge/doom metal band from Durham in northeast England, formed in 2018. Their fantasy-referencing name pairs with massive, smoke-heavy sludge doom from the historic university city.
Goch Thezen is a black metal project from Warsaw, formed in 2021. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Polish capital.
God Against Humanity is a black metal and death metal band from Lille, France, formed in 2018, with releases including the Castle of Dust demo (2018) and the full-length The Judgement. Their sound merges the ferocity of death metal with black metal's atmospheric hostility.
Marrero, Louisiana's God Awful channel the Southern bayou's humidity and menace into a death/thrash attack that sounds like it's been marinating in bad intentions since 2010. Their riffs carry both the groove of the Gulf Coast and the violence of classic death-thrash.
God B.C. is a thrash metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of aggressive thrash from the Øresund coast. The project channels relentless thrash energy.
San Antonio's God Butcher combine technical death metal precision with the savagery of grindcore, producing music designed to overwhelm as quickly as possible. Active since 2023, they're among the most ferocious new arrivals in the Texas underground.
God Dam is a sludge metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2012, delivering oppressive, distortion-heavy sludge from the Scandinavian capital for over a decade. The band channels crushing weight and abrasive textures.
God Damn is a heavy metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2015, whose sound has been described by NME as 'Sabbath having a screaming row with Nirvana.' Their catalog includes albums Raw Coward, Everything Ever, and Vultures, blending classic heavy rock with grunge-influenced intensity.
God Delusion is a death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Heidelberg, Germany, formed in 2013, blending aggressive thrash and death metal with metalcore breakdowns. The band operates in the university city's diverse heavy music scene.
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