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Goatslave is a black metal band from Morlaix in Brittany, France, formed in 2010, channeling raw, aggressive black metal from the rugged Atlantic coast of northwestern France. Their sound embraces the lo-fi, primitive intensity of underground black metal.
Goatsmegma is a black/death metal act from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2019, delivering extreme metal from the Baltic capital. The band channels bestial black/death metal with provocative aesthetics.
New York's Goatsmoke traffic in the hazy, bone-heavy intersection of stoner and doom, where riffs unspool slowly and the fuzz never fully dissipates. Formed in 2022, they've already developed a sound that feels comfortably lived-in and oppressively thick.
Goatsmoker is a stoner/doom metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022, dealing in heavy, fuzz-laden doom grooves from the Danish capital. The band brings slow-burning, riff-worshipping heaviness to the Copenhagen scene.
Goatspell is a black metal, speed metal, and thrash band from Rouen, Normandy, France, formed in 2015, self-described as 'Black Metal from Normandy.' Their 2018 LP Ascension of the Drakonian Beast was recorded at Château Vergogne and released on Impious Desecration Records, following earlier releases Esoterrorism and Alchemy of Terror (both 2015).
Goatstare is a black/death metal act from Berlin, Germany, active since 1999, making them one of the longer-running extreme metal acts in the capital. The project has been channeling bestial black/death metal for over a quarter century.
Goatthornsskullbonechrusher is a death metal project from Ottweiler in Saarland, Germany, formed in 2021, whose deliberately excessive name signals a tongue-in-cheek approach to extreme metal. The project channels death metal brutality from the small-town Saarland underground.
Goatthroat is a black/death metal act operating between Saarland and Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2015, delivering savage extreme metal that bridges two German regions. The project combines black metal's atmospheric darkness with death metal's guttural heaviness.
GoatVomit Voidkvlt is a raw black metal project from Croatia, formed in 2019. Their deliberately extreme name signals the uncompromising lo-fi black metal they channel from the Croatian underground.
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