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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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Godyva is a symphonic gothic metal band from Bari in Puglia, formed in 2014. They blend symphonic orchestration with gothic metal darkness from the capital of Italy's Adriatic south.
GodZero is a thrash/death/doom metal band from Kedainiai in central Lithuania, formed in 2022. They merge three aggressive subgenres from the small Lithuanian city.
Vienna's Godzilla were an 1980s heavy metal outfit who released a self-titled vinyl album in January 1989 on the Metal Enterprises label, featuring anthemic hard rock and heavy metal tracks including We Won't Surrender and Lucifer's Daughter. The band stood among a wave of Austrian heavy metal acts that rose and fell within the late-1980s European scene.
Godzilla on Demand is a doom metal project from Montrose, Scotland, active since 2005 with releases including the Demo of Doom and a self-titled EP. The project channels crushing doom from the Scottish highlands.
Godzillabong is a stoner/doom metal band from Rome, formed in 2019. Their kaiju-cannabis hybrid name captures the colossal, hazy character of their stoner doom from the Italian capital.
Godus is a black metal act from Madrid, Spain, active since 2003, with over two decades of commitment to the genre from the Spanish capital. The band is a veteran presence in Madrid's underground black metal scene.
Goecia is a black/death metal band from Rancagua, O'Higgins, Chile. Their 2020 release "Luxel" was distributed through Black Legion, marking one of their earliest documented recordings in the Chilean underground.
Goethia is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Canet de Mar on the Catalan coast, Spain, formed in 2013, named after the medieval grimoire Ars Goetia. The band channels classic heavy metal with occult undertones from the Mediterranean seaside.
A Washington State act formed in 2023, Goetia take their name from a grimoire of summoned demons and their sound from the punishing school of death metal — still new enough to be hungry, already dark enough to mean it.
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