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Godswill is an atmospheric doom/death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2012 and blending doom's crushing weight with death metal's ferocity and atmospheric grandeur. Over a decade of activity reflects a deep commitment to emotionally heavy music.
Godthrymm is a five-piece epic doom metal band from Halifax, Yorkshire, featuring guitarist and vocalist Hamish Glencross alongside drummer Shaun Taylor-Steels, signed to Profound Lore Records. Their releases including Reflections, Distortions, and The Vastness Silent deliver towering, keyboard-enriched doom with dual vocal interplay.
Godtoth is a black/death metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2013 as a project involving members of established Brazilian acts including Omfalos, Facada, and Monge. The band's debut album, Satanic Holocaust, was released in July 2013 and recorded at Less Than Zero Studio, featuring a lineup credited under pseudonyms including Z. Misanthrope on vocals and D.D. Loco on drums.
Godvlad is a Portuguese band from Aveiro blending death metal, gothic metal, and melodic death metal since 2011. Their multi-genre approach creates a darkly atmospheric yet heavy sound.
Godvomit is a death metal and grindcore project from Finland, formed in 2020, channeling visceral, short-burst extreme metal aggression in the deathgrind tradition. Their sound emphasizes ferocious intensity and concise songwriting across blasting grindcore and crushing death metal passages.
Godwatt is a stoner/doom metal band from Frosinone in Lazio, formed in 2022. They deliver riff-heavy stoner doom from the southern Lazio city.
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.
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