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Gozd is a doom/post-metal band from Wroclaw, formed in 2023. Their name — Polish for 'forest' — signals the nature-oriented atmosphere of their doom and post-metal from the Lower Silesian capital.
Gozer is a death/thrash metal band from Mâcon in the Burgundy region of France, formed in 2020 and delivering punishing crossover fury. Their sound combines the velocity of thrash with the heaviness of death metal in a volatile mix.
Gozer the Traveller is a stoner metal band from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, formed in 2016. Named after the Ghostbusters villain, they deliver heavy, fuzz-laden stoner metal from the Irish countryside.
Gozerk is a death/groove metal band from Aguimes on Gran Canaria, Spain, formed in 2012, combining death metal's heaviness with groove metal's rhythmic punch from the Canary Islands. The band has built over a decade of heavy metal from the volcanic island.
Gozu is a black metal, drone/ambient/noise project from Manchester, active since 2008. They span an unusually wide sonic range from black metal hostility to ambient noise from the Mancunian underground.
Gololedz is a black metal/crust band from Zielona Gora in western Poland, formed in 2022. Their Polish name — meaning 'black ice' — captures the treacherous, cold character of their genre-blending approach from the Lubuskie region.
Graabein is a black/thrash metal band from Stavanger, formed in 2014. Their Norwegian name — meaning 'grey bone' or evoking the grey wolf — signals the feral character of their black/thrash from the Rogaland coast.
Graad is a black metal/ambient/drone project from Bologna, active since 2011. They merge atmospheric black metal with ambient and drone textures from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
Graaf is a heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering traditional heavy metal from the German capital. The band brings classic metal riffing and energy to Berlin's eclectic music landscape.
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