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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Devastating Brutal Death Metal from Corpus Christi.
Grotesque Hysterectomy is a death metal band from Bergen, active since 2007. Their medically graphic name and nearly two decades of output from western Norway's capital make them a long-running fixture in the Bergen underground.
Grotesque Impalement is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2018, dealing in the most extreme end of the Baden death metal scene. The band delivers relentless, gory brutality from the gateway to the Black Forest.
Symphonic black metal act from Uzhhorod in western Ukraine, active since 2011 and blending orchestral grandeur with extreme metal ferocity from the foot of the Carpathians. Their cinematic approach channels the drama and darkness of symphonic black metal's most ambitious expressions.
Grotesque Suturation is a death metal band from Viareggio on the Tuscan coast, formed in 2021. Their medical-derived name signals the clinical character of their death metal from the Versilia seaside.
Grotesquerie is an international death metal and goregrind trio split between Lausanne, Switzerland and Brisbane, Australia, formed in 2022. Their debut Composted Beyond Recognition (2022) was followed by the 2025 EP Uninhabited Plane, which was recorded at DTR Studio in Switzerland and mastered at Earhammer Studio in Oakland.
Groth is a stoner/groove metal band from Gdańsk, Poland, active since 2019 and delivering heavy, groove-laden riffs from the Baltic port city. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal through a stoner haze.
Grotium is a heavy/thrash metal band from Sliema, Malta, formed in 2018. They deliver classic thrash and heavy metal from the small Mediterranean island.
Grotkh is a Russian atmospheric black metal and ambient project formed in 2026, blending ethereal ambient textures with the cold intensity of atmospheric black metal. The project creates immersive sonic landscapes.
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