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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Gurthang is a black metal act from Mechelen, Belgium, formed in 2011, named after the cursed sword from Tolkien's Silmarillion. Their sound channels atmospheric black metal with depressive undercurrents, fitting the tradition of narrative-driven European black metal.
Gus G. is a heavy metal/hard rock/shred solo artist from Thessaloniki, internationally renowned as the guitarist of Firewind and former touring guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. His solo work showcases blistering guitar virtuosity across heavy metal and hard rock from one of Greece's most famous metal exports.
Gush is a heavy/thrash metal band from Częstochowa, Poland, formed in 2022 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven metal from this significant pilgrimage city in southern Poland. The project channels classic thrash and heavy metal intensity.
Gust in Grief is a funeral doom/death metal band from Zhukovsky near Moscow, Russia, active since 2012 and delivering glacially slow, suffocating heaviness. Over a decade of activity reflects a commitment to the most oppressive tempos in extreme metal.
Death metal act from Ostersund in northern Sweden, active since 2017 and bringing brutality from the frozen reaches of Jamtland. Their punishing sound channels the harsh northern Swedish landscape through old-school death metal aggression.
Gutalax is a goregrind band from Kremze, Czech Republic, formed in 2009, who have become one of the genre's most internationally active touring acts with appearances at Wacken Open Air, Impericon Festival, and Rockstadt Extreme Fest. Their scatologically themed catalog includes Shit Beast, Shitbusters, Shitpendables, and Shit Evolution, plus a split with Spasm.
Istanbul slam and brutal death metal three-piece formed in 2011, whose mid-paced slamming style on releases like 'The Reign of Pure Madness and Contagious Perversion' and 'Guttural Carnival' draws comparisons to Katalepsy and Abominable Putridity. Their dueling guttural vocalists deliver a relentless wall of low-end punishment.
Gutfuck is a brutal death metal band from Ulm, Germany, formed in 2023, dealing in the most savage end of the death metal spectrum. The project channels punishing brutality from the Swabian Danube city.
Gutha is a raw black metal project from Lecce in Puglia, active since 2005. Two decades of raw black metal from the Baroque capital of the Salento make them one of southern Italy's most enduring extreme acts.
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