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Görgar is a heavy metal band formed in Bilbao, Basque Country, in early 2023, promising 'Sorcery, Epicness & Thunder' through their blend of classic and contemporary heavy metal. Their 2025 singles Nine Lives Stealer and Overlord position them in the traditional and power metal space with epic storytelling.
Gotterdammerung is a thrash metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, active since 1994, making them one of the longer-running metal acts in the Moravian capital. Named after Wagner's operatic finale, the band has built three decades of Czech thrash metal history.
Gotterfunke is a German heavy metal band formed in 2018, whose name translates to "divine spark" and references Schiller's Ode to Joy. The band delivers traditional heavy metal with a Germanic character.
Goatfuck is a blackened death metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, active since 2012. They deliver uncompromising blackened death metal from the Sardinian capital.
Gulguta is a blackened death metal and grindcore project from Fribourg, Switzerland, active since 2013, whose catalog spans four releases from the self-titled debut through albums II, III, and Andzia. The project evolved from pure grindcore origins into a more layered blackened death metal/grindcore hybrid.
Güdenläwd is a heavy and stoner metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2006. The band has released the album Good And Loud and contributed to a Circus of Power tribute release, maintaining an independent presence on Bandcamp.
Gughill Blast is a melodic metalcore and deathcore band from Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2017, combining melodic hooks with crushing breakdowns. The band brings modern extreme metal to the eastern German scene.
Istanbul folk metal act founded in 2006, whose Turkish name means 'mace' and whose early EP wove heroic folk metal with Turkish and oriental musical flavors alongside lyrics about Turkic paganism and Inner Asian myths. The band later evolved into the project Khepra, carrying forward their fusion of heavy metal and Anatolian heritage.
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