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Ghastly is a death metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2017, emerging from the prolific Finnish death metal scene that has produced acts like Demigod, Convulse, and Demilich. Their sound taps into Finland's tradition of dark, atmospheric death metal.
A death metal act out of Dexter, Michigan, Ghastly Act is among the newer arrivals on the underground circuit, having formed in 2025. Their name promises something unpleasant, and their approach to old-school death metal delivers on it.
One of the more weathered acts in this collection, Ghastly Secret has been operating out of Minocqua, Wisconsin since 1996, working a heavy/black/death metal hybrid that carries decades of underground conviction. Longevity in a small Wisconsin town says everything about their dedication.
Taking its name from one of H.P. Lovecraft's most obscure deities, New York's Ghatanothoa blends dungeon synth and dark ambient with black metal, conjuring something genuinely arcane. Formed in 2021, they sit at the spectral edge of the black metal underground.
Ghathanothoa is a sludge/doom metal band from Turin, formed in 2016. Named after the Lovecraftian deity whose visage petrifies all who behold it, they deliver crushing sludge doom from the Piedmontese capital.
San Angelo, Texas deathcore and death metal act Ghaul applies the genre's slammed grooves and blast-heavy assault to a West Texas context — isolation, aggression, and brutality in equal measure. They've been carving out their niche since 2018.
Ghazghkull is a black metal project from Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2023, named after the Warhammer 40,000 Ork warlord. The project channels war-obsessed black metal with a sci-fi fantasy edge.
Philadelphia's Ghazi has been at it since 2008, delivering straightforward death metal with the tenacity of a band that has outlasted most of its contemporaries. Their durability speaks to a raw, honest commitment to the music.
Ghede is a sludge metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2011, named after the voodoo spirits of death in Haitian tradition. The band has maintained over a decade of oppressive sludge from the Catalan capital.
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