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AntiFragile (2025)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Sugar Land, Texas's Gaius hit the ground running in 2020 with a sound that fuses brutal death metal's heaviness with grindcore's velocity — short songs, enormous riffs, and absolutely no mercy.
An Ohio goregrind act operating in the shadows since 2018, Gaki specialize in the kind of extreme, lo-fi grotesquerie that's as much about shock and confrontation as it is about speed.
Gaktungar is a black metal band from Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, active since 2012 and forging extreme metal at the edge of the Pacific. The project channels the isolation and harshness of Russia's easternmost major city.
Tacoma, Washington's Galactic Black blend progressive ambition with the tar-thick weight of sludge metal, a combination that suggests vast, dissonant landscapes rather than earthbound riffage. Formed in 2022.
Galactic Cannibalism is a one-man cosmic black metal project from Seinäjoki, Finland, created by Henrik Pouttu, who handles all composition, performance, and artwork. The 2023 debut Planet Eater is a sci-fi concept album exploring themes of time, isolation, and cosmic horror across ten tracks of atmospheric and progressive black metal.
Major progressive metal act from Houston. Multiple albums on Metal Blade and DGC Records.
Frederick, Maryland's Galactic Cross have been burning slow and heavy since 2020, merging the fuzzed-out psychedelia of stoner metal with sludge's confrontational, bottom-heavy grind.
Galactic Empire is a metal band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania that reinterprets John Williams' iconic Star Wars scores as face-melting guitar-driven heavy metal. The band performs in full Star Wars costume, with members adopting personas like Darth Vader and Shadow Ranger, turning concert halls into celebrations of the franchise. Their meticulous arrangements on 'Galactic Empire' and 'Special Edition' prove that Williams' compositions translate remarkably well into crushing metal riffs and soaring harmonies.
Pittsburgh's Galactic Jihad launched in 2024 with a stoner metal approach that favors cosmic riff worship and heavy-lidded grooves — the kind of music that sounds better at maximum volume.
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