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Ghoul Patrol is a death metal band from Uusimaa, Finland, active since 2012, delivering horror-themed extreme metal with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. Their catalog reflects the playful grotesquerie common to the death metal underground.
Ghoul'Art is a one-person death metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2024 by a solo musician who handles all vocals, guitars, bass, and drums. The project released its debut EP "Black Lodge" in July 2024 through Dead Icon Productions, drawing its lyrical concept from the TV series Twin Peaks and delivering old-school death metal in the vein of the Swedish HM2 guitar tone. Themes of blasphemy, horror, and supernatural events define the project's sound.
Ghoula is a black/doom metal act listed from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2016, blending the slow-burning weight of doom with black metal's atmospheric darkness. The band operates at the intersection of two of metal's most atmosphere-driven subgenres.
Ghouldozer is a death metal band from Chambéry in the French Alps, formed in 2025, representing a fresh entry in the French death metal underground. Their sound channels raw, aggressive death metal energy from the Alpine region.
Ghoulgash is a death metal/grindcore and electronic band from England, formed in 2021. They blend the violence of grindcore with electronic elements, creating an unusual hybrid from the English underground.
San Diego's Ghoulgotha have been tunneling through the earth's dark layers with death/doom metal since 2015, their cavernous sound drawing on the city's deep underground tradition to produce something ancient, doomed, and fully subterranean.
Ghoulhouse is a Swedish death metal band active since 2018, channeling horror-themed death metal with macabre intensity. The project delivers classic death metal from the homeland of the genre.
Ghouli is a doom metal project from Finland, formed in 2018, exploring the genre's slow, crushing weight through sparse and heavy compositions. Their approach leans into doom metal's most minimal and oppressive tendencies.
Michigan City, Indiana's Ghoulish Grin surfaced in 2024 with a black/death metal attack that wears its malice openly — primitive, lurching, and lit from within by the kind of necromantic enthusiasm that makes new death metal worth paying attention to.
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