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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Goatfather is a death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015, delivering straightforward, riff-driven death metal from the German capital. The band has been an active presence in Berlin's thriving extreme metal scene for a decade.
Goatguts is a death metal band from Pori, Finland, active since 1998, representing one of the longer-running acts in the city's extreme metal scene. Their sound draws on the Finnish tradition of dense, murky death metal with a raw, uncompromising edge.
Goath is a black/death metal act from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2016, self-described as "shaped by the unlight" with releases including a demo, Luciferian Goath Ritual, and II. Opposition. The band channels dark, ritualistic extreme metal from the Franconian city.
Goathammered is a Danish black/death metal project formed in 2018, delivering war-metal-adjacent extreme metal with a hammering, bestial approach. The project channels savage aggression through relentless black/death metal.
Goathorns is a death metal band from Kwidzyn in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, formed in 2014. They deliver death metal from the former Teutonic Knights stronghold in northern Poland.
Goatkraft is a black/death metal band from Bergen, formed in 2017. They merge black and death metal traditions from Norway's western capital.
Goatkrieg is a black/death metal project from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2024, whose name fuses goat imagery with the German word for war. The project delivers war-metal-inflected black/death metal from the Rhineland.
Goatmilker is a death metal band from Deest, formed in 2015. They deliver death metal from the small Gelderland village.
Goatplasma is a black/death metal project from Poland, formed in 2025. They deliver raw extreme metal from the Polish underground.
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