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Godbotherer is a groove/death metal band from Preston in Lancashire, formed in 2015. Their irreverent name — British slang for a religious proselytizer — matches their confrontational groove/death metal from the North West.
Godcomplex is a death/black/thrash metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2015, delivering a three-pronged attack of extreme metal subgenres from the Rhine-Ruhr area. The band combines the speed of thrash, the darkness of black metal, and the brutality of death metal.
Goddefied is a death metal band from Karlskoga, Sweden, active since 2020 and forging brutal death metal from this former munitions town in central Sweden. The project channels industrial-strength extremity.
Goddess of Retribution is a Czech brutal death metal and deathcore act from Hruba Skala, formed in 2014, whose releases include 16-16, Lamnia, and Mutated Pinkie. The band brings a self-aware attitude to their brutality, stating that "it doesn't matter what we play but how we look at it."
Goden is a death metal band from Helmond in North Brabant, formed in 2020. They deliver death metal from the Eindhoven metropolitan area.
Godfall is a melodic death metal and thrash band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2024, blending melodic sensibility with the aggression of death and thrash metal. Their sound reflects the Finnish tradition of combining technical skill with visceral heaviness.
The Austrian Godforsaken from Oberndorf bei Salzburg was a short-lived melodic death/thrash metal project active from 2006 to 2010, when the band renamed themselves Ghouls Come Knockin'. Their tenure produced early material in a melodeath-leaning thrash style before the lineup and direction shifted toward the death 'n' roll approach of their successor name.
GodFuck is a black metal, death metal, and progressive metal project from Outokumpu, Finland, formed in 2019, delivering epic-length compositions across their debut Summoning the Firebreath Deamon of Hell. The album spans eight tracks over seventy-one minutes, featuring multi-part structures that blend black and death metal with progressive complexity.
Godkiller is a death metal and grindcore act from Aurich in East Frisia, Germany, active since 1997, delivering nearly three decades of extreme metal from the rural North Sea coast. The project channels death and grind brutality from one of Germany's most remote metal outposts.
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