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Guttural is a death metal and goregrind act from Bissegem, Belgium, active since 2012, operating as Guttural Slug with a catalog that includes Intercranial Purgatory, Megalodon, Atrocities, and Plague of Filth. The five-piece band has maintained an active touring presence including UK dates.
Death metal and grindcore act from Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, formed in 2023 and creating extreme music from one of Ukraine's most conflict-affected areas. Their grinding assault carries a weight beyond the purely musical.
Gynecrology is a brutal death metal and grindcore project from the Île-de-France region, emerging in 2025 with a punishing blend of guttural brutality and grinding velocity. The project operates in the most extreme fringes of the French death metal underground.
Gälernå is a death metal, grindcore, and sludge band from Gijón and Mieres in Asturias, Spain, formed in 2021, blending the crushing weight of sludge with the ferocity of grindcore and death metal. Their sound channels the industrial grit and harsh climate of northern Spain's mining country.
Gulguta is a blackened death metal and grindcore project from Fribourg, Switzerland, active since 2013, whose catalog spans four releases from the self-titled debut through albums II, III, and Andzia. The project evolved from pure grindcore origins into a more layered blackened death metal/grindcore hybrid.
Haemophagus is a death metal/grindcore band from Palermo, Italy, active since 2009 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Spanish goregrind pioneers from Coslada, formed in 1990 and signed to Relapse Records. Their seventh album We Are The Gore features guest appearances from members of Carcass, Impaled, and Ghoul, delivering scalpel-sharp riffs and triple-threat guttural vocals mastered by Brad Boatright.
Hairy Pussy is a thrash/death metal/grindcore band from Sosnowiec, Poland, formed in 2020. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Happy Farm is a death metal/grindcore band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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