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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Godfather is a thrash/groove metal band from Athens, formed in 2024. They bring rhythmic thrash and groove metal energy to the Greek capital's metal scene.
Godgray is a progressive/groove/thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 2011, combining complex progressive structures with groove metal's rhythmic punch and thrash metal's speed. The band delivers technically ambitious metal with dynamic, multi-layered compositions.
Godmode is a death/groove/nu-metal band from Reus in Tarragona province, Spain, formed in 2018, blending death metal heaviness with groove and nu-metal accessibility. The band brings a modern metal hybrid to the Catalan countryside.
Gothic and groove metal project formed in 2025, blending dark atmospherics with heavy rhythmic foundations. Their sound explores the emotional weight of gothic metal through the lens of modern groove.
Godspit is a groove metal, metalcore, and thrash band from Kerava, Finland, active since 2009, with their demo Rest in Pieces showcasing three tracks of aggressive death-thrash energy. Their sound channels the punishing crossover between groove-laden riffing and thrash metal's velocity.
Godsplague is a groove and stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023, delivering thick, downtuned riffs with the swagger of stoner metal and the rhythmic punch of groove metal. Their sound combines low-end heaviness with headbanging grooves.
Gojira is a progressive groove/death metal band from Ondres in southwestern France, formed in 2023 and not to be confused with the legendary Gojira from Bayonne. Their sound draws from the progressive and groove metal traditions of the broader French extreme metal scene.
Gooseflesh is a groove/thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden, active since 2019 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage from this western Swedish industrial city. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Gore-Tex is a death/groove metal band from the Al/Hallingdal area in central Norway, formed in 2022. They deliver rhythmically charged death/groove metal from the mountainous interior.
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