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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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GoatKing is a thrash metal and crossover band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2018, blending traditional thrash riffing with crossover punk energy. The band brings mosh-pit-ready thrash and crossover to the Hessian scene.
Goatrocity is a black/thrash metal band from Brașov, Romania, unleashed in 2024. Hailing from the Transylvanian city at the foot of the Carpathians, they deliver savage blackened thrash.
Goats Rising is a melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, active since 2009, self-describing their genre as "Ambient Goat Metal" blending various heavy subgenres. Their catalog includes Rise of the Monkeygoat (2012), Necrogoaticon (2015) on Kernkraftritter Records, and Asche (2019).
Goatspell is a black metal, speed metal, and thrash band from Rouen, Normandy, France, formed in 2015, self-described as 'Black Metal from Normandy.' Their 2018 LP Ascension of the Drakonian Beast was recorded at Château Vergogne and released on Impious Desecration Records, following earlier releases Esoterrorism and Alchemy of Terror (both 2015).
God B.C. is a thrash metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of aggressive thrash from the Øresund coast. The project channels relentless thrash energy.
God Delusion is a death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Heidelberg, Germany, formed in 2013, blending aggressive thrash and death metal with metalcore breakdowns. The band operates in the university city's diverse heavy music scene.
God Inc. is a thrash/groove/death metal band from Norway, formed in 2018. They blend three aggressive genres into a potent hybrid from the Norwegian underground.
Godbomb is a power/thrash metal band from Frankenthal, Germany, formed in 2019, combining power metal's melodic drive with thrash metal's aggression. The band operates in the Palatinate region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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.
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