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Goat Command were a black/thrash metal band from Constitución, Maule, Chile, active from 2010 to 2014 and released through the underground label Headbanging on the Pentagram. The band drew on the violent, chaotic energy typical of South American black/thrash, with lyrical themes centered on blood, violence, and rage.
Goat Kommander was a death/black metal band from São Paulo, active from 2021 until their split-up. They released two recordings: Bestial Torment (April 2021), a five-track slab of chaotic black/death thrash, and Warfare Dynasty (February 2024). Their themes centred on satanism, blasphemy, and nihilism in the tradition of Brazilian bestial metal.
Goat Lord is a black metal band from Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, whose formation date remains undocumented. Their only known recording is the thirteen-track demo In Septem Abruptus Imperations Tenebrae, captured in 1997, which places them within the raw, underground Brazilian black metal scene of that era. The band is independent and has released no material through major labels or distribution channels.
Goecia is a black/death metal band from Rancagua, O'Higgins, Chile. Their 2020 release "Luxel" was distributed through Black Legion, marking one of their earliest documented recordings in the Chilean underground.
Gornan is a war black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2025. The band released the six-track album 'Satanic in War' (May 2025), a collaborative effort featuring Holocausto, the pioneering Brazilian extreme metal band from Belo Horizonte.
Founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1998, Grave Desecrator channel the savage spirit of early Sarcófago, Mutilator, and Holocausto through a black/death metal attack steeped in satanic and sacrilegious themes. Their 2008 debut Sign of Doom and the 2010 follow-up Insult on Nuclear War Now! Productions established their reputation as torchbearers of the brutal South American extreme metal tradition. In 2023 the band released Immundissime Spiritus through their own Caverna de Sangue Productions, maintaining full creative and commercial independence.
Gravkall is an active black metal band from Maracanaú, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2025. Signed to Alyssas Vinter Records, the band released their debut demo "Gravkaller" in March 2025 in digital format.
Great Vast Forest is a black metal band from Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded by Surgath in 1994 and one of the earliest acts in the Brazilian black metal underground. Describing their sound as "Barbarian Black Metal" — aggressive and cold yet melodic — the band released their debut album "Battletales and Songs of Steel" in 2002, followed by "From the Dark Times to the Black Metal Legions" in 2017.
Grimörio is a black metal band from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with roots tracing back to 2011. The band is listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum with the release "Prophetiae" among their discography, operating as an independent underground act.
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