From the small Illinois town of Bement, Goretesque approach death metal with the rural underground's stripped-back intensity since 2021 — no frills, no shortcuts, just straight-ahead brutality from somewhere you'd never expect it.

Connecticut's Gorge have been filling the space between doom and sludge with dense, slow-rolling heaviness since 2015 — Simsbury's contribution to a tradition of New England bands that take the heavy in heavy metal seriously.

Sonoma, California's Gorge blend death metal's mordant aggression with doom's unhurried pace since 2015, cultivating an atmosphere of rot and weight amid the wine country's rolling hills. The contrast feels entirely intentional.

Gorgonia is a Black Metal band from Quito, Ecuador, originally formed in 1998 under the name Astaroth before adopting the Gorgonia name in 2001. The band focuses on themes of darkness, occultism, and paganism, and released the demo "Almas en su eterna oscuridad" in 2019 after appearing on a split compilation in 2005.

Henderson, Texas's Gorifice have been keeping East Texas's extreme metal underground alive since 2014 — death metal played with regional directness, no polish, and a commitment to the genre's most primitive pleasures.

Gorilla Biscuits are a New York City hardcore punk band whose brief original run left a permanent mark on youth crew hardcore and melodic punk. Formed in 1986 with Anthony "Civ" Civarelli, Walter Schreifels, Arthur Smilios, and collaborators from the New York hardcore scene, the band released a self-titled 7-inch and the landmark Start Today before splintering into other influential projects. Gorilla Biscuits fit punk scope directly through hardcore punk, straight-edge-associated youth crew culture, and Revelation Records history. Their music is fast, optimistic, and tightly written, using short songs, bouncing rhythms, and shouted choruses to carry messages about friendship, self-respect, scene unity, and personal direction. They were less metallic than some New York hardcore peers, but their influence on melodic hardcore and later punk is enormous. Start Today in particular showed that hardcore could be urgent and positive without losing bite, and Walter Schreifels' songwriting became a bridge toward Quicksand, CIV, Rival Schools, and broader post-hardcore developments. Gorilla Biscuits endure because their catalog is concise, energetic, and unusually generous in spirit while still sounding unmistakably like New York hardcore.

Cincinnati's Gorotum have been adding their own chapter to Ohio's rich death metal history since 2021, channeling the Midwest's underground tradition into dense, punishing compositions that feel lived-in despite the band's relative youth.

Monterey, California's Gorphyryac have been crossing death and thrash metal's shared border since 2013 — speed and aggression locked together by the California Central Coast, a region not known for producing extreme metal but apparently keeping some.

Out of Monticello, Minnesota since 2019, Gorrified play death metal with the bluntness the name implies — Minnesota cold filtered through extreme metal's most punishing traditions, with no interest in softening the result.