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Binghamton · 2020–present · active
Binghamton's Global Death arrived in 2020 with a thrash mandate and an apocalyptic worldview, charging forward with the breakneck riffing and headlong aggression that the genre demands. Short on mercy, long on momentum.
· 2018–present · active
New York's Glorious Depravity wears its death metal allegiances without apology — riff-forward, brutal, and unapologetically ugly in the ways that matter. Since 2018 they've been one of the state's reliable purveyors of the form.
· 2022–present · active
New York's Goat Penis occupy the furthest extreme of slam and brutal death, compressing deathcore breakdowns, gutturals, and grind-adjacent blasting into one relentless assault. Formed in 2022, they wear their ugliness as a badge of honor.
· 2022–present · active
New York's Goatsmoke traffic in the hazy, bone-heavy intersection of stoner and doom, where riffs unspool slowly and the fuzz never fully dissipates. Formed in 2022, they've already developed a sound that feels comfortably lived-in and oppressively thick.
Clarence · 2012–present · active
Clarence, New York's Goblin Hovel draw equally from folk tradition and doom metal's downcast weight, weaving a sound that feels ancient and mournful in equal measure. Since 2012, they've ranged across folk, doom, and neofolk with a restless, world-building imagination.
Albany · 2022–present · active
Albany, New York's Goblinectomy apply surgical brutality to their brutal death metal, surgically excising anything soft or restrained from their compositions. Formed in 2022, they are blunt, precise, and relentlessly heavy.
New York · 1986–present · active
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.
Brooklyn, New York City · 2020–present · active
Brooklyn's Green Hog Band blend psychedelic rock, stoner riffing, and doom-paced heaviness into something loose-limbed and groove-driven. Since 2020 they've been staking out the cosmic, smoke-hazed intersection of those worlds in New York City's underground.
Berks County · 2018–present · active
Gridiron is a Long Island hardcore band that delivers punishing beatdown and metallic hardcore fueled by the aggression of the New York scene. Formed around 2018, the band's combination of tough-guy hardcore vocals, crushing breakdowns, and no-nonsense attitude makes them a formidable force in the modern NYHC lineage. Their name and ethos reflect a football-like commitment to brute force and physical intensity.

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