Gorod

Gorod, the French technical death metal outfit, are an outlier on the scene in their home country because of their intense reliance on high production values and their distance from black metal. Founded as Gorgasm in 1997 by bassist Benoit Claus, vocalist Guillaume Martinot, guitarist Arnaud Pontaco, and drummer Sandrine Bourguignon, the band played small clubs and basement shows in their hometown. In 2000, they issued a self-titled five-song demo that established their reputation on the French metal scene. It was followed the next year by a promo-only four-track. In 2004, t...