14 Google Products That Are Also Metal Bands

Strangely, "Crisis Response" is not one of them.

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by Russell Brandom

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Posted on June 1, 2012, 3:47 pm

Pioneers of both drone-doom and geospatial topography.

Pioneers of both drone-doom and geospatial topography.

Technically it's Motorola, but close enough.

Google's annual trend report has inspired at least four metal bands, including this one from Austria.

Google's annual trend report has inspired at least four metal bands, including this one from Austria.

One of Google's least successful products is also one of its least satisfying metal bands.

One of Google's least successful products is also one of its least satisfying metal bands.

A Foursquare-style mobile app and the sludge metal quintet behind 2009's Agonist. — A Foursquare-style mobile app and the sludge metal quintet behind 2009's Agonist.

A Foursquare-style mobile app and the sludge metal quintet behind 2009's Agonist.

An early-90s hair metal band, of course.

An early-90s hair metal band, of course.

Google's defunct social search platform lives on in this German thrash metal outfit. Lyrical themes are listed as "personal" and "hate."

Google's defunct social search platform lives on in this German thrash metal outfit. Lyrical themes are listed as "personal" and "hate."

Both the band and the application map the surface of the moon, but in very different ways.

Both the band and the application map the surface of the moon, but in very different ways.

A straight-edge Belorussian band signed to the Extreme Brutal Sound label.

A straight-edge Belorussian band signed to the Extreme Brutal Sound label.

Technically more punk than metal, but Google X was more of a labs project, so it evens out.

Technically more punk than metal, but Google X was more of a labs project, so it evens out.

We can only hope Project Glass turns out better than this.

We can only hope Project Glass turns out better than this.

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