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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Raw black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2017. They channel the lo-fi, uncompromising spirit of raw black metal.
German atmospheric black metal band from Bremen, active since 2003. With over two decades of output, they are one of Bremen's longest-running atmospheric black metal projects.
Houston, Texas progressive thrash/power metal band Basilisk was active from 1989 to 1991, releasing a demo and appearing on a 1990 Saturn Records compilation before disbanding.
Philadelphia death/black metal band Basilysk formed in 2009 and spent over a decade exploring misanthropic and occult themes before going on hold in 2021.
French sludge/black metal band from Sainte-Jalle in Drôme, formed in 2015. They merge sludge metal's toxic weight with black metal's intensity from the Provençal countryside.
Basmasura is a black metal band from Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon state of Amazonas. One of the few metal acts from the isolated northern city, the band operates in the raw, underground tradition of Brazilian black metal with minimal web presence outside their Metal Archives listing.
A black metal project whose name means frost in Kurdish, Bastalak channels themes of Kurdish history and warfare into their music through an extreme metal lens.
St. Louis, Missouri black/thrash metal band Bastard has been active since 2011, trafficking in Satanic, murderous, and horror-soaked subject matter in the raw tradition of the genre's most confrontational acts.
A raw black metal act hailing from Virginia Beach, Bastard Altar channels the unpolished, abrasive spirit of the genre's most primitive tradition, active since 2021.
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