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German experimental power/thrash metal band from Hamburg, formed in 2013. They push the boundaries of power and thrash metal with experimental arrangements and an unconventional approach.
Czech thrash metal band from Brno, formed in 2013. Their output channels classic thrash aggression with tight, riff-driven arrangements.
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.
Philadelphia's Bastard Cröss fuses blackened aggression with thrash metal riffing, centering their work on themes of blasphemy and horror since forming in 2021.
Durham's Bastard Seed, originally performing as Dark August before a name change, released a pair of demos whose eight total songs were compiled and made available digitally via Bandcamp in 2018.
New Jersey act Bastard Skull plays a hard-charging blend of heavy and thrash metal out of Bayonne, active since 2022 in the tradition of classic crossover-era riffing.
Buffalo's BastardBastardBastard bring a sardonic edge to thrash and crossover, leaning into themes of humor, politics, and social commentary with relentless aggression.
Bastardos are a heavy/thrash metal band from Campana, Buenos Aires province, featuring guitarist and vocalist Leandro Maidana, guitarist Marcos Campos, bassist Facundo Bougnet, and drummer Cristian Basilio. The band released their album Visiones de un Mundo en Decadencia in July 2020, an eight-track record that includes tracks such as "Sacerdotes de la Miseria" and "Nada Quedará." Not to be confused with the Buenos Aires-based Bastardös, this band carves out a rawer, more street-level approach to Argentine heavy metal.
Spanish thrash metal, crossover, and grindcore band from Illueca in Aragon, active since 1991. With over three decades of output, they are one of Spain's longest-running extreme metal acts.
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