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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.
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.
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.
Philadelphia's Bastard Cröss fuses blackened aggression with thrash metal riffing, centering their work on themes of blasphemy and horror since forming in 2021.
Portland's Bastard Feast is a ferocious collision of sludge, death metal, grindcore, and crust, channeling social unrest and anarchic politics; they released material on Season of Mist Underground Activists.
Helsingborg death metal act delivering crushing, no-frills Swedish death metal since 2014. Their sound mines the classic Stockholm and Gothenburg production aesthetics with a relentless, grinding intensity.
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