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Back Door to Asylum

Moscow, RU · 2012–present · active
Moscow-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2012, delivering relentless blastbeat-driven punishment and guttural vocal extremity. Their compositions trade in the genre's heaviest currency: slamming breakdowns, inhuman vocals, and wall-to-wall brutality.
Brutal Death MetalDeath Metal

Back from Death

Portland, US · 2015–present · active
Oakland death metal band Back from Death was active from 2015 before going on hold, a Bay Area project operating within the West Coast's tradition of raw, unadorned death metal.
Death Metal

Back in Pain

Yvelines, FR · 2016–present · active
French groove/death metal band from Yvelines near Paris, formed in 2016. They combine groove and death metal from the Île-de-France region.
Death MetalGroove Metal

Back to the Roots

Skalica, SK · 2011–present · active
Skalica-based southern metal act active since 2011, injecting blues-influenced swagger and whiskey-soaked groove into their heavy, riff-driven sound. Their music channels the spirit of American Southern rock and metal through a Slovak perspective.
Heavy Metal

Backblast

Manassas, VA, US · 2018–present · active
El Paso thrash metal act Backblast formed around 2015 before going on hold, a border-city band channeling the aggressive energy of classic thrash from one of Texas's most underrepresented metal scenes.
Groove MetalPower Metal

Backbone

Herne, BE · 2013–present · active
Melodic death metal band from Herne, Belgium, active since 2013. They channel the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition through a Belgian lens.
Death MetalMelodic Death Metal

Backbone

Resistencia, AR · 2013–present · active
Backbone is a progressive death metal band from Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina, emerging from the ashes of previous local projects including Melisma and Alhazred. Their debut EP "R'lyeh"—titled after the sunken city of H.P. Lovecraft's mythology—drew notice for combining death metal brutality with groove and progressive elements unusual for the region's underground scene.
Progressive Death Metal

Backcraft

Küssnacht, CH · active
Thrash metal band from Kussnacht/Rigi, Switzerland. They deliver high-energy thrash metal from the shores of Lake Lucerne.
Thrash Metal

Backdraft

Kiel, DE · active
German heavy metal band from Kiel. They play classic heavy metal rooted in traditional European metal traditions.
Heavy Metal

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