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The Bill are a Polish punk rock band from Pionki, with roots in the mid-1980s and a breakthrough tied to the early 1990s Polish punk scene. Their name plays on the sound of a Polish insult, matching the band's sarcastic, direct, and confrontational sense of humor. After local rehearsals and early lineup changes, The Bill became widely known through Jarocin-era exposure and the success of The Biut, an album whose title itself jokes with the idea of a debut. Poczatek Konca and Sex'n'Roll followed with fast, melodic punk songs that became staples for Polish punk audiences, combining rough humor, anti-establishment feeling, and accessible choruses. The band later paused and returned in the 2000s, continuing to record and perform for listeners who had kept the early songs alive. Albums such as Niech tancza aniolowie, 8siem, and The Kada show a group that remained connected to its classic punk base while extending its catalog across decades.
Ann Arbor, Michigan's The Biscuit Merchant bring a playfully irreverent name to the serious business of progressive death metal — music that combines technical complexity, dynamic composition, and genuine death metal aggression into something more adventurous than most of their contemporaries manage. Formed in 2019, they represent Ann Arbor's tradition of musicians who bring intellectual rigor to the heaviest possible music.
The Bitch Boyz is a thrash metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver aggressive thrash with an irreverent streak.
Assembled in Los Angeles in 2019 by vocalist Jordan Tyler and drummer Mark Hylander, The Bites are a Hollywood hard rock outfit devoted to the sleaze and swagger of 1980s glam and arena rock. Their debut album Squeeze channels Mötley Crüe-style hooks and Van Halen-influenced guitar work through a contemporary production sensibility, landing them tours supporting Sebastian Bach and The Dead Daisies. The band established themselves quickly on the LA club circuit before expanding to international audiences.
The Black from Pescara deliver heavy, doom, and progressive metal from the Abruzzo coast since 2016. A decade of darkened compositions from the Adriatic shore.
Morristown, New Jersey's The Black Calculus have been sharpening a thrash/speed metal attack since 2020, bringing the precision and velocity of the genre's classic era to a Northeast scene that doesn't always get its due in the national conversation. Their music treats aggression as a technical problem to be solved with maximum efficiency.
Death metal/crust band from São Paulo, active from 2011 to 2014 and again briefly in 2016, with a lineup of Vakka on vocals, J. Martin on guitars, A. Beer on bass, and M. Rabelo on drums. The band released three albums on Black Hole Productions: Burial Breed (June 2011), Dead Sky Sepulchre (November 2012), and III. Graveyard Incantation (December 2013).
Black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, founded in 2013 by Dominvs Azazel Vobiscvm (bass, vocals), with Berith on guitar and Belphegor on drums. The band released their debut full-length Et Svlphvr Natvs Mortem on January 1, 2018, later issued on tape in a limited edition of 33 hand-numbered copies through Nebula Forest Productions.
The Black Crowes formed in Atlanta and became one of the major American hard-rock bands of the early 1990s by reviving blues, soul, gospel, and Southern rock language with unruly conviction. Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson drove the band from its earliest days, turning Shake Your Money Maker into a breakthrough on the strength of "Jealous Again," "Twice as Hard," "She Talks to Angels," and their version of "Hard to Handle." The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion deepened the band's voice with "Remedy," "Thorn in My Pride," "Sting Me," and a looser, more jam-oriented feel. Later records such as Amorica, Three Snakes and One Charm, By Your Side, Lions, Warpaint, Before the Frost...Until the Freeze, and Happiness Bastards showed a band that could be volatile but musically rooted. The Black Crowes fit hard-rock scope through their guitar-driven weight, touring history with heavy rock acts, and place in mainstream rock culture. Their power lies in feel: swaggering riffs, gospel-schooled vocals, and a refusal to make roots rock sound polite.
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