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Basttardz are a crossover thrash/hardcore band from São Luís, Maranhão, formed in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking cues from Ratos de Porão, Municipal Waste, and D.R.I., the band sings entirely in Portuguese and channels working-class Brazilian rage on their debut album Brasil com Z, which tackles labor exploitation and social inequality in eight tracks recorded in a garage spirit.
Spanish black metal band from Granada in Andalusia, active since 2009. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
German heavy metal band from Nuremberg and Bayreuth, formed in 2020. They play classic German heavy metal drawing from the proud traditions of the Franconian metal scene.
South Bend, Indiana's Basura is a death metal act that released material through Reaper Records U.S.A., including the title Ministry of Hate, active in the American underground since 2000.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Basura began as a grindcore outfit before evolving toward death metal/grindcore crossover territory, distinguished by their use of dark humor throughout their work.
BAT is a heavy metal and speed metal trio from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2013 by Municipal Waste guitarists Ryan Waste and Nick Poulos, who channeled their love of the dirtier and more primitive side of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal into a stripped-back analog format. The band recorded their initial material to analog reel-to-reel tape, and with drummer Chris Marshall joining in 2017, solidified a road-tested lineup. BAT are currently signed to Nuclear Blast Records.
Relentless Black / Death / Groove Metal / Grindcore from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (early); Austin, Texas (later).
Chicago death metal and grindcore act Bat Eater has been grinding since 2020, tackling themes of satire, paranoia, and coronavirus-era zeitgeist with characteristically vicious brevity.
French black metal project formed in 2025. They deliver battalion-strength black metal from the French underground.
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