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A New Jersey thrash/power metal band that existed for only a brief window in late 1986 through spring 1987, leaving no recorded releases behind.
An Alabama heavy/doom/sludge metal outfit from the small town of Warrior, Barbarian Funeral surfaced in 2024 with a compilation track on Weedian's regional showcase Trip to Mississippi & Alabama.
Hailing from Everett, Washington, Barbarian Wasteland trades in the slow, haze-soaked intersection of doom and stoner metal, carving out a groove-oriented sound since 2019.
A brutal death metal act from Williamson, West Virginia, Barbaric Disembowelment leans into gore and depravity as lyrical fodder, occupying the most visceral end of the genre's spectrum.
Barbaric Exsanguination operates in the punishing overlap of slam and brutal death metal, with a 2024 compilation appearance on Liminal Dread Productions' Heavy for the Hollers marking their entry into the underground.
Phoenix black metal act Barbaric Hatred channels themes of barbarism, war, and strength through a raw, uncompromising sound, contributing to a Darkthrone tribute compilation through Plague Demon Records in 2021.
Philadelphia death metal stalwarts Barbarism have been operating since 2004, releasing their self-produced EP Exposure to Madness in 2008 and maintaining an independent presence in the underground for two decades.
Oakland's Barbarous is a death metal outfit that channels medieval battle, war, and gore into a sound rooted in the classic brutalist tradition of the genre.
A New Hampshire atmospheric black metal project, Barbarous Winds pursues the genre's most immersive and expansive tendencies, crafting vast, windswept soundscapes from a remote corner of the American underground.
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