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Artist Genre Description
Babylon SadExperimental Death-Doom
Back to R'lyehProgressive Metal
Bad BrainsHardcore PunkClassic USHC outfit with a tendency to include all-out dub/reggae-songs in their albums
bakmahnVaporwave
BanditTechnical Grindcore
BangladeafyMath RockIntense and busy, leaning into Brutal Prog-territory
BaphometBlackened Thrash/Death Metal
Barbed Wire MaggotsExperimental Brutal Death MetalDense and chaotic improvised BDM in a similar vein to Effluence, Encenathrakh et al
Baring TeethDissonant Death MetalPretty close to an outright Gorguts-clone, with a bit of Mathcore-sih angularity in the mix
BarkerAmbient TechnoMinimalist techno with no percussion
BaronessProgressive Stoner Metal
Barra XulTechnical DeathgrindManic, semi-melodic Deathgrind similar to Cephalectomy (with which the band shares members)
BarúsTechnical Progressive Death Metal
Basic ChannelAmbient TechnoClassic minimalist Berlin-techno with some Dub influence
Basic Input Output SystemAvant-Garde MetalProggy chiptune quasi-metal
BasilicaTechnical Metal / Brutal ProgDense hyper-technical wankery with some strings in the mix
Bastard NoiseNoise
BatheProgressive Sludge Metal / MathcoreFor fans of Keelhaul, Knut, Yautja etc.
BathoryFirst-Wave Black Metal / Thrash MetalPioneered the raw, raucous style of Thrash/Speed Metal that would later lead to Black Metal alongside Venom
Battles ★Math Rock / Experimental RockGenerally bright and cheery, with an electronic focus and pronounced late 2000s / early 2010s feel
The Beach BoysVocal Surf / Psychedelic PopYou already know who these guys are
Beat DetectivesExperimental Electronic / Hypnagogic Pop
Beaten to DeathExperimental Grindcore / Post-HardcoreKnown for playing a weirdly positive and melodic strain of PHC-influenced Grindcore
BEBETUNE$Experimental Hip-HopOne of the many side-projects of James Ferraro. Weird and futuristic, as much of his early 2010s work.
Becoming the JuggernautProgressive Death MetalDjenty, with a slight industrial flavour as well
Bedlam of CacophonyTechnical Death Metal / MathcoreJumpy and chaotic, even by the standards of the genre
BedsoreProgressive Death MetalAdds a bit of retro-psych to the mox for flavour
BeecherProgressive MetalcoreVaried and eclectic, not too dissimilar to BTBAM or even a less insane version of Lye by Mistake
Beheaded Zombie ★Experimental Death MetalStrong focus on extremely strange, dissonant melodies
Behead the Prophet N.L.S.L.Hardcore PunkFast and violent bursts of rage with pained, enraged, yelping vocals
BehemothBlackened Death Metal
BeheritBlack Metal (early) / Dark Ambient (later)Their debut is a bit of a cult-classic in the field of no-fi amateurish weirdo-BM
Behold... The ArctopusBrutal Prog / Technical MetalAbout as wanky as you can get, but with a legitimately alien quality that sets them apart somewhat
Bekor QilishTechnical/Experimental Black/Death Metal
BelialDeath Metal
BelieverTechnical/Progressive Thrash MetalNotable for their christian lyrics and often lengthy, elaborately structured songs
BellicistTechnical Death Metal
Bestial invasionTechnical/Progressive Thrash MetalTechnically impressive, with strong neoclassical flourishes and very high-pitched vocals
Beta PopesSludge/Drone Metal
BethlehemDepressive Black Metal
Between the Buried and MeProgressive Metalcore
Beyond CreationTechnical Progressive Death Metal
BiesyExperimental Black MetalTheir first album leaned more towards DsO-worship, while the second one introduced heavy electronic elements and general weirdness
Big BlackNoise Rock / Post-Hardcore Quite well-known in alternative circles, fusing noisy razor-wire guitars with metallic industrial rhythms and generally dark, misanthropic lyrics
Big BusinessStoner Metal / Sludge Metal
Big Neck PoliceExperimental Noise Rock
Big Up Menace X ★Sound Collage / Hypnagogic Ambient / Experimental Hip-Hop (later) Dense and surreal soundscapes sampling everything from popular music to videogames and advertisements. His more recent work is also extremely odd, with similarly chaotic sampling and unusual vocal styles.
bilo'uTechnical Deathcore / MathcoreVery quirky
BiolichExperimental/Technical Death MetalStarted out as Demilich-worship, later ended up including IDM and Screamo elements
BiovoreProgressive/Experimental Thrash Metal
Birds in RowPost-Hardcore / Screamo
BirushanahExperimental Sludge MetalFeatures somewhat proggy songwriting and percussion heavily influenced by japanese folk music
Bitch MagnetPost-Hardcore / Noise Rock
Black Arrows of Filth & ImpurityGrindcore / Noisecore
Black Cobra ★Sludge MetalFast-paced and thrashy, very similar to High on Fire
Black Country, New RoadExperimental Post-Rock
BlackcrownedBlack MetalShitty amateur-BM with some cheap synths
Black Crown InitiateProgressive Death Metal
Black EngineNoise Rock / Avant-ProgGrimy and intricate, somewhat similar to Zu
Black FastBlackened/Technical Thrash MetalLika a cross between Vektor and Skeletonwitch
Black FlagHardcore Punk / Post-Hardcore (later) Classic Harcore group who kept innovating while most of the genre remained stagnant, for better (My War) and worse (Family Man)
BlackhandpathIndustrial Hip-HopVery noisy and aggressive
Black HoleDoom MetalWeird synth-laden retro-Doom with hilarious, heavily accented vocals
Black Magick SSBlackened Psychedelic Rock / Synthpop (later) Retro-psych with Black Metal vocals made by australian neo-nazis. Their first album is actually pretty good
Black Matter DeviceMathcore
black midiMath Rock / Avant-ProgQuirky, musically talented englishmen who made one pretty great album, followed by two significantly weaker ones
Black PusNoise RockSide project of Lightning Bolt's Brian Chippendale. Generally sounds pretty similar to his main band.
Black Rose BurialExperimental Deathcore / Mathcore
Black Sabbath ★Proto-Metal / Hard RockArguably invented Metal as a whole. Definitely invented Doom and Stoner Metal.
Black VomitExperimental Black Metal / Dark Ambient
Black WidowProgressive RockLight and folksy, despite the occultist lyrics
BlameTechnical Death Metal
Blame GodGrindcore
Blank BansheeVaportrap
BlasphemerTechnical Brutal Death Metal
Blind GirlsEmoviolence
Blind Idiot GodNoise Rock / Math RockWeird instrumental virtuoso-rock interspersed with all-out Dub songs
Blind IllusionProgressive Thrash Metal (early) / Stoner Rock (later) Their first album is a bonafide masterpiece of the genre, everything after that... not so much. Originally featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus-fame.
Blood CeremonyHeavy Psych / Doom MetalGloomy early 70s-styled retro-Psych
Blood IncantationProgressive Death MetalFound underground success off the back of solid, scifi-themed Prog-Death
Blotted ScienceTechnical MetalDeath Metal-influenced instrumental wank by Ron Jarzombek of Spastic Ink-fame
Les blousons noirsGarage Rock Hilariously incompetent Proto-Punk played by french teenagers. Recommended to hipsters who think The Shaggs are too mainstream.
Blow UpScreamo / Synth Punk
Blue CheerHard Rock / Heavy PsychAbout as heavy and fuzzed-out as you could get during the late 60s
Blue HolocaustGoregrind
Blue Öyster CultHard Rock / Pop RockClassic poppy 70s rock with occasional ventures into heavier, even metallic territory
Blurring ★Technical GrindcoreA flurry of Pyrrhon-esque dissonanace with Black Metal-inspired vocals
BlurtPost-Punk / No WaveRaw and repetitive, with heavy Jazz influences
Blut Aus NordExperimental Atmospheric Black MetalInitially more grimy and industrial-influenced, before taking a turn for the psychedelic on later albums
Boards of CanadaIDM / DowntempoVery atmospheric and mysterious sounding
BOaTPost-Rock / Alternative RockMellow and twinkly, with influences from Math Rock and Progressive Rock
Bodies in the Gears of the ApparatusTechnical GrindcoreMessy and chaotic, with hints of Mathcore
Bodyguard ★Experimental Electronic Collaboration between James Ferraro and Yves Tumor. About as weird and futuristic as you'd expect. Rain 1 in particular is a masterpiece.
bod [包家巷]Experimental Ambient
Bog WraithDeathcore
Bohren & der Club of GoreDark JazzSo slow-paced and suffocatingly atmospheric that it threatens to turn into all-out electronic music
Boiled in BleachDeathgrind / Death MetalParticularly grimy stuff, bordering on Brutal Death Metal
Bologna violentaExperimental CybergrindCybergrind fused with Modern Classical. Not as interesting as it sounds.
Bolt ThrowerDeath MetalSeen by many as the kings of UK Death Metal. Generally mid-paced and very heavy, with occasional melodic fluorishes.
BölzerBlackened Death Metal
Bondage FruitAvant-Prog / ZeuhlQuirky nippon-prog for fans of Koenji Hyakkei
BongripperStoner Metal / Sludge MetalEntirely instrumental, oppressively heavy and a bit monotonous
BonkoloidExperimental Electronic / Sound Collage
Bonus FruitVaporwave / Sound Collage
BoredomsExperimental Rock / Noise Rock / Psychedelic Rock (later) Infamous japanese weirdo-rock. Initially focused on messy, chaotic bursts of energy with insane vocals, before pivoting to psychedelic jams with influences from Krautrock.
BorisSludge Metal / Drone Metal / variousEternally mediocre stylistic chameleons
Bosse-de-nageAtmospheric Black Metal / Post-Metal
BotchMetalcore / Mathcore One of the first Mathcore bands, approaching the budding genre from the angle of a choppy, angular style of Metalcore
Bowery ElectricTrip Hop / ShoegazeHazy, minimalist and very atmospheric
BraindamageExperimental Thrash MetalExtremely strange dissonant riffing and heavily accented vocals
BrainstormExperimental Death MetalHighly bizarre lofi Folk-Death. Later turned into the similarly strange Graal.
BrainstormyExperimental Heavy Metal
Brain TentaclesProgressive Jazz-MetalProggy, vaguely sludgy Sax-Metal featuring Dave Witte of Discordance Axis-fame on drums
BreachPost-Hardcore / Sludge Metal
BreadwinnerMath Rock / Brutal ProgObscure early 90s Math Rock pioneers with a very choppy, angular style
BrenoritvrezorkreExperimental Black Metal Among the weirder artists to emerge from the whole Les Legions Noires-scene, frequently delving into noisy, oddbal ambient territories
Bridge BurnerMathcoreOccasionally like to take influence from genres like Crust Punk, Sludge Metal and Death Metal
BríiExperimental Black MetalProggy and atmospheric, with heavy influence from electronic Techno and Ambient-related genres
BrobdingnagianExperimental Noise/Black MetalNoisy, weird and psychedelic. Occasionally sounds like a Black Metal take on Gasp.
BrodequinBrutal Death MetalAmong the stalwarts of the genre. A blunt, yet intricate maelstrom of ridiculously heavy riffing.
Broken HopeDeath Metal
Broken TorsoBrutal Death MetalA rare example of BDM with a heavy melodic focus
Bronze Gates of HellBrutal Death Metal
Brosef KonyVaporwave
Brothers GrimmProgressive MetalGenerally thrashy, with neoclassical flourishes and high-pitched, melodic vocals
Brutal BluesTechnical/Experimental GrindcoreProggy Mathgrind featuring the guy behind Parlamentarisk Sodomi and Psudoku
BrutalityDeath Metal
Brutal TruthGrindcore
Brute ChantExperimental Death MetalVery strange stuff, vaguely similar to the likes of Contrastic and other weird Czech-Death acts
Bucket Full of TeethGrindcore / PowerviolenceReally like Ambient intermissions
BucketheadVariousUltra-prolific guitar shredder mainly working in Experimental and Progressive Rock
BudgieHard Rock / Proto-Metal
BuffaloHeavy Psych / Proto-Metal