ThrashZone at Basement 45
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" Basement 45 gets sucked through the hellgate of Bristol Metal Quarter, hosting a whole weekend of blister-bursting trash and death deviance + many merch stalls and 2am headbanging by the decks. Top of the bill so far: goat-worshipping blackened thrashers Devastator and Belfast’s technical ‘war-jazz’ brutalists Acid Age. Best free up some real estate on the battle jacket then ….. "

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A gig held at Basement 45 on Friday 23rd May. The event starts at 19:00.


A two-day festival of Thrash and Death Metal in the Bristol Metal Quarter.

Bands confirmed: DEVASTATOR, IMPERIUM, ACID AGE, FRACTURE POINT. More to be announced soon!

Merch vendors, records/CDs, patches, artists, late night Thrash DJs into the small hours in an underground multi-room basement venue!

Entry requirements: 18+

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