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Bastard Nation

Power METAL from Heidelberg, Germany

About Me


Bastard Nation started in late 2000 with former Atomic Garden members Booce and Moe. They invited their old friend Klösél of Thud to join the band as their frontman.
After having tested 2 guitar players and drummers they finally recorded their first demo CD at the end of 2003. The demo CD of that line-up includes 4 tracks written by the band. All tracks can be downloaded on their homepage for free.
After having had continuous trouble with his drummers and missing involvement of his bandmates, Moe decided in August 2005 to move the band from Cologne to Heidelberg (from western to southern Germany). In Heidelberg, Moe, together with Dirk, had formed another band called Eternal Black in late 2002. Not having officially released any material thus far, it was decided to merge these two bands to become the new Bastard Nation line-up.
The 'new' Bastard Nation started recording new self-made songs in August 2005.
Bastard Nation played several gigs from 2003-2005 in the surrounding area of Cologne, Germany and restarted to play gigs with the new line-up in early 2006 in Southern Germany.
Unfortunately, by the end of September 2006 (right after winning the band contest at "Dröhnland Open Air 2006") guitarist Jan had to leave the band due to his job commitments and hence resulting lack of time. Moe then took responsibilty for the second guitar.
The band recorded their first full length CD in April/May 2007 at "Noisechamber Studios" with producers Björn Daigger ("Majesty", "R:I:P") / Fabz Pospiech ("R:I:P", "Respawn Inc.") which was released in March 2008.
Bastard Nation writes Heavy Metal songs inspired by 80's bands such as Iron Maiden, Accept and Metallica. They mix heavy grooves and riffs with fine guitar melodies.
Our debut CD "Birth of a Nation" is available NOW! The album includes 10 old school Power/Thrash metal tunes with a total running time of approx. 52 minutes.
For € 10,- you'll get your copy including an 8 page colored booklet on deluxe paper, and a picture CD at our concerts (or alternatively, add € 2,- for shipment).
New shirts available in M, L, and XL (€12,- each):

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Member Since: 12/30/2004
Band Website: bastard-nation.de
Band Members:
Moe : vocals & guitar
Dirk : guitar
Nobsi : bass
Axl : drums

Influences: Iron Maiden, Accept, KISS, (old) Metallica, Iced Earth, Slayer,...
Sounds Like: old school Heavy Metal
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New shirts available / neue T-Shirts erhältlich!

Front side: 4-colour print"Birth of a Nation" Back side: 5-colour print, mascot "Basti" holding the Bastard Nation flag (as seen on our current CD)  T-shirts are of 160g/m², 100% cotton qual...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:14:00 PST

New CD "Birth of a Nation" out now!

Our debut CD "Birth of a Nation" is available NOW! The album includes 10 old school Power/Thrash metal tunes with a total running time of approx. 52 minutes. For ¬ 10,- you’ll get your copy ...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:49:00 PST

Pics from our trip to Dresden and Leipzig

Check out tons of pictures from our first trip to Saxonia!Für unsere deutschen Mitleser:Das war mal richtig cool, speziell in Dresden! Danke an alle neugierigen Metalheads, die zu unseren Konzerten ge...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:03:00 PST

The Bastards wish you a HEAVY X-mas!

Bastard Elf Dance...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:29:00 PST

Rhein Neckar Metal - Join The Horde! (MA,HD,LU,...)

Mahlzeit, mal ein kleiner Hinweis für alle die aus der Region Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg und Umgebung kommen: http://www.rheinneckarmetal.de Die Heavy Metal-Online-Community / -Webzine aus ...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:40:00 PST

"Promo 2007" CD review in ENGLISH!

Yes... ladies and gents, finally! For our non-German speaking followers we can now refer to a review of Canadian online magazine The Metal Observer":"Traditional Heavy Metal is the métier of German BA...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:11:00 PST

New bass player on board!

Please welcome Nobsi (a.k.a. Sven Keller) as our new permanent bass player! Nobsi already helped us out on some gigs and now replaces Olli who, unfortunately, had to quit due to his job commitments. W...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:51:00 PST

4 new songs online!

http://www.myspace.com/bastardnationThose songs can be seen as "appetizers" for our soon to be released full length debut album.Your review in our profile will be welcome! :-)...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Fri, 18 May 2007 02:31:00 PST

And the winner is...

...BASTARD NATION!Yesterday, we won the band competition at Dröhnland Open Air 2006, Hockenheim (Germany). Thanx to all who made that possible!Cheerz,"los Bastardos"...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:05:00 PST

All drummers exploded?

C'mon...there must be at least one capable drummer out there to join our stupid lil METAL band! Where are you guys? Don't be afraid to contact us... ...
Posted by Bastard Nation on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST