1) Iskra is a
black metal band from Canada, originally starting as a
crust punk band with heavy BM influence (a style they dub "
blackened crust"), but later adopting a more purely black metal sound, which they dub "anarchist metal," their own offshoot of the
RABM style. Iskra was formed by members of the '90s crust band
Black Kronstadt, whose sound was more comparable to that of bands like
Provoked. The band has recently been gaining a lot of attention in the NW crust and
grindcore scenes. They played at 2007's Burning Portland, a massive 2 day crust/gr…
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