Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
We play death/thrash metal. The lineup has changed over time, we have had our current lineup since 2006.
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Following their formation in 1993, Hammerfall underwent numerous personnel changes before settling on their current lineup, which includes principal songwriters Joachim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitars). In Flames skinbeater Jesper Stromblad contributed to their debut, although Patrick Rafling replaced him soon after. Since the release... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s
The all-female hard rock/heavy metal band Drain S.T.H. was formed in 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden (hence the S.T.H., added to avoid confusion with a similarly named American band), and featured singer Maria Sjöholm, guitarist Flavia Canel, bassist Anna Kjellberg, and drummer/vocalist Martina Axén. Displaying an unabashed worship of Alice in Chains,... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
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Embracing progressive influences over a furious sound, combined with a solid experimental verve, Dynahead came to life in the autumn of 2004, at the Brazilian capital,...
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Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
After leaving Ceremonial Oath to form In Flames, founding member and guitarist Jesper Strömblad saw this project as a way of expressing his songwriting creativity rather than being stuck in the background. With the added influences of Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath, along with his own touch of aggressive metal that overwhelmed his home country of... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Power metal -- a forceful, hard-driving,and aggressive yet melodic style of heavy metal associated with headbangers like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensr˙che, Helloween, and King Diamond -- got started in the '70s and reached its commercial peak in the '80s. But after the '80s -- after Nirvana and Pearl Jam radically reshaped rock music in... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Long songs with some intricate arrangements pushed Mayadome, a Swedish heavy metal group, into the eye of the public in October 1996 when Shrapnel Records released the group's debut album, Paranormal Activity. The group's music somewhat echoed the classic progressive metal sounds of Dream Theater, but went a new direction.
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The Swedish duo Misery Loves Co. portrayed the evolution and the search for new and alternative ways in the industrial metal scene. Their music was a combination between the hostility of trash sounded guitar riffs mixed with electronic samples, along with a clear sense of song composing. Furthermore, they offered almost poetic sights within... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s
Morgana Lefay is one of the few bands in the '90s to carry on the thrash tradition that had been abandoned by most of its innovators. They first made their mark in 1990 with the independently released Symphony of the Damned. Featuring vocalist Charles Rytkonen, guitarists Tony Eriksson and Tommi Karppanen, drummer Jonas Sonderlind, and bassist... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Nocturnal Rites began life as the Swedish death metal outfit Necronomic, which released a demo tape entitled The Obscure in 1991. Gradually, as the band members realized they would prefer to play more melodic strains of metal they had enjoyed growing up -- British and Gothic metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Helloween -- their own... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Born in Oslo, Norway under the supervision of guitarist/singer Thomas "Grusom" Rune and fellow ax-man Jardar, the two wanted to create a project that was filled with the bleak lyrical content of modern day black metal and an influence of early death metal. The results were Old Man's Child, who made their debut in late 1993. After eventually... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Promethic where formed by Dag and Petter in April 2007. Per Kristian joined in may 07, then came Benny in Juli and last our vocalist/ keyboardist in November 07. In May 08 we will release our first EP, recorded in toproom studio. The same studio Mayhem, Extol, Borknagard, Vintersorg, Turboneger and many more has used before. See... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Rammstein was formed in 1993 by an assembly of factory-weary proletarians raised in East Germany. They took their name (adding an "m") from the location of a German tragedy where 80 people were hurt and killed as the result of a crash during an American Air Force flight show. The literal translation of "ram stein" is a battering ram made of... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced released its debut album, Shadows of the Past, in the early '90s on a small French label; dissatisfied with their somewhat commonplace black-metal sound, they hired bassist/vocalist Taneli Jarva to provide more originality for 1992's North From Here. The record was more melodic and technically competent and... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The Swedish heavy metal band Tad Morose was originally formed in 1991, and although numerous members have passed through their ranks over the years, the only constant member has been founding guitarist Christer "Krunt" Andersson. Starting off as a vocal/guitar/bass/drum quartet, the band added a keyboardist to the lineup by 1993, the same year... [+] Read More