While they play around with the infectious grooves of reggae and Latin music as well as the heavy deliverance of hip-hop and rock, San Diego's hard rock four-piece P.O.D. has defined a universal message. They're born-again Christians and their faith takes a central place in their music.

Formed in 1992 in the SoCal neighborhood of San... [+] Read More

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Dallas-based heavy metal group Drowning Pool was one of the most promising bands of the early 2000s. Their debut album, Sinner, was certified platinum within six weeks of its release while their first single, "Bodies," was one of the most frequently aired videos on MTV by a new band. They reached out to an ever-greater audience with dynamic... [+] Read More

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Released into the world November 26, 1991, I didn't have a clue how messed up my life would be. Those were the good times though. Grew up around a brother and sis who listened to alot of rap and rock. Especially explicit artists, like Eminem and Afroman. Started cussing in 3rd grade. Grew up around a pretty good family with no major or extremely... [+] Read More

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Los Angeles hard rockers Buckcherry formed in mid-1995 after singer Joshua Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson were introduced through their tattoo artist; after cutting their earliest demos, the duo recruited bassist Jonathan "J.B." Brightman and drummer Devon Glenn and began performing live, quickly earning a major following on the L.A. club... [+] Read More

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Tuneflow.com tournament winners (for the tracks "Last One in a Long Line" & "The Truth Comes Out") Hail from Canada's West Coast Mecca of hip hop, Vancouver, and are comin' out on top and "setting the bar high." With their first album still in the works, The Weapon and The One Treedeez have been hard at work to offer up something fresh and new.... [+] Read More

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Along with Limp Bizkit, the Deftones are often considered to be disciples of Korn, but in fact, they've been around for just as long (if not longer). They were also one of the first groups to alternate heavy riffs and screamed vocals with more ethereal music and hushed singing -- spawning a fair amount of imitators in their wake. The group first... [+] Read More

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once again on this planet X-zone is no stanger to
any kind of scene or to any heavy skills when it comes to music,architechture, & many more starting his
career in wilds of London & Atlanta at the tender age
of 12 looping samples on a tape decks to make instrumentals
to rap over X-zone always tended to do somthing... [+] Read More

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Canada's Nickelback started life as a cover band in Hanna, 215 kilometers northeast of Calgary. Eventually, they tired of playing other people's songs, and singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger put together a collection of original songs, borrowed money from his stepfather, and went to Vancouver to record the band in a friend's studio. Based on the... [+] Read More

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Sechs sympathische Jungs aus dem hohen Norden haben sich zusammengetan, um der Welt des NuMetal mit Leidenschaft, aber auch Humor und einem gewissen Augenzwinkern einen neuen Anstrich zu verleihen. Der Fleiss sowie der schnelle Erfolg scheint ihr Vorhaben zu bestätigen, denn schon vor dem ersten Auftritt fegte der Name PESTICIDE aufgrund des... [+] Read More

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Society Of My Era was a hardcore Rap Metal act that released 1 album ADAPT (available on Itunes, Napster, Emusic, Amazon), and has some b-side tracks never released (downloadable here for free). We Are no longer together.

Rap Rock. Ghetto Metal. Rapcore. Nu Metal. I know the **** argument. it's over with, Linkin Park sold out,... [+] Read More

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Upon his exit from Sepultura in late 1996, singer/guitarist/songwriter Max Cavalera almost automatically set out to form his next musical endeavor, the ultra-heavy Soulfly. Besides leaving one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world, which he co-founded in the early '80s, he also had to deal with the unsolved murder of Dana Wells, his... [+] Read More

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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

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on order for condensor mice to work they need to be scared by phantom power.

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Coal Chamber broke out of the Los Angeles alternative metal scene in 1997 with a sound often compared to Korn, although both bands formed around the same time and are quality representations of the scene's overall sound -- the heavy, detuned guitars of the murkiest Black Sabbath, grungy, noisy textures reminiscent of White Zombie or Tool, the... [+] Read More

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Australian punk/grunge/funk band Grinspoon hail from the North Coast of the State of New South Wales, an area noted for attracting an alternate lifestyle community to its rural seaside setting. Guitarist Pat Davern and bassist Joe Hansen met vocalist Phil Jamieson and drummer Kris Hopes in 1995 on jam night at the main hotel in Lismore, the... [+] Read More

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Jimmie's Chicken Shack blends funk-metal with elements of ska and reggae but also a surprising acoustic prowess. Lead vocalist Jimi HaHa grew up in Maryland and played with a group named Ten Times Big for several years. After the band broke up, he hit the snowboarding circuit for two years but then began several acoustic jams with friends. HaHa... [+] Read More

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Modern rockers Lit formed in Orange County, CA in 1990 around frontman A. Jay Popoff, his guitarist brother Jeremy, bassist Kevin Baldes and drummer Allen Shellenberger. After years of sellout gigs at local venues like the noted Club 369 in Fullerton, in the spring of 1997 Lit issued their debut album Tripping the Light Fantastic; the record... [+] Read More

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The nu metal band, which setted up on september of 2005; in Ankara / Turkey.
This band's basics has fixed by Cem sönmez (bass), Can Eren (guitar) and Halil Özüpek (vocals)
It had the main position, changing 2 guitarists and 1 drummer in 1,5 year's time.

Rocka, which creates 3 or more compositions in it's songs; does... [+] Read More

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Out of Memphis, TN, comes the metallic quintet Saliva (singer Josey Scott, guitarists Chris Dibaldo and Wayne Swinny, bassist Dave Novotny, and drummer Paul Crosby). Originally formed in September 1996, the band was a finalist in the 1997 Grammy Showcase sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, issuing their 13-track... [+] Read More

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VAST is one man and one man only, Jon Crosby. Crosby grew up in Humboldt County, California, and at the age of 13, was profiled as a promising guitarist in Guitar Player Magazine. He was nearly signed to the guitar-based label Shrapnel, but decided to turn it down to hone his songwriting chops. Crosby soon left high school to do home study, and... [+] Read More

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