Celtic Frost's impact on the evolution of European heavy metal cannot be overstated. Along with power metal kings Helloween (and to a lesser degree, the sometimes cartoonish Mercyful Fate), Frost's enduring influence on Europe's heavy metal landscape is arguably comparable to Metallica's standing in America. Labeled by critics as "avant-garde"... [+] Read More

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Formed in May 1994 by KK as an outlet for more thrashy riffs not suitable for Bestial Warlust. Never intended to be a "serious" full time band.

Drums originally played by C.Volcanoe, later of Abominator.

Record "Six songs with the devil" demo tape in May 1994.

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Adrenicide is definately one of,and arguably,the premier Crossover band in Britain. Formed in Jan.2003,the core of the band has always comprised: Nuno Evaristo-(most instruments/vocals)and Neilson Armstrong-(vocals/bass) two old school **** on a mission to make pure 80's Hardcore/Crossover. Adrenicide is the bastard son of this... [+] Read More

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Arkham 13 (Originally known as just Arkham), was formed in the summer of 1997 by Derek (formerly of Neglect & Cleanser) & Dug. Pete, who also played on the Misc. CD with Derek (which featured Dug, as well as Jamey Jasta, Daryl Glass Jaw, Jaw Guilty Party/Berzerkers, Rick ta Life, etc.) played drums with A-13 until we found a permament drummer,... [+] Read More

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In a musical realm where scale of influence has little to do with commercial success, few originators of the extreme metal arts evoke as deep a sense of mystery, or incite such hushed, reverential tones of admiration, as Sweden's Bathory. Essentially a one-man operation helmed by the mysterious Quorthon, Bathory's development from the rawest... [+] Read More

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Celtic Frost's impact on the evolution of European heavy metal cannot be overstated. Along with power metal kings Helloween (and to a lesser degree, the sometimes cartoonish Mercyful Fate), Frost's enduring influence on Europe's heavy metal landscape is arguably comparable to Metallica's standing in America. Labeled by critics as "avant-garde"... [+] Read More

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Together with their countrymen Kreator and Sodom, Germany's Destruction constituted the dominating triumvirate of Teutonic thrash metal during the 1980's. Although they ultimately failed to match these peers' in terms of commercial success and longevity, at least two of their albums still qualify among the crème de la crème of the decade's speed... [+] Read More

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Diet ov Worms was founded in 1996 as Fetid Scum. The original members of the band were M (guitars & bass), Yanthor (vocals) and Wargecko (drums & guitars). The band originally played punk- and noise-influenced grindcore before switching over to blackened death metal. In 1997, the band changed its name to Primeval Dusk. The band recorded raw... [+] Read More

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If Celtic Frost's first three albums served as the musical Lord of the Rings for hundreds of European kids who later wound up in black metal bands of their own, then Frost's main man Tom Warrior's first band -- the ultra-primitive Hellhammer -- surely represented The Hobbit. With Warrior on vocals and guitar, Steve Warrior (no relation) on bass,... [+] Read More

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Improving upon the foundation of technical, neck-snapping death metal they helped build beginning in the late 1980s, IMMOLATION lumber forth with the seventh chapter in their legendary career, Shadows in the Light. The group recorded their latest collection of deathly dirges within the hallowed halls of Millbrook Sound Studios, once home to such... [+] Read More

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Improving upon the foundation of technical, neck-snapping death metal they helped build beginning in the late 1980s, IMMOLATION lumber forth with the seventh chapter in their legendary career, Shadows in the Light. The group recorded their latest collection of deathly dirges within the hallowed halls of Millbrook Sound Studios, once home to such... [+] Read More

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Arguably the most influential and successful European thrash metal band ever, Germany's Kreator is also by far the most enduring. Like many of their European speed metal brethren.Kreator fused Metallica's thrash innovations with Venom's proto-black metal imagery, sparked it with Motörhead's balls-out velocity, and capped it off with the... [+] Read More

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Groups like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Slayer may have founded death metal in the early '80s, but it wasn't until such disciples as Morbid Angel came along at the close of the decade that the genre was pushed to its most extreme level, both musically and lyrically. Formed in 1984 in Florida, Morbid Angel (along with Death) would also help... [+] Read More

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New York thrash quartet Overkill was formed in 1984 by vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and guitarist Bobby Gustafson, also including bassist D.D. Verni and drummer Sid Falck. The band garnered a reputation for brutal, pounding speed and technique, but lacked the musical diversity to compete with heavy hitters like Metallica; still, they built... [+] Read More

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Slayer was one of the most distinctive, influential, and extreme thrash metal bands of the 1980s. Their graphic lyrics deal with everything from death and dismemberment to war and the horrors of hell. Their full-throttle velocity, wildly chaotic guitar solos, and powerful musical chops paint an effectively chilling sonic background for their... [+] Read More

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Tyneside, England's Warfare arrived just in time to ride the final surge of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal phenomenon. Formed in 1984 by longtime scenester, singing drummer Paul Evo (just "Evo" to his friends), guitarist Gunner, and bassist Falken, Warfare immediately drew comparisons to the likes of Motörhead, Tank, and particularly Venom,... [+] Read More

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England's Witchfynde was just one of many early-80's groups to be conveniently lumped into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, but they were nowhere near as sonically extreme as their exaggeratedly Satanic image and references would suggest. In fact, despite displaying a wealth of heavy metal influences, their music was characterized by a... [+] Read More

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