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Artist: 1349
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal1349 rose from the ashes of Alvheim in 1997, with Ravn (vocals & drums), Tjalve (guitars), Seidemann (bass) and Balfori (guitars). They recorded but never released a demo in early '98, and Balfori quit shortly after due to musical differences. In early '99 they recorded the never released promo Chaos Preferred. By then, the band realised they... [+] Read More
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Artist: Absu
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalFirst formed as "Dolmen" in 1989 by Shaftiel (vocals/guitar/bass) and Equitant Ifernain (lead guitar, bass), the black/death metal band Absu hails from the least likely of extreme metal watering grounds: Dallas, Texas. By 1991, the name change to Absu (borrowed from ancient Mesopotamian beliefs) had taken effect, two demos, "Immortal Sorcery"... [+] Read More
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Album: "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam"
by Gorgoroth
Release date: 2006
Release date: 2006
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Artist: Amon Amarth
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalSince their humble start in 1992 as an underground band from Tumba, a suburb in southern Stockholm, AMON AMARTH have managed to establish themselves as one of Europe’s top death metal acts through hard work, relentless touring, and consistently solid albums. What has set AMON AMARTH apart from the rest of the death metal scene since the very... [+] Read More
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Artist: Angelcorpse
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalAngelcorpse formed in early 1995 after Pete Helmkamp's first band Order From Chaos split. Gene Palubicki and Helmkamp joined forces, began writing material, and after acquiring Longstreth in early 96, recorded the "Goats To Azazael" demo. Within two weeks the band signed to Osmose Productions (France) and began writing material that would become... [+] Read More
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Album: "Antithesis"
by Secrets of the Moon
Release date: 2006
Release date: 2006
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Artist: Bergraven
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalBergraven's main man, Pär, turns the traditional blast-and-flay aesthetic of “frostbitten grimness” on its ear and comes at us with sweeping riff dirges, winding cinematic passages, melodic guitar interludes, tortured-yet-vaguely-authoritarian & Germanic vocal overtones and—get this—ambient pedal steel excursions. All of which is enough to make... [+] Read More
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Artist: Birdflesh
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalGrindcore from Sweden [+] Read More
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Artist: Burzum
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalBurzum is the one-man project of Varg Vikernes (born Christian Vikernes, aka Count Grishnackh), perhaps the most notorious figure in Norwegian black metal. Although Burzum has an unpredictably experimental bent -- encompassing black metal, industrial, electronic, and dark ambient music -- Vikernes will forever be associated with his conviction... [+] Read More
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Artist: Candlemass
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalSweden's Candlemass helped reintroduce the lumbering power chords of Black Sabbath to an entire generation of post-New Wave of British Heavy Metal and post-thrash metalheads, almost single-handedly writing the handbook for the modern doom metal movement in the process. After the breakup of his first band Nemesis in 1985, bassist Leif Edling... [+] Read More
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Artist: Cannibal Corpse
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal"If vomit were a movie, this would be the soundtrack," wrote one critic of Cannibal Corpse's music, some of the most extreme, violent death metal sounds and subject matter ever committed to tape. Reveling in splatter-horror imagery in their often indecipherable lyrics, the group's graphic album artwork and song titles like "Meat Hook Sodomy,"... [+] Read More
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Artist: Carcass
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalEngland's Carcass assisted in a revival of the death metal genre while introducing the new grindcore style. ~ John Book, All Music Guide [+] Read More
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Artist: Carnal Forge
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalCarnal Forge, while aligned with Sweden's fertile death metal scene, actually harks back more to classic thrash and speed metal, particularly Slayer (as well as the melodic sensibilities of countrymen At the Gates). Formed in September 1997, the band featured vocalist Jonas Kjellgren (ex-Dellamorte and Centinex), guitarists Jari Kuusisto and... [+] Read More
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Artist: Cranium
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalAs foretold by their album titles, Speed Metal Satan (1997, an EP), Speed Metal Slaughter (1998), and Speed Metal Sentence (1999), Sweden's Cranium specialized in, er, speed metal -- of the sort made popular during the 1980s by bands like Sodom, Destruction, and Hellhammer, to be exact. Obviously, vocalist/guitarist Fredrik Söderberg, guitarist... [+] Read More
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Artist: Crionics
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalCRIONICS formed in January 1997 in the city of Krakow, Poland. The first line up was then Waran-vocals, guitars, Yanuary-guitars, Marcotic-bass and Carol-drums. Their goal was to play fast and melodic metal music. A year after the band formed, they recorded five songs on a four-tracker. This material never saw the light because of its bad... [+] Read More
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Artist: Cryptopsy
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalMaking a splash on the Montreal death metal scene with their 1993 demo Ungentle Exhumation, Cryptopsy were immediately recognized in Europe after signing to Germany's Invasion Records the following year. Consisting of vocalist Lord Worm, guitarists Jon Levasseur and Miguel Roy, bassist Eric Langlois and drummer Flo Mounier, the band released... [+] Read More
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Artist: Darkthrone
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalIn 1986 Darkthrone rose up from the darkness, brought to life by Gylve Nagell (drummer), Ted Skjellum (guitars/vocals), Ivar Enger (guitars) and Dag Nilsen (bass). Under this line up the band released 3 demos, Land Of Frost, Thulcandra and Cromlech before signing to Peaceville Records in a 4-album deal. 1991 saw the release of Darkthrone's debut... [+] Read More
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Artist: Dark Tranquillity
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalTowards the end of the '90s, Scandinavian death metal -- or at least one branch of it -- began to evolve into a more accessible amalgamation of death-metal intensity, a bit of progressive-metal experimentation, and more traditional late-'70s/early-'80s British metal, with its catchy, groove-oriented riffs and twin-guitar lead lines. Although the... [+] Read More
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Artist: Dekapitator
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalDekapitator began as a concept between Andy Maniac and Matt Hellfiend, two confirmed Thrashaholics, in late 1996. Their tastes seemed to run continually contrary to the direction of the band they played in together, Gore/Death Metal act Exhumed. The two became re-obsessed with the mid-1980's thrash movements in Germany, Canada, and of course... [+] Read More
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Artist: Destroyer 666
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalFormed 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. Volcanoe agrees to record "Violence is the Prince of this world" album. KK is... [+] Read More
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Artist: Destruction
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalTogether 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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Artist: Dew-Scented
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalGermany's curiously named death/thrash outfit Dew-Scented was founded in 1992 by then drummer, later vocalist Leif Jensen. Together with assorted, short-tenured bandmates, he gradually parlayed a pair of demos (1993's Symbolization and 1994's unnamed promo) into a deal with local independent Steamhammer for 1996's full-length debut,... [+] Read More
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Artist: DHG
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal'Supervillian Outcast' is DØDHEIMSGARD's (now known as DHG) follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 1999 release '666 International,' a sonically-charged rollercoaster ride of avant-garde chaos and intense black metal drive and atmosphere. The album, which ended up on many critics' Top 10 lists, helped inject the black metal music scene with... [+] Read More
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Artist: Dimension Zero
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalDimension Zero came into being in 1996 when the guitar team from Swedish metal juggernaut In Flames (Jesper Strömblad and Glenn Ljungström) decided to put together a side project that would allow the pair to pursue some of their more aggressive musical interests. Considering the heft of In Flames' blistering metal assault, this new project was... [+] Read More
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Artist: Dimmu Borgir
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalBlending black metal's most brutal tendencies, the melancholic beauty of opera, and industrial metal's production techniques, Dimmu Borgir has carved a niche in the metal world as one of the most savage and creative acts to hail from the Norwegian scene. The group first started in 1993, when members Shagrath (vocals), Erkekjetter Silenoz... [+] Read More
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