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Artist: Artillery
Genre: Rock/PopDenmark's Artillery were one of the many quality European thrash metal bands which never seemed to catch a break. Formed in 1982 in the Copenhagen suburb of Taastrup by brothers Michael (guitar) and Morten Stytzer (bass), Artillery's demos quickly became a hot item on the heavy metal underground tape trading circuit thanks to their frenzied,... [+] Read More
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Artist: GWAR
Genre: Rock/PopGWAR (an acronym for God What an Awful Racket) is thrash metal's answer to the more mainstream satire of Spinal Tap. Gory, sexually perverse, and scatological in the extreme, GWAR was formed at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond as an experiment in marketing strategy by several musicians, art students, and dancers. The group claims to... [+] Read More
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Artist: HEAD CRUSHER
Genre: World/ReggaeHEAD CRUSHER canaliza en su propuesta la armonía y el sentimiento, junto con la agresividad y fuerza características del metalcore americano y europeo, con la idea de reflejar en un estilo muy propio, una energía contundente y demoledora, llena de guitarras desenfrenadas, de líricas y melodías inteligentes e inspiradoras.
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Artist: Hjallarhorn
Genre: Rock/PopHjallarhorn - the revival of riff-based Classic Heavy Metal. Based in Oslo, Norway, this heavy metal band marked their return to the music scene in 2004 with the release of "Six Track Metal Attack". The demo, portraying a direct classic heavy metal style, received first-class reviews. It also provided Hjallarhorn with the opportunity for a... [+] Read More
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Artist: Holocaust
Genre: Rock/PopHailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, Holocaust were formed in the late '70s, and featured vocalist Gary Lettice, guitarists John Mortimer and Ed Dudley, bassist Robin Begg, and drummer Nicky Arkless. Like many New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands, Holocaust cut their teeth in local clubs during the waning days of punk, before finally scoring an... [+] Read More
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Artist: Metallica
Genre: Rock/PopMetallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s, responsible for bringing the music back to Earth. Instead of playing the usual rock star games of metal stars of the early '80s, the band looked and talked like they were from the street. Metallica expanded the limits of thrash, using speed and volume not for their own... [+] Read More
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Artist: Slayer
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalSlayer 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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Artist: Sweet Savage
Genre: Rock/PopOne of the more obscure bands that was part of the late-'70s/early-'80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement was Sweet Savage, although they hailed from Ireland. The band was the first to feature guitarist Vivian Campbell, who would go on to greater success with such metal outfits as Dio and Def Leppard (the other members included... [+] Read More
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