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Nuremberg
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Nuremberg is a city on the river Pegnitz and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia, about 170 kilometres north of Munich. It is the second-largest city in Bavaria, and the largest in Franconia, the population as of February 2015, is 517,498, which makes it Germanys fourteenth-largest city. The urban area also includes Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach with a population of 763,854. The European Metropolitan Area Nuremberg has ca.3.5 million inhabitants, Nuremberg was, according to the first documentary mention of the city in 1050, the location of an Imperial castle between the East Franks and the Bavarian March of the Nordgau. From 1050 to 1571, the city expanded and rose dramatically in importance due to its location on key trade routes, Nuremberg is often referred to as having been the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire, particularly because Imperial Diet and courts met at Nuremberg Castle. The Diets of Nuremberg were an important part of the structure of the empire. The increasing demand of the court and the increasing importance of the city attracted increased trade. Nuremberg soon became, with Augsburg, one of the two great trade centers on the route from Italy to Northern Europe. In 1298, the Jews of the town were accused of having desecrated the host, behind the massacre of 1298 was also the desire to combine the northern and southern parts of the city, which were divided by the Pegnitz. The Jews of the German lands suffered many massacres during the plague years, in 1349, Nurembergs Jews were subjected to a pogrom. They were burned at the stake or expelled, and a marketplace was built over the former Jewish quarter, the plague returned to the city in 1405,1435,1437,1482,1494,1520 and 1534. Charles was the patron of the Frauenkirche, built between 1352 and 1362, where the Imperial court worshipped during its stays in Nuremberg. Charles IV conferred upon the city the right to conclude alliances independently, frequent fights took place with the burgraves without, however, inflicting lasting damage upon the city. Through these and other acquisitions the city accumulated considerable territory, the Hussite Wars, recurrence of the Black Death in 1437, and the First Margrave War led to a severe fall in population in the mid-15th century. During the Middle Ages, Nurembergs literary culture was rich, varied, the cultural flowering of Nuremberg, in the 15th and 16th centuries, made it the centre of the German Renaissance. In 1525, Nuremberg accepted the Protestant Reformation, and in 1532, during the 1552 revolution against Charles V, Nuremberg tried to purchase its neutrality, but the city was attacked without a declaration of war and was forced into a disadvantageous peace. The state of affairs in the early 16th century, increased trade routes elsewhere, frequent quartering of Imperial, Swedish and League soldiers, the financial costs of the war and the cessation of trade caused irreparable damage to the city and a near-halving of the population. In 1632, the city, occupied by the forces of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, was besieged by the army of Imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein, the city declined after the war and recovered its importance only in the 19th century, when it grew as an industrial centre
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Glasgow
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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, and third largest in the United Kingdom. Historically part of Lanarkshire, it is now one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and it is situated on the River Clyde in the countrys West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Glaswegians, Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. From the 18th century the city grew as one of Great Britains main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America. Glasgow was the Second City of the British Empire for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Glasgow grew in population, reaching a peak of 1,128,473 in 1939. The entire region surrounding the conurbation covers about 2.3 million people, at the 2011 census, Glasgow had a population density of 8, 790/sq mi, the highest of any Scottish city. Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games and is well known in the sporting world for the football rivalry of the Old Firm between Celtic and Rangers. Glasgow is also known for Glasgow patter, a dialect that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city. Glasgow is the form of the ancient Cumbric name Glas Cau. Possibly referring to the area of Molendinar Burn where Glasgow Cathedral now stands, the later Gaelic name Baile Glas Chu, town of the grey dog, is purely a folk-etymology. The present site of Glasgow has been settled since prehistoric times, it is for settlement, being the furthest downstream fording point of the River Clyde, the origins of Glasgow as an established city derive ultimately from its medieval position as Scotlands second largest bishopric. Glasgow increased in importance during the 10th and 11th centuries as the site of this bishopric, reorganised by King David I of Scotland and John, there had been an earlier religious site established by Saint Mungo in the 6th century. The bishopric became one of the largest and wealthiest in the Kingdom of Scotland, bringing wealth, sometime between 1189 and 1195 this status was supplemented by an annual fair, which survives as the Glasgow Fair. Glasgow grew over the following centuries, the first bridge over the River Clyde at Glasgow was recorded from around 1285, giving its name to the Briggait area of the city, forming the main North-South route over the river via Glasgow Cross. The founding of the University of Glasgow in 1451 and elevation of the bishopric to become the Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1492 increased the towns religious and educational status and landed wealth. Its early trade was in agriculture, brewing and fishing, with cured salmon and herring being exported to Europe, Glasgow was subsequently raised to the status of Royal Burgh in 1611. The citys Tobacco Lords created a water port at Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde. By the late 18th century more than half of the British tobacco trade was concentrated on Glasgows River Clyde, at the time, Glasgow held a commercial importance as the city participated in the trade of sugar, tobacco and later cotton
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Metalcore
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Metalcore is a broad fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The word is a blend of the names of the two genres, among other genres blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of breakdowns, which are slow, intense passages that are conducive to moshing. Pantera and Sepultura have been influential to the development of metalcore in the 2000s. Black Flag and Bad Brains, among the originators of hardcore, British street punk groups such as Discharge and the Exploited also took inspiration from heavy metal. The Misfits put out the Earth A. D. album, nonetheless, punk and metal cultures and music remained fairly separate through the first half of the 1980s. Cross-pollination between metal and hardcore eventually birthed the crossover thrash scene, which gestated at a Berkeley club called Ruthies, the term metalcore was originally used to refer to these crossover groups. Hardcore punk groups Corrosion of Conformity, D. R. I. and Suicidal Tendencies played alongside thrash metal groups like Metallica and Slayer. This scene influenced the skinhead wing of New York hardcore, which began in 1984. The Cro-Mags were among the most influential of these bands, drawing equally from Bad Brains, Motörhead, Cro-Mags also embraced straight edge and Krishna consciousness. Another New York metal-influenced straight edge group of time period is the Crumbsuckers. 1985 saw the development of the breakdown, an amalgamation of Bad Brains reggae and metal backgrounds. Agnostic Fronts 1986 album Cause for Alarm, a collaboration with Peter Steele, was a watershed in the intertwining of hardcore, between 1984 and 1995, a new wave of bands emerged. Hogans Heroes are the earliest metallic hardcore group and were formed in 1984. Other bands include Integrity, Biohazard, Hoods, Earth Crisis, Converge, Shai Hulud, All Out War, Madball, Starkweather, Judge, Strife, Rorschach, Vision of Disorder Hatebreed, and Disembodied. Integrity drew influence from the hardcore band G. I. S. M. Earth Crisis, Converge and Hatebreed borrowed from hardcore punk and death metal. Earth Crisiss 1995 album Destroy the Machines was particularly influential to the development of the genre, Biohazard, Coalesce and Overcast were also important early metalcore groups. Journalist Lars Gotrich wrote, Along with key records by The Dillinger Escape Plan and Botch, at the risk of sounding too reductive — metalcore was the natural progression where extreme metal and hardcore met, but with spiraling time signatures that somehow felt more aggressive. Shai Huluds 1997 album Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion became especially influential in the part of the decade
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Heavy metal music
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are associated with aggression. The first heavy metal such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the evolution by discarding much of its blues influence, Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as metalheads or headbangers. During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with such as Mötley Crüe. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre and these include groove metal and nu metal, the latter of which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop. Heavy metal is characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes, the typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are used to enhance the fullness of the sound. Deep Purples Jon Lord played an overdriven Hammond organ, in 1970, John Paul Jones used a Moog synthesizer on Led Zeppelin III, by the 1990s, in. almost every subgenre of heavy metal synthesizers were used. The electric guitar and the power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal. The heavy metal guitar sound comes from a use of high volumes. Guitar solos are an element of the heavy metal code. That underscores the significance of the guitar to the genre, most heavy metal songs featur at least one guitar solo, which is a primary means through which the heavy metal performer expresses virtuosity. One exception is nu metal bands, which tend to omit guitar solos, with rhythm guitar parts, the heavy crunch sound in heavy metal. Palm muting the strings with the hand and using distortion. Palm muting creates a tighter, more sound and it emphasizes the low end
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Lamb of God (band)
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Lamb of God is an American groove metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994, the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, the band is considered a significant member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement. Since their formation, Lamb of God has released eight albums, one live album, one compilation album. The bands cumulative sales equal almost two million in the United States, including one album certified Gold by the RIAA, in 2010 and 2011 the band received Grammy nominations for songs from their 2009 album Wrath. They also received a nomination in 2016 for their song 512, Lamb of God has toured with the Ozzfest twice. Other appearances include Download Festival and Sonisphere Festival in the UK, Soundwave Festival, Mayhem Festival 2010, from 2008 to 2010 they toured as part of Metallicas World Magnetic Tour. In 1994, guitarists Mark Morton and Matt Conner, bassist John Campbell, the band members knew each other from the college they were all attending, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia. Morton and Conner left the band soon after its inception to pursue masters degrees, Adler and Campbell replaced Morton with Abe Spear. For the next five years, the band practiced in Richmond and around Virginia, in 1995, the band released its self-titled first demo. After the demo, Burn the Priest recorded two split EPs with Agents of Satan and ZED respectively, after the bands first three demos, Burn the Priest added vocalist Randall Blythe to its line up. In 1997, Morton returned to the band, two years later, the band released its first full-length self-titled album, Burn the Priest, through Legion Records. Mikey Brosnan of Legion Records saved up $2,500 for the recording, the album was produced by Today Is the Day guitarist and vocalist Steve Austin. Spear left the band, leaving a position for a guitarist. Adlers younger brother Willie became the second guitarist a year later. Contrary to rumour, the band did not change their name to Lamb of God after being banned from venues and they changed their name because of the altered line-up, and to avoid being mistaken for a satanic metal band. With a new name and label, the band released its album, New American Gospel. Patrick Kennedy of Allmusic compared the band to Pantera stating, The essential signatures of post-Pantera metal are in abundance on Lamb of Gods inaugural album, Chris Adler commented, This is a classic record. We had all the elements together to make one of the heaviest
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Soilwork
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Soilwork is a Swedish heavy metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast, formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork. Formed in late 1995, originally under the name Inferior Breed and their sound, as explained by Speed was influenced by such bands as Pantera, Meshuggah, and Carcass. Upon changing their name in late 1996 to Soilwork, they began to make more melodic music. Soilwork began work on a demo entitled In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake, before the recording ever took place, bassist Carl-Gustav Döös left the group, leaving guitarist Peter Wichers to handle the bass tracks on the demo. In a chance encounter, Soilwork met Michael Amott of Arch Enemy fame, who owned a store in Helsingborg. This ultimately led to the signing with Listenable Records. In 1998, Soilwork added keyboardist Carlos Holmberg and bassist Ola Flink, the band recorded and released their debut album Steelbath Suicide in May of that year. Soon after, guitarist Ludvig Svartz and drummer Jimmy Persson left, Persson was replaced by Henry Ranta, while Svartz was replaced by Peter Wichers uncle, Ola Frenning. The band toured throughout Europe in support of the album with such as Darkane, Naglfar. In 1999, Soilwork recorded their second album, The Chainheart Machine. In 2000, after exhausting themselves with touring, Soilwork returned to the studio to record their third full-length album, the release was well received and brought Soilwork to the forefront of the melodic death metal scene, alongside label mates In Flames. The band played at Wacken Open Air that year, and toured extensively with Annihilator, following up on their success, Soilwork entered the studio again in late 2001 to record the follow-up to A Predators Portrait with Devin Townsend and Fredrik Nordström. Natural Born Chaos was released in early 2002, to acclaim as well. After touring, they started writing and recording their fifth album, in December 2002, Soilwork entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album. After recording, the band began a European tour with Children of Bodom and Shadows Fall throughout April and that same month, Figure Number Five was released. In early June, drummer Henry Ranta left the band, to more on his personal life. The band then embarked on another North American tour with In Flames, Chimaira, in September, Soilwork toured Japan with Children of Bodom
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All That Remains (band)
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All That Remains is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1998. They have released seven albums, a live CD/DVD, and have sold over a million records worldwide. The group consists of vocalist Philip Labonte, guitarists Oli Herbert and Mike Martin, bassist Aaron Patrick, Labonte and Herbert are the only original members. In spite of this, the bands line-up had remained consistent from the release of 2008s Overcome until 2015s The Order of Things and this line-up changed, however, in September 2015, when long-time bassist Jeanne Sagan left the band, with Patrick taking her place. Phil Labonte, the vocalist for All That Remains, was originally the vocalist for Shadows Fall, after being asked to leave because of musical differences, Phil focused entirely on All That Remains, a side project he had been working on prior to leaving. The band released their album, Behind Silence and Solitude, on March 26,2002. The style of the album differs from their current melodic metalcore musical style they have had since 2006 and it was also the bands only release featuring the original members Chris Bartlett and Dan Egan. Their second album, This Darkened Heart, was released on March 23,2004, produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, the album featured better production compared to its predecessor. The three singles that were released from the album are This Darkened Heart, Tattered on My Sleeve, Music videos were created for all three. This Darkened Heart is the first album with current guitarist Mike Martin and their third album, The Fall of Ideals, was released on July 11,2006, through Prosthetic Records. Once again, the album was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, the album is also considered to be the bands breakthrough release, as it entered the Billboard 200 charts at number 75, selling almost 13,000 copies in its first week. This Calling was released as the albums first single, Two music videos were created, with one incorporating footage from Saw III. A music video was made for the second single The Air That I Breathe. The band was also a part of Ozzfest 2006, the song Six is featured in Guitar Hero II as an unlockable song. On June 20,2007, it was announced that The Fall of Ideals had surpassed 100,000 sales in the United States, a music video for the albums third single Not Alone was filmed on July 4 and was released on September 10,2007. In 2007, they played at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, on November 30,2007, All That Remains released a live CD/DVD album titled All That Remains Live. In early 2008, they embarked on a tour with support from Chimaira and Black Tide with Divine Heresy. Five Finger Death Punch was originally supposed to play but dropped off before the tour started due to vocal problems, later that summer All That Remains appeared on the Midwestern leg of Vans Warped Tour 2008
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Suicide Silence
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Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California. Formed in 2002, the band has released five studio albums, one EP. They have received an amount of praise, being awarded the Revolver Golden God award for Best New Talent in 2009. The group currently consists of vocalist Hernan Eddie Hermida, rhythm guitarist Chris Garza, lead guitarist Mark Heylmun, bassist Dan Kenny, Suicide Silence was founded in 2002 in Riverside, California. At the time, it was a project made up of musicians from other bands. Their first live show was performed locally in Riverside, with a line-up consisting of Chris Garza, Rick Ash, Mike Bodkins, Josh Goddard, despite being fired soon after, Womacks vocals appeared on the bands 2003 Death Awaits demo. After Death Awaits was completed, the began recording a second demo. It was by this time the members began committing more time to Suicide Silence. Soon after, they recorded and released their first studio effort and it was initially released by Third Degree Records, and later re-released in the UK through In at the Deep End Records. 2006 marked the departure of drummer Josh Goddard, who was replaced by Alex Lopez, the album was written, recorded and completed in 2007 and was mixed by Tue Madsen, produced by John Travis and features artwork by Dave McKean. The album was released on September 18,2007 and debuted at number 94 on the Billboard 200, the sales of that week ending combined with its later sales made The Cleansing one of the best-selling debut albums in Century Media history. With the success of their album, Suicide Silence were included to take part in Mayhem Festival that took place during the summer of 2008. Afterward, they toured Europe with Parkway Drive and Bury Your Dead, Suicide Silence then followed along with a tour in Australia with Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember and The Acacia Strain in mid-2008 during the time when they were included to perform at Sweat Fest. At this point Suicide Silence were beginning to gain a wide range of fans throughout the world, shortly before embarking on Mayhem Festival in summer 2008, Suicide Silences MySpace profile title read Suicide Silence, which was the first indication of ensuring the upcoming of their second album. On June 26,2008, Mitch Lucker appeared on the Headbangers Ball blog podcast, in the interview, Lucker stated that the album would be recorded through tracks as opposed of being recorded live, such as The Cleansing. He also said the new album would blow The Cleansing away, Machine was chosen by the band to be the producer of the album. The title for it was revealed as being No Time to Bleed, Suicide Silence began recording No Time to Bleed in February with production by acclaimed producer Machine and engineering by Will Putney. During Music as a Weapon as well as the bands Cleansing the Nation tour, they began to perform the songs No Time to Bleed, Your Creations, Lifted, in April they received the Revolver Golden God award for Most Innovative Band and performed at the awards show
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Belgium
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Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and has a population of about 11 million people. Additionally, there is a group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area. Historically, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg were known as the Low Countries, the region was called Belgica in Latin, after the Roman province of Gallia Belgica. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, today, Belgium is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. It is divided into three regions and three communities, that exist next to each other and its two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region is a bilingual enclave within the Flemish Region. A German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia, Belgiums linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance, made up of six different governments. Upon its independence, declared in 1830, Belgium participated in the Industrial Revolution and, during the course of the 20th century, possessed a number of colonies in Africa. This continuing antagonism has led to several far-reaching reforms, resulting in a transition from a unitary to a federal arrangement during the period from 1970 to 1993. Belgium is also a member of the Eurozone, NATO, OECD and WTO. Its capital, Brussels, hosts several of the EUs official seats as well as the headquarters of major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium is also a part of the Schengen Area, Belgium is a developed country, with an advanced high-income economy and is categorized as very high in the Human Development Index. A gradual immigration by Germanic Frankish tribes during the 5th century brought the area under the rule of the Merovingian kings, a gradual shift of power during the 8th century led the kingdom of the Franks to evolve into the Carolingian Empire. Many of these fiefdoms were united in the Burgundian Netherlands of the 14th and 15th centuries, the Eighty Years War divided the Low Countries into the northern United Provinces and the Southern Netherlands. The latter were ruled successively by the Spanish and the Austrian Habsburgs and this was the theatre of most Franco-Spanish and Franco-Austrian wars during the 17th and 18th centuries. The reunification of the Low Countries as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands occurred at the dissolution of the First French Empire in 1815, although the franchise was initially restricted, universal suffrage for men was introduced after the general strike of 1893 and for women in 1949. The main political parties of the 19th century were the Catholic Party, French was originally the single official language adopted by the nobility and the bourgeoisie
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Bury Tomorrow
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Bury Tomorrow are a British metalcore band formed in 2006 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Bury Tomorrow have released four albums, their most recent being Earthbound. The band – despite reading in press that metalcore had become a dirty word of such – was adamant to prove that metalcore was still relevant. Davyd Winter-Bates has said comment on their interest to the style by saying since day one we have been really proud, in 2007 they self-released their debut EP The Sleep of the Innocents. Their debut album Portraits was released through Basick Records in Britain on October 2009, two music videos were shot to support the release of the album but only one, You and I, was broadcast on music channels. You and I was broadcast on MTV2 in the United States, Scuzz in the United Kingdom, Portraits was then released through Artery Recordings on March 2010 in Japan and the United States. Bury Tomorrow toured continuously over the course of 2010, touring across the United States, Europe, in their tours in 2010 the band supported Asking Alexandria, Of Mice and Men, Sleeping With Sirens, and Pierce the Veil. In 2011 the band felt an amount of pressure from their American record label. The only person that remained in their team was their British agent, no bands even want to take us on tour. The band was so low on money that they couldnt even afford to go to the studio to record the album they had written in 2011 and their agent managed to get them performances at Slam Dunk Festival and Ghostfest in Leeds. At this point Bury Tomorrows members had such a lack of confidence in the future that they believed these would be their final shows. Their performances at these festivals were met with a response from fans. At Ghostfest, Bury Tomorrow met their future band manager who suggested that they shelf the album they had been writing. Instead, they wrote and recorded Lionheart, the first single for what would become their second album, released on 8 September 2011. Bury Tomorrow supported British metalcore band While She Sleeps in October, on 6 December, two days before the band started the headline tour, a video was released for their single Royal Blood, directed by Thomas Welsh. Royal Blood was later broadcast on Radio 1 on Christmas Eve during its daytime programme, Bury Tomorrow spent the first few months of 2012 recording their second album, with only a few tour dates in the first half of 2012 to support the albums release. In April 2012, Bury Tomorrow announced that they had signed to Nuclear Blast and confirmed the album art, track listing and release date of their second album, The Union of Crowns. The band said that signing to the new record label allowed them to record it the way wanted to
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Megadeth
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Megadeth is an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson formed the band in 1983 shortly after Mustaines dismissal from Metallica. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, the band is credited as one of the big four with Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer, responsible for thrash metals development. Megadeth plays in a style, featuring fast rhythm sections. Themes of death, war, politics and religion are prominent in the song lyrics, in 1985, the band released its debut album on the independent label Combat Records. The albums moderate commercial success caught the attention of bigger labels and their first major-label album, Peace Sells. But Whos Buying. was released in 1986 and influenced the underground metal scene, despite its prominence in thrash metal, frequent disputes between its members and substance abuse issues brought Megadeth negative publicity during this period. After the lineup stabilized, the released a number of platinum-selling albums, including Rust in Peace. These albums, along with touring worldwide, helped bring recognition to Megadeth. The band temporarily disbanded in 2002 when Mustaine suffered an arm injury and re-established in 2004 without bassist Ellefson, Ellefson settled with Mustaine out of court and rejoined the group in 2010. Megadeth has hosted its own festival, Gigantour, several times since mid-2005. As of 2014, Megadeth had sold 50 million records worldwide, earned platinum certification in the United States for five of its fifteen studio albums, Megadeth won its first Grammy Award in 2017 for the song Dystopia in the Best Metal Performance category. The bands mascot, Vic Rattlehead, regularly appears on album artwork and, since 2010, the group has experienced controversy over its musical approach and lyrics, including canceled concerts and album bans. MTV has refused to play two of the videos that the network considered to condone suicide. As Metallicas lead guitarist since 1982, Mustaine had composed some of the early songs. Afterward, Mustaine vowed revenge by forming a band that was faster and heavier than Metallica. On the bus back to Los Angeles, Mustaine found a pamphlet by California senator Alan Cranston that read. The term Megadeath stuck with Mustaine and he wrote a song with the slightly changed to Megadeth
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Amon Amarth
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Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom and their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and history, and so they have been associated with Viking metal. The band is composed of vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg, bassist Ted Lundström, Amon Amarth has released ten studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, one video album, and ten music videos. Its first studio album, Once Sent from the Golden Hall, three more albums, Surtur Rising, Deceiver of the Gods, and Jomsviking followed in 2011,2013, and 2016, respectively. After a 1991 demo, Scum broke up, Johan Hegg convinced the former members to reform, and Amon Amarth formed in 1992. Hegg replaced Mäkitalo on vocals, Anders Hansson joined on guitar, recorded its first demo Thor Arise. In 1994 another demo entitled The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter was recorded, in 1996, it signed with Pulverised Records, on which it released its first MCD, Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds, which sold 6000 copies. They then signed with Metal Blade Records which released the debut album Once Sent from the Golden Hall. According to Allmusic, the song that bore the groups namesake was the most memorable, containing the chaotic noises of battle, the screams of the dying, and much sword-clashing to boot. Since then they have performed at multiple Canada and US tours, festival appearances, eight music videos, and appearances in over 100 metal magazines. In June 1998, as the band was about to commence a tour alongside Deicide, Six Feet Under and Brutal Truth, after the tour Martin Lopez quit to join Opeth and Fredrik Andersson came in. With him in Spring 1999 the band recorded and released its second full-length, the release was supported by the X-Mas Massacre Festivals Tour with Morbid Angel headlining. The Crusher, released in 2001, was considered to be its most aggressive album, in support of it the band went on tour with Marduk and Vader, taking part in No Mercy Festival. Its first American tour in autumn 2001 though had to be cancelled and was later, in January 2002, without Marduk. In April 2002 the band toured Europe with Vomitory and in August performed at Wacken Open Air before 12.000 metal fans. In Berno Studio in Malmo Versus The World was recorded and came out, The Viking Edition comprising a bonus CD which included demos Thor Arise, touring continued up until Spring 2004 when the band started working on Fate of Norns album which was released on 6 September 2004. The follow-up, With Oden on Our Side, has shown that Amon Amarth continue to be champions of the death metal tournament. The albums material though was not included in the DVD Wrath Of The Norsemen which was released in May 2006, having turned gold in US ever since
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