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Alternative rock
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Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s. In this instance, the word refers to the genres distinction from mainstream rock music. The terms original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their debt to either the musical style or simply the independent. Ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music, Alternative rock is a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü, with the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful. By the end of the decade, alternative rocks mainstream prominence declined due to a number of events that caused grunge and Britpop to fade, emo attracted attention in the larger alternative rock world, and the term was applied to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts. Post-punk revival artists such as Modest Mouse and The Killers had commercial success in the early, before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sort of music to which it refers was known by a variety of terms. In 1979, Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing about, in 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled Rock and Roll Alternative. College rock was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the radio circuit. In the United Kingdom, dozens of small do it yourself record labels emerged as a result of the punk subculture, according to the founder of one of these labels, Cherry Red, NME and Sounds magazines published charts based on small record stores called Alternative Charts. The first national chart based on distribution called the Indie Chart was published in January 1980, at the time, the term indie was used literally to describe independently distributed records. By 1985, indie had come to mean a particular genre, or group of subgenres, at first the term referred to intentionally non–mainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. The use of alternative gained further exposure due to the success of Lollapalooza, for which festival founder, in the late 1990s, the definition again became more specific. Defining music as alternative is often difficult because of two conflicting applications of the word, the name alternative rock essentially serves as an umbrella term for underground music that has emerged in the wake of punk rock since the mid-1980s. Alternative bands during the 1980s generally played in clubs, recorded for indie labels. Sounds range from the gloomy soundscapes of gothic rock to the guitars of indie pop to the dirty guitars of grunge to the 1960s/1970s revivalism of Britpop. This approach to lyrics developed as a reflection of the social and economic strains in the United States and United Kingdom of the 1980s, by 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels mined from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock influences. This represented a break from the futuristic, hyper-rational post-punk years
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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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Punk rock
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Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as proto-punk music, Punk bands typically produced short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic, many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels, the term punk was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, for the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment, by the beginning of the 1980s, faster, more aggressive styles such as hardcore and street punk had become the predominant mode of punk rock. Musicians identifying with or inspired by punk also pursued a range of other variations, giving rise to post-punk. At the end of the 20th century, punk rock had been adopted by the mainstream, as pop punk and punk bands such as Green Day. The first wave of rock was aggressively modern, distancing itself from the bombast. According to Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, In its initial form, unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere, by 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock n roll. In critic Robert Christgaus description, It was also a subculture that rejected the political idealism. Technical accessibility and a DIY spirit are prized in punk rock, in the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands. Musical virtuosity was often looked on with suspicion, according to Holmstrom, punk rock was rock and roll by people who didnt have very many skills as musicians but still felt the need to express themselves through music. In December 1976, the English fanzine Sideburns published an illustration of three chords, captioned This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. The title of a 1980 single by the New York punk band Stimulators, inscribed a catchphrase for punks basic musical approach. The previous year, when the rock revolution began in Great Britain, was to be both a musical and a cultural Year Zero. As a Clash associate describes singer Joe Strummers outlook, Punk rock is meant to be our freedom, were meant to be able to do what we want to do. Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that attaining authenticity in the identity can be difficult, as the punk scene matured, he observes
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Electronic music
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In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as the theremin, sound synthesizer, and computer. During the 1920s and 1930s, electronic instruments were introduced and the first compositions for instruments were composed. Musique concrète, created in Paris in 1948, was based on editing together recorded fragments of natural and industrial sounds, Music produced solely from electronic generators was first produced in Germany in 1953. Electronic music was created in Japan and the United States beginning in the 1950s. An important new development was the advent of computers for the purpose of composing music, algorithmic composition was first demonstrated in Australia in 1951. In America and Europe, live electronics were pioneered in the early 1960s, during the 1970s to early 1980s, the monophonic Minimoog became once the most widely used synthesizer at that time in both popular and electronic art music. In the 1980s, electronic music became dominant in popular music, with a greater reliance on synthesizers, and the adoption of programmable drum machines. Electronically produced music became prevalent in the domain by the 1990s. Contemporary electronic music includes many varieties and ranges from art music to popular forms such as electronic dance music. Today, pop music is most recognizable in its 4/4 form. At the turn of the 20th century, experimentation with emerging electronics led to the first electronic musical instruments and these initial inventions were not sold, but were instead used in demonstrations and public performances. The audiences were presented with reproductions of existing music instead of new compositions for the instruments, while some were considered novelties and produced simple tones, the Telharmonium accurately synthesized the sound of orchestral instruments. It achieved viable public interest and made progress into streaming music through telephone networks. Critics of musical conventions at the time saw promise in these developments, ferruccio Busoni encouraged the composition of microtonal music allowed for by electronic instruments. He predicted the use of machines in future music, writing the influential Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, futurists such as Francesco Balilla Pratella and Luigi Russolo began composing music with acoustic noise to evoke the sound of machinery. They predicted expansions in timbre allowed for by electronics in the influential manifesto The Art of Noises, developments of the vacuum tube led to electronic instruments that were smaller, amplified, and more practical for performance. In particular, the theremin, ondes Martenot and trautonium were commercially produced by the early 1930s, from the late 1920s, the increased practicality of electronic instruments influenced composers such as Joseph Schillinger to adopt them
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Nickelsdorf
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Nickelsdorf is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Nickelsdorf is the town in the municipality. It has an important border crossing to Hegyeshalom in Hungary, the town belonged—like the whole province of Burgenland—to Hungary until 1920, when it became part of the Austrian state of Burgenland. The seats on the council are distributed as follows, SPÖ10, ÖVP2, Grüne 1, FPÖ1. Since 1985, the annual and internationally famous Jazzfestival Konfrontationen has taken place in Nickelsdorf, from 9 June to 12 June 2005, the Nova Rock Festival took place in Nickelsdorf with headliners like Die Ärzte, System of a Down, The Prodigy, and Green Day. Every day, there were 30,000 fans in this small next to the border to Hungary. And one year later in 2006, the Nova Rock Festival drew, with over 50 bands, with famous bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica and Guns N Roses, it was the largest ever rock festival in Austria
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Music festival
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A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality, or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, performance art. Many festivals are annual, or repeat at some other interval, some, including many rock festivals, are held only once. Some festivals are organized as for-profit concerts and others are benefits for a specific cause, another type of music festival is the educative type, organized annually in local communities, regionally, or nationally, for the benefit of amateur musicians of all ages and grades of achievement. The Pythian Games at Delphi included musical performances, and may be one of the earliest festivals known, during the Middle Ages, festivals were often held as competitions. Entrants perform prepared pieces in front of an audience which includes competitors and they also usually receive a certificate, classified according to merit, and some may win trophies. The competitive element is played down, however, as the important aspect is that participants can learn from one another. Such festivals aim to provide a friendly and supportive platform for musicians to share in the excitement of making music, for many, they provide a bridge from lessons and examinations to performing confidently in public. Milwaukee, Wisconsins 11-day event, Summerfest, promotes itself as The Worlds Largest Music Festival, operating annually since 1968, the festival attracts between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people each year, and hosts over 800 musical acts. The Woodstock Festival in 1969 drew nearly 500,000 attendees, the largest annual greenfield music festival in the world is Roskilde Festival in Denmark, which attracts about 135,000 spectators each year. Glastonbury Festival has a capacity of about 175,000 spectators, for a more complete listing of active and defunct festivals by region, see Category, Music festivals by country. Some sections may also have links to related lists of music festivals by country, L. my.1 Festival, Biddinghuizen Dekmantel, Amsterdam Festival Mundial, Tilburg Incubate, Tilburg Le Guess Who. Born 1985 Salas Principales Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas y Auditorio Adán Martin, Tenerife. com – The most extensive music festival listings
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Burgenland
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Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two cities and seven rural districts, with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long north to south but much narrower from west to east. The region is part of the Centrope Project, Burgenland is the seventh largest of Austrias nine states, or Bundesländer, at 3,962 km2. The highest point in the province is Geschriebenstein, at 884 metres above sea level, Burgenland borders the Austrian state of Styria to the southwest, and the state of Lower Austria to the northwest. To the east it borders Hungary, in the extreme north and south there are short borders with Slovakia and Slovenia respectively. Burgenland and Hungary share the Neusiedler See, a known for its reeds and shallowness. The Neusiedler See is Austrias largest lake, and is a great tourist attraction, bringing ornithologists, sailors, Burgenlands state assembly has 36 seats. The provincial government is a coalition of the SPÖ and the FPÖ, the voting age for regional elections in Burgenland was reduced to 16 in 2003. Burgenland consists of nine districts, two cities and seven rural districts. From north to south, These combine the attributes of district, Burgenland is the only Austrian state which has never been part of the Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire, German Confederation nor Austria-Hungarys Cisleithania. The first Indo-European peoples appeared in this region around 3300 BC, from the 4th century BC, the area was dominated by Celts and in the 1st century AD it became part of the Roman Empire. During Roman administration, it was part of the province of Pannonia, during the late Roman Empire, Pannonia Prima province was part of larger administrative units, such are Diocese of Pannonia, Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum and Praetorian prefecture of Italy. The first Germanic people to settle in this region were the Ostrogoths, the Ostrogoths became allies of Rome and were allowed to settle in Pannonia, being tasked to defend the Roman borders. In the 5th century, the area was conquered by the Huns, but after their defeat, in the 6th century, the territory was included in another Germanic state, the Kingdom of the Lombards. However, the Lombards subsequently left towards Italy and the area came under the control of the Avars, briefly in the 7th century, the area was part of the Slavic State of Samo, but was subsequently returned to Avar control. After the Avar defeat at the end of the 8th century, after the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, new Germanic settlers came to the area. On 20 September 1058 Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary, whose son married a daughter of Agnes of Poitou
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States of Austria
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Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder. Since Land is also the German word for country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity, the Constitution of Austria uses both terms. In English, the land is commonly rendered as state or province. The other five states, in contrast, are located in the Alps and their terrain is also relatively unfavourable to heavy industry and long-distance trade. Accordingly, the population of what now is the Republic of Austria has been concentrated in the four states since prehistoric times. Austrias most densely populated state is the city-state of Vienna, the heart of what is Austrias only metropolitan area, Lower Austria ranks fourth with regard to population density even though containing Viennas suburbs, this is due to large areas of land being predominantly agricultural. The wealthy alpine state of Vorarlberg is something of a due to its small size, isolated location. The following ranked list of Austrian states cites official Statistik Austria population on 1 January 2015, areas are given in square kilometres, population density is expressed in inhabitants per square kilometre. For the purpose of the above list, a city is a community defined to be a city by Austrian law, many of Austrias cities have population figures on the order of ten thousand inhabitants, some are even smaller. Elections are held five years. The Landeshauptmann is always elected by the Landtag, meaning that it may be necessary to form a coalition in order to secure the election of a particular candidate. Vienna, the capital of Austria, plays a role as city and Bundesland, meaning that the mayor serves as governor. Austrian federalism is largely theoretical as the states are granted few legislative powers, there is also no judiciary of the Länder, since the federal constitution defines the judiciary as an exclusively federal matter. This centralisation follows a model where central power during the time of the empire was largely concentrated in Vienna. However, the governor is in charge of the administration of much of federal administrative law within the respective state. Furthermore, state competences include zoning laws, planning issues and public procurement on the regional level, Austrian Länder are endowed formally and practically with a much smaller degree of autonomy than American or German states. Even so, Austrians tend to identify passionately with their respective Land and it is not unheard of for Austrians to consider themselves, for instance, Tyrolean first, Austrian second. Salzburg is coterminous with the former Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Salzburg, also, the state of Vorarlberg had been a semi-autonomous part of the County of Tyrol since 1861
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Slovakia
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Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Slovakias territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5 million and comprises mostly ethnic Slovaks, the capital and largest city is Bratislava. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries, in the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samos Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra. In the 10th century, the territory was integrated into the Kingdom of Hungary, which became part of the Habsburg Empire. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a separate Slovak Republic existed in World War II as a client state of Nazi Germany. In 1945, Czechoslovakia was reëstablished under Communist rule as a Soviet satellite, in 1989 the Velvet Revolution ended authoritarian Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The country maintains a combination of economy with universal health care. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009, Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD, the WTO, CERN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group. The Slovak economy is one of the fastest growing economies in Europe and its legal tender, the Euro, is the worlds 2nd most traded currency. Although regional income inequality is high, 90% of citizens own their homes, in 2016, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 165 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 11th in the world. Slovakia is the world’s biggest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone, the car industry represents 43 percent of Slovakia’s industrial output, and a quarter of its exports. Radiocarbon datingputs the oldest surviving archaeological artefacts from Slovakia – found near Nové Mesto nad Váhom – at 270,000 BC and these ancient tools, made by the Clactonian technique, bear witness to the ancient habitation of Slovakia. Other stone tools from the Middle Paleolithic era come from the Prévôt cave near Bojnice, the most important discovery from that era is a Neanderthal cranium, discovered near Gánovce, a village in northern Slovakia. The most well-known finds include the oldest female statue made of mammoth-bone, the statue was found in the 1940s in Moravany nad Váhom near Piešťany. Numerous necklaces made of shells from Cypraca thermophile gastropods of the Tertiary period have come from the sites of Zákovská, Podkovice, Hubina and these findings provide the most ancient evidence of commercial exchanges carried out between the Mediterranean and Central Europe. The Bronze Age in the territory of modern-day Slovakia went through three stages of development, stretching from 2000 to 800 BC
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Die Toten Hosen
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Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino, Kuddel, Vom, Andi, all members except one are German, though Campinos mother, Jenny, was English. The drummer Vom comes from England and he joined in 1999, after previous drummer Wölli sustained injuries in a car crash. Wölli had played from 1985 to 1999 and was an member of the band until his death in 2016. The drummer until 1985 was Trini Trimpop, who became the manager when Wölli joined. Die Toten Hosen formed in 1982 at the Ratinger Hof, a Düsseldorf bar frequented by punk musicians and its founder members were Campino and Andreas von Holst, both from local punk band ZK, with Andreas Meurer, Michael Breitkopf, Trini Trimpop and Walter November. According to Andrea Berzen, Campino preferred the former because it implied that their concerts might not be sold out, at their first concert at the Bremer Schlachthof over Easter 1982, the compère mistakenly introduced them as Die Toten Hasen. The debut single Wir sind bereit was released in 1982, and was followed by their first album, Opel-Gang, guitarist Walter November left the band in November 1983 due to his drug problems. One of the two A sides of the single was the drinking song Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder, which received considerable radio airplay. The band released their first album titled Opel-Gang in early 1983 on their own label Totenkopf, in July 1983, the band signed to EMI, who financed a video for Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder, directed by Wolfgang Büld. It depicts a chaotic wedding ceremony in a small Bavarian church, with Kurt Raab playing an alcoholic priest, after the filming the congregation called for the church to be reconsecrated. German public television refused to screen the video for years for fear of offending churchgoers. At the end of 1983, they released Hip Hop Bommi, in 1984, the band played a session on the BBC’s John Peel Show. EMI were displeased with the high travel costs and by Norbert Hähnel publicly parodying their million-selling artist Heino at a Toten Hosen concert. Heino successfully obtained an order to cease and desist. Die Toten Hosen left EMI and signed to Virgin Records and their second album Unter Falscher Flagge, was released in 1984. The title explained the front cover of the LP, which carried a picture of the members dressed as pirates aboard a ship. The original back cover featured the skeleton of a dog sitting in front of a gramophone, legal action by EMI prompted the album cover to be changed to the skeleton of an eagle, which, along with the Jolly Roger, became a band logo
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Avenged Sevenfold
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Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. Avenged Sevenfold is known for its rock sound and dramatic imagery in album covers. Avenged Sevenfold emerged with a sound on the bands debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. However, Avenged Sevenfolds style had evolved by the third album and first major label release, City of Evil, into a heavy metal. The band continued to new sounds with its self-titled release and enjoyed continued mainstream success before their drummer, James The Rev Sullivan. In 2011 drummer Arin Ilejay joined the band on tours and recording, Avenged Sevenfolds sixth studio album Hail to the King, which was released in 2013, marked the only Avenged Sevenfold album featuring Arin Ilejay. Hail to the King charted as number 1 on the Billboard 200, the UK Albums chart, as well as the Finnish, Brazilian, Canadian, and Irish charts. In late 2014 Ilejay left the band, and was replaced by former Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman, the band surprise released their seventh studio album titled The Stage on October 28,2016, which debuted as number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US. The Stage is their first conceptual album and it marked another change for the band. To date, Avenged Sevenfold has released seven albums, one live album/DVD. Avenged Sevenfold was ranked #47 on Loudwires list of Top 50 Metal Bands of All Time, the band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with original members M. Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev and Matt Wendt. M Shadows came up with the name as a reference to the story of Cain and Abel from The Bible, upon its formation, each member of the band also took on a pseudonym which were already nicknames of theirs from high school. Matt Wendt was later replaced by Justin Sane Meacham who was previously the bassist for Suburban Legends, before the release of their debut album, the band recorded two demos in 1999 and 2000. In mid-2001, it was reported that Meacham had attempted suicide by drinking excessive amounts of cough syrup, the attempt affected the bands Take Action Tour. During his hospitalization he remained in poor condition and was replaced by Dameon Ash, in an interview, lead singer M. Avenged Sevenfolds debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, was recorded when the band members were in their late teens and still in high school. It was originally released on their first label, Good Life Recordings in 2001, after lead guitarist Synyster Gates joined the band after the album was released, the introductory track To End the Rapture was re-recorded featuring a full band element. The album was subsequently re-released on Hopeless Records in 2002, the band started to receive recognition, performing with bands such as Mushroomhead and Shadows Fall and playing on the Take Action Tour. Having found a new bassist, Johnny Christ, the released their second studio album titled Waking the Fallen on Hopeless Records in August 2003
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Volbeat
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Volbeat are a Danish heavy metal band which was formed in Copenhagen. They play a fusion of rock and roll, heavy metal and they are inspired by classic rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, as well as modern hard rock, thrash metal, heavy metal, alternative rock and hardcore punk groups. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and guitarist Michael Poulsen, guitarist Rob Caggiano, drummer Jon Larsen, the band is signed to Dutch label Mascot Records and has released six studio albums and one DVD. All of their albums have been certified gold in Denmark. Volbeats sixth album entitled Seal the Deal & Lets Boogie was released worldwide on 3 June 2016, Volbeat was announced as a supporting act on Metallicas WorldWired Tour 2017 stadium summer tour in the US, alongside Avenged Sevenfold. Singer Michael Poulsens first band was death metal act Dominus, in 2000, Poulsen became fed up with the death metal music scene, causing Dominus to break up. In 2001, Poulsen went on to form a new band with some friends and this was the beginning of Volbeat. The band name Volbeat was derived from Dominuss third album name, after selling 1,000 copies of their Beat the Meat demo tape, Volbeat was signed to a record deal by Rebel Monster Records, a sub-label of Mascot Records. Volbeat released their first album, The Strength/The Sound/The Songs in 2005, the line-up for the album consisted of Michael Poulsen, Jon Larsen, Franz Gottschalk and Anders Kjølholm. The album was a success in Denmark achieving a spot at No.18 in the charts. Critics were generally positive towards The Strength / The Sound / The Songs, the German hard rock magazine RockHard gave it 10/10 in a review. The Strength / The Sound / The Songs also received a handful of awards, Volbeat was praised for its live performances. Their concert at Roskilde Festival 2006 received a 6/6 stars review in the Danish newspaper BT, in 2007, the band released their second album titled Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil. The band featured the same line-up as their first album, in week 8 of 2007, Rock the Rebel / Metal the Devil debuted as No.1 in the Danish Top 40 for CD-sales. Volbeat opened the Roskilde Festival in 2007, Volbeat also supported Metallica together with Mnemic at their concert in Denmark 13 July of that year. They were to support Megadeth in Finland and in their town, Copenhagen. Volbeat hired Thomas Bredahl following the recording of Rock the Rebel / Metal the Devil as a replacement for Gottschalk on guitar, in 2008, Volbeat released their third album, Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood featuring guitarist Thomas Bredahl. Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood topped the Finnish Album Chart straight after its publication, in 2009, Volbeat supported the symphonic metal band Nightwish on their U. S tour in May
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Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden are a British heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The bands discography has grown to thirty-eight albums, including sixteen studio albums, eleven albums, four EPs. Pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s,1 in 28 countries and receiving widespread critical acclaim. Their sixteenth studio album, The Book of Souls, was released on 4 September 2015 to similar success, the band won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002. As of October 2013, the band have played over 2000 live shows throughout their career. For the past 35 years, the band have been supported by their famous mascot, Eddie, Iron Maiden were formed on Christmas Day in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris shortly after he left his previous group, Smiler. Harris attributes the name to a film adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask from the novel by Alexandre Dumas. After months of rehearsal, Iron Maiden made their debut at St. Nicks Hall in Poplar on 1 May 1976, before taking up a semi-residency at the Cart and Horses Pub in Maryland Point, Stratford. The original line-up did not last very long, however, with vocalist Paul Day being the first casualty as, according to Harris and he was replaced by Dennis Wilcock, a Kiss fan who used make-up and fake blood during live performances. Wilcocks friend Dave Murray was invited to join, to the dismay of the bands guitarists Dave Sullivan and their frustration led Harris to temporarily disband Iron Maiden in 1976, though the group reformed soon after with Murray as the sole guitarist. Steve Harris and Dave Murray remain the bands longest-standing members and have performed on all of their releases, Iron Maiden recruited yet another guitarist in 1977, Bob Sawyer, who was sacked for embarrassing the band on stage by pretending to play guitar with his teeth. Tension ensued again, causing a rift between Murray and Wilcock, who convinced Harris to fire Murray, as well as original drummer Ron Matthews. A new line-up was put together, including future Cutting Crew member Tony Moore on keyboards, Terry Wapram on guitar, and drummer Barry Purkis. A bad performance at the Bridgehouse, a pub located in Canning Town, in November 1977 was the line-ups first and only concert, at the same time, Moore was asked to leave as Harris decided that keyboards did not suit the bands sound. A few months later, Dennis Wilcock decided that he had had enough with the group and left to form his own band, V1, as he preferred to be the bands sole guitarist, Wapram disapproved of Murrays return and was also dismissed. Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Doug Sampson spent the summer, a chance meeting at the Red Lion pub in Leytonstone in November 1978 evolved into a successful audition for vocalist Paul DiAnno. Steve Harris has stated, Theres sort of a quality in Pauls voice, a raspiness in his voice, or whatever you want to call it, that just gave it this great edge. At this time, Murray would typically act as their sole guitarist, with Harris commenting, the plan was always to get a second guitarist in, but finding one that could match Davey was really difficult
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Marilyn Manson
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Brian Hugh Warner, better known by the stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, actor, painter, author and former music journalist. His stage name was formed by combining and juxtaposing the names of two American pop cultural icons, actress Marilyn Monroe and cult leader Charles Manson. In the U. S. alone, three of the albums have been awarded platinum and three more went gold, and the band has had eight releases debut in the top ten. Manson has been ranked number 44 in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader, Manson made his film debut in 1997 as an actor in David Lynchs Lost Highway. Since then he has appeared in a variety of minor roles and he was interviewed in Michael Moores political documentary Bowling for Columbine, discussing possible motivations for the 1999 Columbine massacre and allegations that his music was somehow a factor. On September 13–14,2002, his first art show, The Golden Age of Grotesque, was held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions center. Manson revealed a series of 20 paintings in 2010 entitled Genealogies of Pain, an exhibition showcased at Kunsthalle gallery in Vienna, Austria, which the artist collaborated on with David Lynch. Warner and guitarist Scott Daisy Berkowitz Putesky formed Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids following conversations at the Reunion Room in Fort Lauderdale, the name was later shortened to Marilyn Manson. In 1993, the band drew the attention of Trent Reznor, Reznor produced their 1994 debut album, Portrait of an American Family and released it on his Nothing Records label. The band began to develop a following, which grew larger on the Downward Spiral Tour that featured Nine Inch Nails. That EP yielded the bands first big MTV hit with Sweet Dreams, antichrist Superstar was an even greater success. In the U. S. alone, three of the albums have been awarded two platinum and three more went gold, and the band has had seven releases debut in the top ten. Manson first worked as a producer with the band Jack Off Jill and he helped name the band and produced most of the bands early recordings, and also played guitar on the song My Cat and had the band open most of his South Florida shows. Manson later wrote the notes to the bands album Humid Teenage Mediocrity 1992–1996. Manson has appeared as a guest performer on DMXs album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, in 2011 it was revealed that Manson was to appear on the singer Skylar Greys album Invinsible on the track entitled Cant Haunt Me. Manson released his studio album, Born Villain, in May 2012. On November 10,2014, Manson posted via his official Facebook page that his studio album, The Pale Emperor. On August 15,2015, Manson had New Orleans brass ensemble the Soul Rebels perform Beautiful People with him live in Japan at the Summer Sonic Music Festival, shooter Jennings album Countach features Manson performing guest vocals on a cover of David Bowies Cat People
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The Prodigy
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The Prodigy are an English electronic music group from Braintree, formed by Liam Howlett in 1990. The members were originally Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, Maxim, Leeroy Thornhill, along with The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and others, The Prodigy are credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 30 million records worldwide, and won music awards during their career. Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Grammy Awards nominations, the groups genre of music uses various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, electro-industrial, jungle and breakbeat and big beat, adding punk vocal elements in later times. The Prodigy first emerged in the rave scene in the early 1990s and have since achieved popularity. They earned titles like the dance act for the alternative masses and the Godfathers of Rave. Liam Howlett created an initial 10-track demo, put together on a Roland W-30 music workstation in Essex, England. XL Recordings picked up the demo after Howlett played several tracks to XL boss Nick Halkes in a meeting, the Prodigys name was chosen by Liam as a tribute to his first analogue synthesiser, the Moog Prodigy. The Prodigys first public performance, with Howlett augmented by dancers Keith Flint and Leeroy Thornhill, was at the Four Aces in Dalston, London, Charly, released six months later, became a huge hit in the rave scene at the time. The release reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart, catapulting the band into the public attention. The Kaos Theory compilation series featured G Force, from their third single, critical reception to the single was generally mixed. The bands first full-length album, the critically acclaimed Experience, followed Charly as a release in the history of British rave music. The album closes with a version of Death of the Prodigy Dancers. There were five singles spawned from the album, Charly, Everybody in the Place, Fire/Jericho, Out of Space, and Wind It Up, the album was a commercial success in the UK, but failed to chart in other countries. Peaking at number 12, it was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, after Experience and the run of singles that accompanied it, the Prodigy moved to distance themselves from the kiddie rave reputation that now dogged them. The rave scene was beginning to move on from its phase, with the Criminal Justice Acts anti-rave legislation on the horizon. The Prodigy responded to the bill by writing Their Law, in 1993, Howlett released an anonymous white label, bearing only the title Earthbound I. Its hypnotic, hard-edged sound won wide underground approval and it was officially released as One Love later that year, and went on to chart at number 8 in the UK
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Billy Idol
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William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. Idol began his career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the rock band Chelsea. However, he left the group and along with his bandmate Tony James formed Generation X with Idol being the lead singer. The band achieved success in the United Kingdom and released three albums on Chrysalis Records before disbanding, in 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio album Billy Idol was a success and with music videos for singles Dancing with Myself. His second studio album Rebel Yell was a commercial success with hit singles Rebel Yell. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of two million copies across the United States. He followed with a number of albums, including Whiplash Smile, Charmed Life. Idol spent the second half of the 1990s out of the eye focusing on his personal life. He made a comeback with the release of Devils Playground. Idol was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, the name Billy Idol was inspired by a school teachers description of him as idle. In an interview on 21 November 1983, Idol said the name was a bit of a goof and it was a double thing not just a poke at the superstar-like people. In another interview for BBC Breakfast in October 2014, he said that he wanted to be Billy Idle but thought he could not because of Monty Python star Eric Idle, in 1958, when Idol was two years old, his parents moved to Patchogue, New York. The family returned to England four years later with Idol and his sister, Jane, settling in Dorking. In 1971, the moved to Bromley, London, where Idol attended Ravensbourne School for Boys. Idol also attended Worthing High School for Boys in Worthing, West Sussex, in October 1975, Idol went to Sussex University to pursue an English degree and lived on campus but left after year one in 1976. He then went on to join the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first joined Chelsea in 1976 as a guitarist. However, he and Chelsea bandmate Tony James soon left that group and co-founded Generation X, Generation X was one of the first punk bands to appear on the BBC Television music programme Top of the Pops
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The Bloody Beetroots
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The Bloody Beetroots is an Italian electro house and dance-punk formation established in late 2006 by Bob Rifo, known professionally as Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo. The name the Bloody Beetroots is both used as a pseudonym for the projects of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, as well as his formation with Tommy Tea. When performing as a group, they are referred to as Bloody Beetroots DJ Set. The duo are known for the black masks they wear during performances. The leader of the band, Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, was born in 1977 in Bassano del Grappa and he lives in Beverly Hills, California. He is a trained musician, but gained reputation for producing music with styles ranging from punk rock to the new wave of the 1980s. In fact, the only identifying public feature he has is the year 1977 tattooed across his chest, which is the year of his birth, Rifo, a music producer, DJ and photographer uses the pseudonym the Bloody Beetroots himself. Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo gained the support of Etienne De Crecy, Alex Gopher, in 2008, his EP Cornelius was in the Top 100 International iTunes downloads. In 2009, the Bloody Beetroots released his first album, Romborama, the album is a complete art project composed of music, videos, and fashion. The Bloody Beetroots DJ Set had a tour of the United States in early 2008. During this period, members of the group wore Spider Man black variant masks, in 2009, Sir Rifo also worked on Rifoki, a hardcore punk collaboration with Steve Aoki. Bloody Beetroots DJ Set played many festivals including Stereosonic Festival in Australia, Ultra Music Festival in Miami. During his 2010 Live Tour, Sir Rifo labeled himself and the band the Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77. Tommy Tea was in charge of effects and sampling in the live band, in 2011, Grinch left the band and replacement drummer Battle took his place. Later in 2011, during the Church of Noise tour, vocalist Dennis Lyxzén of the punk band Refused joined and provided vocals for a few songs, with the new live show they continued playing various festivals across the world, including the Solidays Festival in Paris, MELT. Church of Noise featuring Dennis Lyxzén, released in late 2011, in 2013, the Bloody Beetroots released the album Hide. The first single, Rocksteady, was released in early 2012 along with two remix EPs, the second single, Chronicles of a Fallen Love was released in December 2012, also with the two-part remix EPs. In February 2013, Bob Rifo announced a third single Spank, Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo also collaborated with Paul McCartney on the single Out of Sight on Ultra Records
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Rise Against
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Rise Against is an American melodic hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The bands current line-up comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist Tim McIlrath, lead guitarist Zach Blair, bassist Joe Principe, former members are guitarists Dan Wlekinski, Kevin White, Todd Mohney and Chris Chasse, and drummers Toni Tintari and Dan Lumley. The band spent its first four years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, both the albums met with considerable underground success, and in 2003 the band signed with the major label Geffen. Their major label debut Siren Song of the Counter Culture brought the band mainstream success and their next two albums, The Sufferer & the Witness and Appeal to Reason, were also successful and peaked at number ten and number three on the Billboard 200 chart, respectively. Appeal to Reason was followed three years later by Endgame, All four albums released via Geffen were certified platinum in Canada, while three of these albums were certified gold in the United States. Rise Against is also known for their advocacy of progressivism, supporting organisations such as Amnesty International, the band actively promotes animal rights and most of the members are straight edge, PETA supporters and vegetarians. In the mid-1990s, guitarist Dan Wleklinski and bassist Joe Principe were members of the Chicago punk rock band 88 Fingers Louie, although the band was touted as a promising new act, internal arguments between members led to a disbandment in 1999. Afterwards, Principe recorded several demos in the hope of using them in a new band, together with Wleklinski, Principe recruited drummer Toni Tintari and lead vocalist Tim McIlrath. Principe met McIlrath in Indianapolis while attending a Sick of It All concert, Principe was impressed with McIlraths gritty vocals, which he likened to influential punk musician Ian Mackaye. The group called themselves Transistor Revolt, initial jam sessions were troublesome, as McIlrath unaccustomed to the bands fast-paced music. Despite these early issues, the band was able to produce the extended play Transistor Revolt in 2000, the EP attracted the attention of several punk fans including Fat Mike, the lead vocalist of NOFX and co-founder of the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords. Fat Mike offered to sign the band to a recording contract and he gave some suggestions, like Jimmy Cracked Corn And The I Dont Cares, although none of the band members liked them. After four months, Tintari suggested Rise Against, to which the band agreed to, with Fat Wreck Chords, Rise Against released their first studio album in 2001, The Unraveling. It was produced by veteran punk producer Mass Giorgini, Wlekinski left the band in 2001, and was replaced by former The Killing Tree guitarist Todd Mohney. After touring in support of The Unraveling, the returned to the studio in December 2002 to work on their second full-length studio album, Revolutions per Minute. The band toured extensively in support of its first two albums, opening for Sick of It All, NOFX, Agnostic Front, No Use for a Name, AFI, in addition, Rise Against participated in the 2003 Warped Tour. After the release of Revolutions per Minute, Rise Against was approached by major record labels. However, DreamWorks Records folded into Geffen Records the following year, Rise Against were also to switch guitarists, following Mohneys departure in 2003, he was replaced by former Reach the Sky member Chris Chasse
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Limp Bizkit
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Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst, Sam Rivers, John Otto and their music is marked by Dursts angry vocal delivery and Borlands sonic experimentation. Borlands elaborate visual appearance, which includes face and body paint, masks and uniforms, the band has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, have sold 40 million records worldwide and won several other awards. Borland left the group in 2001, but Durst, Rivers, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. Following the release of their album, Results May Vary, Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth with Durst, Rivers, Lethal and they are currently recording their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Fred Durst grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he took an interest in breakdancing, hip hop, punk rock and he began to rap, skate, beatbox and deejay. While mowing lawns and working as a tattoo artist, he developed an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop. Durst played with three bands, Split 26, Malachi Sage, which were unsuccessful, and 10 Foot Shindig. Durst told Sam Rivers, the bassist for Malachi Sage, You need to quit this band and start a band with me thats like this, rappin and rockin. Rivers suggested that his cousin, John Otto, who was studying jazz drumming at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and playing in local avant garde bands, Durst, Rivers and Otto jammed and wrote three songs together, and Wes Borland later joined as a guitarist. Durst named the band Limp Bizkit, because he wanted a name that would repel listeners, according to Durst, The name is there to turn peoples heads away. A lot of people pick up the disc and go, Limp Bizkit and those are the people that we dont even want listening to our music. Other names that were considered by Durst included Gimp Disco, Split Dickslit, Bitch Piglet, every record label that showed an interest in the band pressured its members to change its name. Limp Bizkit developed a following in the underground music scene, particularly at the Milk Bar. The bands local popularity was such that Sugar Ray, who had a label contract. Milkbar owner, Danny Wimmer, stated that Limp Bizkit had the biggest draw for a local band and they went from playing ten people to eight hundred within months. Fred was always marketing the band and he would go to record stores and get people involved, he was in touch with high schools. However, the band knew that to achieve success, they would have to distinguish themselves in their live performances
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Killswitch Engage
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Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engages current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike DAntonio, the band has released seven studio albums and one DVD. Their latest album, Incarnate, was released on March 11,2016, the title track, The End of Heartache, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Metal Performance, and a live DVD titled World Ablaze was released in 2005. The band has sold four million records in the U. S. and has been considered notable within the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Killswitch Engage formed following the disbandment of metalcore bands Overcast and Aftershock in 1999, after Overcast broke up in 1998, bassist Mike DAntonio jammed with Aftershock guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. Dutkiewicz, now playing drums, recruited guitarist Joel Stroetzel from Aftershock and vocalist Jesse Leach of the band Nothing Stays Gold to form a new band, in 1999, Killswitch Engage recorded a demo containing four tracks, including Soilborn, the first song written by the band. The demo was first released at the bands first show, opening for melodic death metal act In Flames and they released their self-titled debut album the following year. Although initially the album was not a success and did not land on any charts, it attracted the interest of Carl Severson. Severson handed Killswitch Engage to several Roadrunner representatives, Mike Gitter, a talent agent of the company, contacted DAntonio, attended several of the bands shows, and offered the band a recording contract with Roadrunner. Realizing that Roadrunner had the resources to promote and distribute Killswitch Engage releases, for a brief time in 2000 and 2001, ex-Overcast guitarist Pete Cortese joined Killswitch Engage, but left when he became a father. Killswitch Engage began writing new material for their album in November 2001. Mixed in January at Backstage Studios by producer Andy Sneap, the album was titled Alive or Just Breathing for lyrics in the song Just Barely Breathing. A music video for the single My Last Serenade increased the exposure. After Leach was married on April 20,2002 and began touring again he fell into a depression, Leach left the band a few days before the band was meant to play a show and sent the band members an e-mail telling them he had quit. DAntonio said in an interview that after three years of hanging out with the dude, and considering him a brother, to just get an email was a bit harsh. The band immediately started to search for a replacement vocalist and found Howard Jones of Blood Has Been Shed, Jones disliked the bands sound when he first heard it. He commented, I was like, Meh, I come from hardcore and dirtier metal, and Killswitch sounded so clean. But the more I listened to it, I realized theres some good songs here
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Parkway Drive
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Parkway Drive is an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. As of 2015, Parkway Drive has released five albums, one EP. The bands latest four albums have reached the top 10 of the Australian ARIA Charts, with Ire reaching number 1 in October 2015, They have sold over 200,000 records as of April 2017. The bands line-up has been consistent since the addition of bassist Jia OConnor in 2006, with Brett Versteeg having left in 2004, Parkway Drive was formed at the beginning of 2003. The band took their name from the street where their rehearsal space and live venue. The group played their first show at the Byron Bay Youth Centre where I Killed The Prom Queen vocalist Michael Crafter, visiting from Adelaide, also first saw the group and gained their interest. The I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive, Split CD was released June 2003, after signing with Resist Records the band released the Dont Close Your Eyes EP in 2004 and opened for Shadows Fall, Chimaira, Hatebreed and Alexisonfire on subsequent Australian tours. Winston McCall commented on the EP in early 2005 that he was surprised that for six songs its done amazing for us. Manager Graham Nixon later noted that it was not the thing for an Australian band to head overseas. The album debuted in the Australian Album charts at 39, in 2006 the group toured in Europe, their first time performing overseas, and later returned to North America. In late May 2006, bass player Shaun Cash left the band for personal reasons with full support from the rest of the members and he was replaced by their merch guy and long-time friend, Jia Pie OConnor. Parkway Drive signed to American punk label Epitaph in June 2006, following their return to Adam Dutkiewiczs studio, Horizons was released on 6 October 2007. It debuted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts, on 23 March 2010, Parkway Drive entered the studio to begin recording their third album, Deep Blue, with producer Joe Barresi. According to their lead vocalist Winston McCall, this was to be their rawest and heaviest record to date, according to a blog that posted on Myspace on 1 April 2010, they had finished tracking the drums for the album. According to a blog posted on 8 April 2010, Parkway Drive were half finished with rhythm guitars, bass, on 17 April 2010, Parkway Drive officially announced that they finished recording the forthcoming album, and added a studio diary video to their Myspace. On 26 April, vocalist Winston McCall revealed in a two new song-titles, Home Is For The Heartless and Hollow. In September, the group was nominated for an ARIA Award for Deep Blue in the newly created Best Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Album category and it was the first ARIA Award in the bands history. Parkway Drive received the Australian Independent Record Award for Best Independent Hard Rock or Punk Album in 2010 for Deep Blue, in 2011, Winston McCall was featured in The Warriors song Panic, from their album See How You Are
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Gentleman (musician)
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Tilmann Otto, better known by his stage name Gentleman, is a German reggae musician. Gentleman lives in the Neubrück area of Cologne and he is the son of a Lutheran pastor. Gentleman has been travelling to Jamaica regularly since he was 18 years old and his career began with the collaboration of the band Freundeskreis which produced the song Tabula Rasa. After beginning his career as a deejay, he based his style to the form of the reggae genre like that of Bob Marley. He sings mainly in English or Jamaican Patois, with songs like Send a Prayer, Gentleman expresses his deep belief in God, without referring to a particular religion. His album, Confidence, climbed to number 1 on the German album charts in 2004, in 2005, Gentleman performed with Mamadee with the song Lass los representing North Rhine-Westphalia in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, placing 15th with 10 points. After ten years of making music under the label Four Music he moved to Universal in 2010. com
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Faithless
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Faithless are a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs, Faithless recorded six studio albums, with total sales exceeding 15 million records worldwide. The band announced they would split up after their Passing the Baton dates at Brixton Academy on 7 and 8 April 2011, however, in February 2015, they reunited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band. The band was formed in early 1995, and their debut single Salva Mea was released in July that year, Jazz became the ensembles vocalist, whilst Bliss composed most of the bands music. Rollo heads and produces the band, lead female vocals for many of their songs are performed by Pauline Taylor, who also performed lead vocals for singles by Rollo released under his monikers Rollo Goes Mystic and Rollo Goes Spiritual. The albums are Reverence, Sunday 8PM, Outrospective and No Roots, in light of their dance roots, each of the four studio albums has been followed with a subsequent bonus disc of remixes. Their fifth album, To All New Arrivals, was released in 2006 and their sixth and final album, The Dance, was released on 16 May 2010, after a four-year recording break for the band. The band also collectively indulge in mixtapes of other musicians work and this includes the long running Back to Mine sessions as well as The Bedroom Sessions and more recently the Renaissance 3D music project, in conjunction with the Renaissance nightclub. On 29 September 2006, the first single Bombs from their album To All New Arrivals made its debut on BBC Radio 1s Pete Tong show, the album was released on 27 November 2006. Bombs generated moderate controversy with its video, as demonstrated by MTVs refusal to air it. The video featured interchanged clips of war scenes and daily life, in October 2007 they played alongside Talib Kweli and Ozomatli and one of Chinas earliest music festivals, Yue, organised by Split Works. On 7 August 2009, a dub mix of the track Sun to Me from their latest studio album, The Dance, Sun to Me has been given as a free download to all users that have registered on the new Faithless site, or subscribed to their newsletter. The track has been released on the bands Myspace page as well, on 12 February 2010, the first official single from the next Faithless album was played on Pete Tongs show. The single, Not Going Home, was released on 4 May 2010, the album was available only in Tesco and via iTunes in the UK. Since 2009, their track Drifting Away has been the theme tune for the BBC Televisions Chelsea Flower Show coverage, in 2010, they returned to the Glastonbury Festival after eight years, playing on the Pyramid Stage. They performed many of their most popular songs including Insomnia, God is a DJ and they played two nights at Brixton Academy on 7 and 8 April 2011. The latter date would allegedly be the final full Faithless touring band show and was transmitted live via satellite to cinemas across Europe, as well as their own studio albums, all three members actively engage in other peoples work as solo figures. Sister Bliss is a prominent dance DJ and has for a long time toured the circuit on her own, remixed others albums and even appeared in music videos, Maxi Jazz brought out an album before the formation of Faithless and also worked on pirate radio
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Sunrise Avenue
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Sunrise Avenue is a Finnish rock band originally formed in 2002 in Helsinki, Finland. In the early days the band was called Sunrise and the name was changed to Sunrise Avenue in 2001, Sunrise Avenue is known for their catchy melodic and modern songs and energetic live performances. Their style varies from rock and pop-rock to rock ballads, the band has sold more than 2,000,000 albums and 2,000,000 singles and has played several tours and more than a thousand shows in twenty European countries and Japan. Sunrise Avenues best known songs are Hollywood Hills, Fairytale Gone Bad, Forever Yours, The Whole Story, Heal Me, the band has released four studio albums, two live albums, three live DVDs, a best-of album and 18 singles. Samu Haber established Sunrise together with Finnish singer songwriter Jan Hohenthal in April 1992 in Espoo and they performed at all kinds of pubs, small festivals and private parties until 1998, when Haber moved to Spain. The other band members that time were Sami Heinänen and Antti Tuomela, after four years in Spain and only a handful of performances at private Spanish events Haber moved back to Finland. The band changed the name to Sunrise Avenue in October 2001 in restaurant Memphis in Helsinki at the world domination plan meeting. ”By that time Tuomela had left the band. Bassist Sami Heinänen designed the American Street sign logo for the band after the meeting, Jan Hohenthal left the band in 2002 as he wanted to focus on his own career. These days Hohenthal plays with his Finnish folk band Metrofolk, Heinänen introduced a new guitarist, his high school friend Janne Kärkkäinen to the band in 2002. With a new drummer, Juho Sandman, the band performed in student events, small festivals. The guys worked with two Finnish producers before finding their future in-house producer Jukka Backlund. Haber still says Backlund is the “All time musical mentor and teacher for himself and for the band. ”Between 2002–2005 Haber visited record companies and agencies 102 times in Finland, the answer was always the same, Without black clothes and make-up, rock music can’t succeed. To finance the debut album On the Way to Wonderland, Haber introduced the “Sunrise Avenue Business Plan” to his friend, Virtala financed most of the album’s recordings and a trip to Midem Music Expo in Cannes, France to meet the European managers and labels. In Cannes Haber met the future manager Bob Cunningham from the UK. On the Way to Wonderland was released in 2006 in most of Europe, in 2007 the band decided to fire their guitarist Janne Kärkkäinen after a long difficult era. Kärkkäinen filed a lawsuit against the band claiming they had no right to perform as Sunrise Avenue without him. The Band won the case on the first level court in Finland and after 3 years of legal fight. The band name and the trademark is owned now by the remaining original band member Samu Haber
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Kraftklub
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Kraftklub is a five-person band from Chemnitz, Germany. Their music combines rock / indie and Sprechgesang with German lyrics and is considered to be a mixture of rap. The band first met at school and founded the band at the end of 2009, on 13 February 2010 they released their first EP, entitled Adonis Maximus at a record release party in the Chemnitz club Atomino. Kraftklub have performed as the act for bands including Beatsteaks, Fettes Brot. In August 2009 they released their first single, Zu Jung, in September 2010 they won the ARD radio station New Music Award. This resulted in attention from major record labels. As of January 2011, they are signed to Universal Domestic Rock/Vertigo Berlin, in 2011 the band represented Saxony in the Bundesvision Song Contest with their song Ich will nicht nach Berlin, coming fifth with a total of 89 points. The single was released the day where it reached number 45 on the German Media Control Charts. Their debut album Mit K was released on 20 January 2012, in April 2012, Songs für Liam, the next single from their album, was released. It debuted at number 40 and peaked at number 14 in the German Media Control Charts, till and Felix are brothers and the sons of AG. Since there is no connection to Kraftklub, the brothers use the surname Brummer instead
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Jonathan Davis
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Jonathan Howsmon Davis, also known as JD and JDevil, is an American musician best known as the leading vocalist and frontman of the nu metal band Korn. Jonathan Howsmon Davis was born on Monday, January 18,1971 in Bakersfield, California and his parents were married on February 27,1970 in Kern, California. Davis ethnicity includes Scottish, English, Welsh, and German and he has a sister, Alyssa, a half-brother, Mark Chavez, and a half-sister, Amanda Chavez, by his mother. His father was a keyboardist for Buck Owens and Frank Zappa, while his mother was a professional actress and his parents divorced when he was three years old and he was raised by his father and stepmother Lillie in Bakersfield. Davis suffered severe bouts of asthma as a child, and had survived a near-fatal asthma attack when he was five years old and he also spoke of having a horrible relationship with his stepmother. He said she used to him and torture him, giving him tea mixed with Thai hot oil. He says the song Kill You was written about her, Davis has said that his earliest musical inspiration as a child was the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar, and his favorite musical group was Duran Duran. He graduated from Highland High School in 1989 and he also attended the San Francisco School of Mortuary Science for a period of time. He was persistently harassed in Highland High School primarily by jocks for being different by wearing eyeliner, long clothes and he was teased, harmed, and beaten. Davis also was constantly called homophobic names, the Korn song Faget was inspired by Davis experience of being bullied. Davis HIV tattoo on his left arm also was inspired by his experience of being bullied. Davis says even teachers were mean to him and sent him to the counselor for wearing eyeliner, Davis has a cameo in Queen of the Damned as a ticket scalper. Davis plays a role as Ricky, a crack dealer. Davis also has a role as a clerk in the independent film The Still Life Davis was billed for the lead role in Sin-Jin Smyth. Davis worked on a script writer and director Clive Barker entitled Oblivion. Davis describes it as an opera about the end of the world. The project has been postponed for a period of time. He has also featured in many other bands music videos, sometimes with Korn
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Bullet for My Valentine
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Bullet for My Valentine, often abbreviated as BFMV or B4MV, are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matthew Tuck, Michael Paget, Michael Thomas, former members include Nick Crandle and Jason James, both were on bass. They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their career by covering songs by Metallica. Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were not released, two of these tracks were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine, financial difficulties dictated the name change, which was followed by a change in music direction. In 2002, the secured a five-album deal with Sony BMG. The band has stated that their music is influenced by metal acts such as Metallica, Iron Maiden. The band is part of the Cardiff music scene, the album entered the U. S. Billboard 200 at number 128. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, the band made appearances at the Download Festival and Kerrang. XXV, and undertook a U. S. tour with Rob Zombie, Bullet for My Valentines second studio album, Scream Aim Fire, was released on 29 January 2008 and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. The bands third album, Fever, was released on 26 April 2010, on February 8,2013, the band released their fourth studio album, Temper Temper, which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200. The band has sold one million albums in the United States. Awards category of Best British Band with three wins and they started playing Nirvana and Metallica cover songs. In 1999, the released their first ever EP, Better Off Alone. They released another two-track EP in 2002, You/Play with Me, the EP was financed through the Pynci scheme for new Welsh musicians and the release garnered radio airplay on BBC Radio 1s broadcast at Newports T. J. s. Jeff Killed Johns music followed the nu metal trend set by such as Korn. Shortly after, the band released another two-track EP titled Eye Spy, in 2003, their second EP was released titled Dont Walk Away. This was a promotional CD and was shipped to different record companies, bassist Crandle left the band on the eve of entering the recording sessions for the bands self-titled EP and was replaced by Jason James. In late 2003, they released their final EP before record labels began to notice their potential
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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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Bad Religion
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Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1979. To date, Bad Religion has released sixteen albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three EPs and two DVDs. They are considered to be one of the punk rock acts of all time. Bad Religion had built a following in the United States with their early albums before signing to Atlantic Records in 1993. They rose to fame that year with their seventh studio album and major-label debut Recipe for Hate. Shortly before the release of Stranger than Fiction, Gurewitz left Bad Religion to run his label Epitaph on a full-time basis, the band is expected to release their seventeenth studio album in 2017. Bad Religion was formed in Los Angeles in 1979 by high school students Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Jay Ziskrout, according to bassist Jay Bentley, Bad Religion started around November or December 1979, but no one can remember exactly. Greg Graffin wanted the year 2000 to be Bad Religions 20th birthday and their first public performance was playing 6 or 8 songs at a Fullerton, California or Santa Ana, California warehouse opening for Social Distortion. Their first official show was on November 11,1980 at Joey Kills Bar in Burbank, in 1981, the band released their initial eponymous album on the newly formed label, Epitaph Records, which was and continues to be managed and owned by Gurewitz. Also in 1981, the began recording their first full-length album. During the recording of album, drummer Jay Ziskrout quit the band. Released in 1982, How Could Hell Be Any Worse. was also distributed by the band under the Epitaph label, in 1983, the band released Into the Unknown, a keyboard-driven progressive hard rock album with a slightly slower pace. Almost all of the albums the band produced were out of the warehouse they were housed in without the bands knowledge. This incident, as well as band members increasingly divergent personal lives, soon after, Graffin reassembled Bad Religion with Circle Jerks guitarist Greg Hetson replacing Gurewitz, who had gone into rehab for his drug problem. Bad Religion returned to a mellower, rock and roll version of their original sound with the Back to the Known EP. Eventually the band split toward the middle of 1985, Bad Religion slowly reformed in 1986 out of the Back to the Known line-up when Graffin called Bentley and asked him to return. Bentleys response was tentative, but after being assured that the setlist consisted mostly of tracks from How Could Hell Be Any Worse and he agreed to return for one show, and ended up staying on because he had so much fun. A freshly rehabilitated Gurewitz was eventually convinced to come back aboard and this lineup recorded the bands third album, Suffer, which was released in 1988
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Wizo
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Wizo is a punk rock band from Sindelfingen, Germany. The band was formed in 1985 and their messages run from political to humorous, and they are strongly opposed to Nazism, fascism, racism, and all of that crap. They split up in March 2005 and reunited in November 2009, in 1986 they altered their name to Wizo and got their first gig in 1987. In 1988 Wizo released their first demo tape, in 1990, jochen only sang a few songs, including the Judas Priest cover, Breaking the Law. He then left and Axel Kurth became the front man, later that year, they founded their own label, Hulk Räckorz and released the Klebstoff EP, their first vinyl record. In 1991, Fürn Arsch was released, in 1992, their first CD, Bleib Tapfer was released. They then released the single Roy Black ist tot as a tribute to the German pop-star Roy Black on the one year anniversary of his death. The tribute in question was a cover of a childrens song with the lyrics altered to a German version of Roy Black is dead. It was named the worst CD of the year by the Bild-Zeitung, in 1994, their next CD, Uuaarrgh. was released. In 1995 they released Herrénhandtasche and played on a tour with Die Ärzte, in 1996, WIZOs lineup changed, Ingo Hahn replaced their long-standing drummer, Charly Zasko, and he and Axel are fortunately no longer in contact. With Ingo, Doof wie Scheiße was also recorded, in 1997, they released the Weihnachten stinkt. Split EP with the Japanese punk band Hi-Standard, in 1998, WIZO released Kraut & Rüben EP on the label Fat Wreck Chords, being the songs that were already popular in Germany, but unknown to the rest of the world. That year, Herr Guhl replaced Ingo as drummer, september,2004, WIZO made a first in the music industry by releasing a single on USB keydrive, titled as the Stick EP. In addition to five high bitrate MP3s, it included a video, pictures, lyrics. In November 2004, coinciding with the release of their album, Anderster, they announced their intent to dissolve in March 2005. In November 2009, they announced a new album and a tour for 2010 on their official Homepage. WIZOs music was characterised by a combination of humorous and political lyrics and a fast punk rock sound, WIZO released their latest album Punk gibts nicht umsonst on 13 June 2014. The CD will be released in July and the vinyl will follow in August, Fürn Arsch Bleib Tapfer All That She Wants EP Uuaarrgh
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Billy Talent
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Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Benjamin Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian DSa on guitar, bassist Jon Gallant, in the 13 years since their inception, Billy Talent sold well over one million albums in Canada alone and nearly 3 million albums internationally. The band existed for almost a decade before mainstream success, the members met and played in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School under the name Pezz and remained underground in Torontos indie music scene until 2001. The band renamed itself Billy Talent after running into trouble with the old name. It was then that Kowalewiczs connection with an employee of Warner Music Canadas A&R department landed the band a record deal and launched them into mainstream success. Since then, Billy Talent has made three records in Canada, and continues to expand their success overseas, this included touring for 20 months supporting their second album. They released their album, entitled Billy Talent III, on July 14,2009. Dead Silence was followed up by a full UK tour over the course of October and November 2012, to commemorate the longevity since the release of their first studio album, the band has released a greatest hits album entitled Hits on November 4,2014. The band regrouped and began to prepare material for its studio album. Just prior to entering the studio, drummer Aaron Solowoniuk made the decision to sit out the recording sessions while he continued his longstanding battle with multiple sclerosis. Fellow Canadian Jordan Hastings quickly recruited to play as Solowoniuks studio stand-in, and in early 2016 the group completed work on Afraid of Heights, the band got together during a high school talent contest. Pezz began writing, performing songs, and gaining attention and credibility at first locally and their first recording was a cheap 4-track demo. Soon after, in January 1995, they all put in money to another demo of better quality with engineer/producer Dave Tedesco at the Signal to Noise studio which they called Dudebox. Originally, two tracks from Demoluca and four recorded tracks were compiled onto it, but a year later the band recorded four more tunes live in the studio. After these releases and their performances in the immediate area, Pezz was gaining a following in Mississauga. DSa studied classical animation at Sheridan College, and even worked on Angela Anaconda as an animator, Gallant almost finished a business degree. Kowalewicz was in between jobs, one which included working at 102.1 the edge, but during this, each member found the time and finances to max-out their credit cards, and record their first full-length album in 1999. They laid down twelve tracks at a studio called Great Big Music, Kowalewicz started singing in melody with DSa
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Stone Sour
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Stone Sour is an American alternative metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1992, performing for five years, before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2006, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor, Josh Rand, longtime members Joel Ekman, Shawn Economaki, and Jim Root left the group in 2006,2011, and 2014 respectively. To date, Stone Sour have released five studio albums Stone Sour, Come What May, Audio Secrecy, House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 and they also released a digital live album, Live in Moscow, in 2007. Their upcoming album, Hydrograd, releases in 2017 and it is their first album to feature guitarist Christian Martucci and bassist Johnny Chow since each joining the band in 2014. Stone Sour earned the group two Grammy Award nominations, both for Best Metal Performance, for the singles Get Inside, in 2003, and Inhale, the album went on to become RIAA certified Gold. In 2006, following the release of Come What May, the group received another Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance for the single 30/30-150, Stone Sour was founded by Corey Taylor, who eventually became the vocalist of Slipknot, and former drummer Joel Ekman. Taylors longtime friend Shawn Economaki joined shortly after, and filled in as the bass player, during these formative years, Stone Sour recorded two demo tapes, in 1993 and 1994. Shortly after, in 1995, Jim Root, who is now part of Slipknot with Taylor, the group was complete, and in 1996, it recorded another demo tape, songs from which would later be used in 2002 on their self-titled debut album, Stone Sour. The band was named after a drink that consists of one part whiskey, one part orange juice. In 1997, the band went on hiatus, during which Taylor and Root spent most of their time with Slipknot, Root actually did not join the band until over a year after Taylor, and Economaki went on to become Stage left guitar tech. After Josh Rand joined the band, the recorded their debut self-titled album in Cedar Falls. Upon release, the album charted at number 46 on the Billboard 200. The song Bother, which was featured on the Spider-Man soundtrack, the next single, Inhale, peaked at 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The group received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Metal Performance for the singles Get Inside and Inhale in 2003 and 2004 respectively, the album went on to achieve Gold certification. The band toured for six months with label mates Sinch and Chevelle before going on a hiatus as Taylor and Root went back to join Slipknot for another album. The band came back in 2006 to release their second studio album and they parted ways with drummer Joel Ekman, currently drumming for Isaac James, who left to take care of his cancer-stricken son, and later recruited current drummer, Roy Mayorga. The track 30/30-150 was recorded with Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, the album was released on August 1,2006. It was met with reviews from critics, and sold 80,000 copies in the first week
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Arch Enemy
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Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup, from Halmstad, formed in 1996. Its members were in such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, Nevermore. It was founded by Carcass guitarist Michael Amott along with Johan Liiva, the band has released nine studio albums, two live albums, three video albums and three EPs. The band was fronted by Johan Liiva, who was replaced by German Angela Gossow as lead vocalist in 2000. Gossow left the band in March 2014 and was replaced by Canadian Alissa White-Gluz, Arch Enemy, the brainchild of Michael Amott, was originally assembled when Amott left Carcass. He and his younger brother Christopher joined with vocalist Johan Liiva, the bands debut, entitled Black Earth, was recorded in Studio Fredman and released by the now defunct Wrong Again Records in 1996. It obtained a fair amount of success in Japan, achieving MTV rotation with their first single Bury Me an Angel, Amott later revealed that he had the credits listed that way to make the album seem more of a band effort. Many consider it to be the bands most aggressive album, a trait that was softened to some degree on its following releases, after the release of Black Earth the band switched labels, signing a contract with Century Media. In 1998 Arch Enemy released Stigmata, for which bassist Martin Bengtsson, the album caught the attention of a wider audience, gaining popularity in both Europe and America. This was also the first Arch Enemy album to be released worldwide, in 1999, Sharlee DAngelo assumed the role of Arch Enemys bassist, and Daniel Erlandsson was once again recruited to handle drum duties, this time on a permanent basis. During the touring-cycle for Burning Bridges, Sharlee DAngelo was temporarily replaced twice, in November 2000, vocalist Johan Liiva parted ways. Liiva was soon replaced by German death metal female vocalist Angela Gossow, the first album with songs featuring Gossow was Wages of Sin, released in 2001. This is also the first album where the band used C tuning, in December of the same year, Arch Enemy took part in the Japans Beast Feast 2002 concert, playing alongside Slayer and Motörhead. Anthems of Rebellion was released in 2003 and brought some innovations, such as the use of a voice singing in harmony, such as in the End of the Line. In November of the year, the band released the EP Dead Eyes See No Future. In June 2004, the band embarked upon Japan touring with Japanese act Edge of Spirit, in June 2005, Arch Enemy finished the recording for their sixth album, Doomsday Machine. In July 2005, guitarist Christopher Amott left the band in order to focus on his personal life and he was temporarily replaced by guitarist Gus G. and then by Fredrik Åkesson in September 2005. Christopher returned on a permanent basis in March 2007, shortly before the band entered the studio to begin recording their new album with producer Fredrik Nordström, Åkesson went on to become Opeths new lead guitarist in May 2007
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Ice-T
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Tracy Lauren Marrow, better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, the next year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records and released another album, Power. He co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count, which he introduced in his 1991 album O. G, Body Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track Cop Killer, which was perceived to glamorize killing police officers, Ice-T asked to be released from his contract with Warner Bros. Records, and his solo album, Home Invasion, was released later in February 1993 through Priority Records. Body Counts next album was released in 1994, and Ice-T released two albums in the late 1990s. Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order, on August 1,2006 the fourth Body Count album Murder 4 Hire was released, followed by Manslaughter on June 10,2014. Tracy Lauren Marrow, son of Solomon and Alice Marrow, was born in Newark, Solomon was an African American, and Alice was Creole. For decades, Solomon worked as a conveyor belt mechanic at the Rapistan Conveyor Company, when Marrow was a child, his family moved to upscale Summit, New Jersey. Relaying this incident to his mother, she told him, Honey, people are stupid, her advice and his mother died of a heart attack when he was in third grade. Solomon raised Marrow as a father for four years, with help from a housekeeper. Marrows first experience with an illegal activity occurred after a bicycle that Solomon bought him for Christmas was stolen, after Marrow told his father, Solomon shrugged, Well, then, you aint got no bike. Marrow stole parts from bicycles and assembled three or four weird-looking, brightly painted bikes from the parts, his father either did not notice or never acknowledged this, when Marrow was 12 years old, Solomon died of a heart attack. For many years, AllMusic. com has stated that his parents died in an accident, but Ice-T has stated that it was actually he who had been in a brutal auto accident. While his cousin Earl was preparing to leave for college, Marrow shared a room with him, Earl was a fan of rock music and listened to only the local rock stations, sharing a room with him spurred Marrows interest in heavy metal music. Marrow moved to the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles when he was in the 8th grade and he attended Palms Junior High, which was predominantly made up of white students, and included black students bussed in from South Central. He attended Crenshaw High School, which was almost entirely made up of black students, Marrow stood out from most of his friends because he did not drink alcohol, smoke tobacco, or use drugs. During high school, gangs began to intensify in the Los Angeles school system, students who belonged to the Bloods and Crips gangs attended Crenshaw, and fought in the schools halls
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Skillet (band)
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Benjamin Judah Kasica is a guitarist best known as a former lead guitarist for the Christian rock band Skillet. Since leaving the band he has engaged in producing and engineering recordings and he began playing guitar at age eleven. He joined Skillet in 2001 at the age of sixteen, and recorded the albums Alien Youth, Collide, Comatose, Kasica is known for his many tricks while playing the guitar live on stage. These range from his solos to playing his guitar behind the back of his head, john Cooper said in the YouTube interview that he enjoyed having Kasica in the band for his integrity, someone who wants to be honest about things. Kasica announced he was leaving Skillet to pursue other interests on February 14,2011 and he was asked to return on a temporary basis on April 11, when Jonathan Salas left. On April 14, he played his final show, as Seth Morrison played the show the following day. Kasica was the director/producer of Cellofourte, A String Tribute to Skillet which is an album by Tate Olsen, Kasica produced Skillets music video, Not Gonna Die. He is the producer for the music video, Back from the Dead. Kasica played GMP Guitars exclusively when he first joined the band, however, he and his fellow Skillet guitarist Korey Cooper later switched to PRS Guitars, most notably the PRS SC250, and the Mira. For Awake Kasica recorded with Gibson Guitars, mostly Gibson Les Pauls
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OK Kid
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OK Kid is a German band founded in mid-2012. Their name is made up of the album name OK Computer, from 2006 to mid 2012, the members of OK Kid were part of a band from the Gießen region called Jona, S. In April 2013, the now three man band released their first album titled OK Kid in Cologne, produced by Sven Ludwig and Robert Koch, under the label Four Music, in Spring of 2014, the band released their first EP, Grundlos. Their song Am Ende was included in one of the soundtracks of FIFA14. 2013, OK Kid 2016, Zwei 2013, Kaffee warm 2013, Stadt ohne Meer 2014, Unterwasserliebe 2015, Gute Menschen 2016, Bombay Calling 2016, Ich kann alles 2016, Es ist wieder Februar 2014, Grundlos
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Passenger (singer)
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Michael David Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Previously the main vocalist and songwriter of Passenger, Rosenberg opted to keep the name for his solo work after the band dissolved in 2009. His most successful single, Let Her Go, has topped the charts in many countries, in 2014, the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and he received the British Academys Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work. Rosenberg was born on 17 May 1984 in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, England to an English mother, Rosenberg learned classical guitar at a young age, and around 14–15 started to write songs. He worked as a chef and spent his time on writing music. He did not apply himself at school in Brighton, spending his time on music, Rosenberg left school at the age of 16 to pursue a career in the music industry and spent the next few years as a busker in England and Australia. He is a fan of English football club Arsenal F. C, in May 2015, Rosenberg appeared at Arsenals A Night to Inspire event and played a version of the 49 Undefeated fan chant. Rosenberg’s father introduced him to ex-Faithless member Jamie Catto in 2001, on the night, Rosenberg met his future writing partner Andrew Phillips and established contact with the IE Music label. Back in Brighton, Phillips and Rosenberg pooled their musical influences, during 2003 they formed the Mike Rosenberg Band, engaging Marcus O’Dair, Alon Cohen and Richard Brinklow through connections within the Brighton music scene. Rosenberg did his first performance when he was 16 and he founded Passenger with Andrew Phillips in 2003 in Brighton and Hove. The name of the band was stylised as /Passenger, the five-person bands debut and only album, Wicked Mans Rest, was released in 2007, on Chalkmark. Rosenberg wrote the majority of the tracks, with the exception of Four Horses. The band broke up in 2009, after the break-up of Passenger, Rosenberg kept the stage-name Passenger and took to busking for a solo music career. This earned him a big following in Australia and he was selling out 500-seater venues across Australia and his debut solo album, Wide Eyes Blind Love, was released in 2009. He also played shows in the United Kingdom during this time, including a support slot for Turin Brakes tenth anniversary show at Theatre Royal. During the summer and autumn of 2012, Rosenberg toured the UK, opening for Jools Holland and good friend Ed Sheeran and he also joined Australian acts the John Butler Trio, and Josh Pyke with a co-headlined UK tour. He also opened for Ed Sheerans 2012 North American tour and also in Paris, all The Little Lights was released in summer of 2012 in North America on Nettwerk Records. On 26 March, Passenger announced details of his studio album
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Hollywood Undead
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Hollywood Undead is an American rap rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States. They released their album, Swan Songs, on September 2,2008. Their second studio album, American Tragedy, was released April 5,2011, All of the band members use pseudonyms and wear their own unique mask, most of which are based on the common hockey goaltender design. The band members currently consist of Charlie Scene, Da Kurlzz, Danny, Funny Man, J-Dog and their third studio album, titled Notes from the Underground, was released on January 8,2013. Their fourth studio album, Day of the Dead, was released on March 31,2015, five new singles were released off of the album, Usual Suspects, Gravity, How We Roll, Live Forever, and Disease. In an interview with Shave magazine, J-Dog explained that when forming the band Whoever was in the room at the time, phillips later left the group because of conflict with Erlichman. The band only took one year working on their debut album, the other two years were spent looking for a company that wouldnt try to censor the album. They first signed a contract with MySpace Records in 2005. In April 2009, the band toured with American electronic musician Skrillex as Sonny, on June 23,2009, Hollywood Undead released Swan Songs B-Sides EP through iTunes. The band released a CD/DVD set entitled Desperate Measures on November 10,2009, in December 2009, the band won Best Crunk/Rock Rap Artist at the Rock on Request Awards. In its first week of release, Desperate Measures reached No.29 on the Billboard 200. It also peaked at No.10 on the Billboards Rock Albums chart, No.8 on the Alternative Albums chart, No.5 on the Hard Rock albums chart, and No.15 on the Digital Albums chart. In early 2010, the announced that singer, Deuce, had left the band due to creative differences. Ragan and Busek later cited arguments over writing credits, and Deuce not wanting to tour, decker and Terrell also stated that Deuce wanting to bring his own personal assistant for touring caused a rift between members. The band asked long-time friend, and lead singer of Lorene Drive, Daniel Murillo, Murillo had just advanced past the auditions for season 9 of American Idol, but decided to drop out to join the band. The band soon began writing material for their studio album, American Tragedy, in mid-2010. The band has confirmed that producer Don Gilmore, would return to produce the album. Recording concluded around mid-November and the band mixing the album the day after Thanksgiving
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Life of Agony
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Life of Agony is an alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in the summer of 1989 by singer Keith Caputo, bassist Alan Robert, after playing with several drummers, they enlisted Type O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato before recording the debut album River Runs Red after they signed to Roadrunner Records. River Runs Red was followed by the more emotional Ugly, and his successor was ex-Pro-Pain & ex-Crumbsuckers skinsman Dan Richardson. Vocalist Caputo departed the following the release of Soul Searching Sun. He claimed his heart was no longer in the type of music Life of Agony produced, the band then toured with ex-Ugly Kid Joe singer Whitfield Crane, went back into the studio, and kicked Whitfield Crane out of the band. They contemplated moving Alan Robert to vocals and guitar and adding former Stuck Mojo bassist Corey Lowery, in 1999 they decided to split. Alan Robert started Among Thieves with former members of Biohazard and the rest of the band starting Stereomud with Erik Rogers on vocals, a live CD with LOAs unplugged performance at the Dutch Lowlands Festival from 1997 was released in 2000. On January 3 and 42003, the original line-up reunited for two shows at New Yorks Irving Plaza. Both shows were recorded, and released on CD/DVD later that same year, the album was a commercial disappointment for Epic, and they parted ways with the band at the end of 2005. Life of Agony also toured with Megadeth, Dream Theater, three years after their tour in 2005, Life of Agony released a CD/DVD set for River Runs Red with bonus tracks and videos from their early career. Caputo is featured on the track What Have You Done, from the band Within Temptation, the song has been a minor hit all around the world. During a December,2010 appearance on MTVs Headbangers Ball, Life of Agony announced they were writing new material, Sal stated in the interview that they were going to start with one song and see if there is a good enough spark to continue writing. This is something special for the fans for their patience, by the summer of 2011 the band attempted to write new material only to feel it was being forced and not natural. Caputo stated that the band in a not to become a novelty act was to go back into hiatus or permanently disband. In a February 2012 interview, Sal Abruscato confirmed that Life of Agony was no more and he explains, Were not gonna play. We moved out of our studio and we all kind of feel like were at the end. Were never gonna make another record, because of those kinds of problems I was talking about – we cant agree on writing a song, and Keith wants to pursue his life and his lifestyle. And thats pretty much the reason why also Ive moved on, to just keep going, I didnt want my career to stop with Life of Agony
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Baroness (band)
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Baroness is an American heavy metal band from Savannah, Georgia whose original members grew up together in Lexington, Virginia. Baroness formed in mid-2003, founded by members of the punk/metal band Johnny Welfare. Singer John Dyer Baizley creates the artwork for all Baroness albums, from 2004 to 2007, Baroness recorded and released three EPs, named First, Second and A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk, with the third one being a split album with Unpersons. Baroness started recording their first full-length album in March 2007, phillip Cope from Kylesa continued to produce Baroness on this album. The Red Album was released on September 4,2007. Heavy metal magazine Revolver named it Album of the Year. On December 1,2007, Baroness performed at New York Citys Bowery Ballroom, on September 20,2008, the band announced via MySpace Brian Blickle would be parting ways, while also introducing a new guitarist named Peter Adams, also of Virginia-based band Valkyrie. Throughout 2007–9, Baroness toured and shared the stage with bands including Converge, The Red Chord, High on Fire, Opeth, Coheed and Cambria, Coliseum, Mastodon, Minsk. On May 18,2009 Baroness entered The Track Studio in Plano, Texas, to record their second album, Blue Record. It was released via Relapse Records on October 13,2009, Baroness have toured with many other prominent bands, such as supporting Mastodon on their US headlining tour in April–May 2010, Deftones for August–September 2010. In addition, Baroness was selected as one of two acts for Metallica on their tour of Australia and New Zealand in late 2010. Baroness also performed at Coachella and Bonnaroo in 2010, Blue Record would later be named the 20th Greatest Metal Album in History by LA Weekly in 2013. On May 23,2011, the band launched their official website, the first content released on the new page gave hints to work on a new album being produced again by John Congleton. On May 14,2012, the single Take My Bones Away from the new album was released over YouTube, Baroness released Yellow & Green on July 17,2012 through Relapse. On August 15,2012, nine passengers were injured when the German-registered coach in which the band were traveling fell from a viaduct near Bath, emergency services were called to Brassknocker Hill in Monkton Combe after the coach fell 30 ft from the viaduct. Avon Fire and Rescue Service said the incident happened at 11, 30BST, due to heavy rain, emergency services said two people were transported to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol while seven others went to the Royal United Hospital in Bath. As a result of the crash, frontman John Baizley suffered a left arm. Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae, pete Adams was treated and released from the hospital on August 16,2012. During the subsequent months of recovery, Baroness began scheduling tour dates once more, John Baizley performed an acoustic set and artwork exhibition on March 14,15, and 16,2013 at SXSW in Austin, Texas
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Asking Alexandria
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Initially formed in 2006 by Ben Bruce, the band officially established as a six-piece in 2008 with the founding lineup consisting of Bruce, Worsnop, Cassells, Liddell, Joe Lancaster and Ryan Binns. After the departure of Lancaster and Binns, as well as the recruitment of bassist Sam Bettley in 2009, the band released two studio albums Reckless & Relentless and From Death to Destiny, before the departure of Worsnop in January 2015. He was replaced by Denis Stoff and the band released The Black, Stoff departed from the band in October that year and Worsnop subsequently returned to the band. Ben Bruce, the current lead guitarist and backing vocalist, originally formed the band in Dubai. The bands original line up consisted of different members compared to that of the bands lineup from 2008 and released their debut EP. In 2006, then followed up with them debut album titled The Irony of Your Perfection in 2007, later that year the band became a six-piece after recruiting Ryan Binns on synthesizers, James Cassells on drums, Joe Lancaster on bass and Cameron Liddell on rhythm guitar. Later that year Binns decided to leave the band and in January 2009, Lancaster later joined the metalcore band With One Last Breath. Bruce carried the name due to not wanting to bother to come up with a brand new name. When asked why he chose that name, he explained that Most bands have a pretty shit band name. I came up with Alexandria as a name, because people relate to humans. Although the reason for using the word asking is not explained, Stand Up and Scream was recorded during Spring 2009 and was produced by Joey Sturgis. The band signed to Sumerian Records and released their album on 15 September. The album charted only in the US peaking at 4 in the Top Heatseekers,24 in the Top Hard Rock Albums and 29 in the Top Independent Albums. They toured across the US as an act in March with bands We Came as Romans, From First To Last, Our Last Night. The band supported metalcore outfit Attack Attack, throughout March and April along with Breathe Carolina, I See Stars and Bury Tomorrow in the US. They later supported Dance Gavin Dance during their European tour in April to early May along with In Fear and Faith, during which they performed at The Bamboozle festival on 1 May. The band performed at the Thrash & Burn tour as a headline act along with Born of Osiris, Kittie and their second album, titled Reckless & Relentless was released 4 April 2011. This time, the album did chart in the UK, peaking at 7 on the UK Rock Chart, the band also released a cover of Akons song Right Now for the Punk Goes
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Mad Caddies
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The Mad Caddies are a ska punk band from Solvang, California. The band formed in 1995 and has released six albums, one live album. The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres including ska, punk rock, hardcore punk, swing, reggae, jazz, Latin music, polka, even cowpunk and sea shanties. Robertson, Lazor and Rosenberg all play in the current lineup also includes horn players Keith Douglas and Ed Hernandez. Keyboard player Dustin Lanker joined in 2007 followed by bassist Graham Palmer in 2009, former members include Mark Iversen, Brian Flenniken, Boz Rivera and Derrick Plourde. In the bands beginnings in the mid-1990s, they performed as Cracked Macaroni at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. The bands debut album, Quality Soft Core, was released the following year, after the release of the album, the band was signed to Fat Mikes label Fat Wreck Chords, through which the Mad Caddies have released 5 studio albums,2 EPs and a live album. The Caddies have toured throughout their career including tours across the USA, Europe, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. Studio albums Quality Soft Core Duck and Cover Rock the Plank Just One More Keep It Going Dirty Rice EPs The Holiday Has Been Cancelled 2007 Tour EP Live albums Songs in the Key of Eh
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Enter Shikari
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In 2003, guitarist Liam Rory Clewlow joined the band to complete its current lineup, and it adopted its current name. In 2006, they performed to a growing fanbase at Download Festival as well as a concert at the London Astoria. Their debut studio album, Take to the Skies, was released in 2007 and reached number 4 in the Official UK Album Chart, both have since been certified silver in the UK. Enter Shikari have their own label, Ambush Reality. However, they have also signed deals with several major labels to help with worldwide distribution. Their eclectic musical style combines influences from rock, especially rock and hardcore punk. In 1999 a band named Hybryd formed, consisting of Rou Reynolds on guitar and vocals, Chris Batten on bass guitar and they released an EP called Commit No Nuisance, which featured the tracks Perfect Pygmalion, Look Inside, Torch Song, Honesty Box and Fake. In 2003, with the addition of guitarist Liam Rory Clewlow, the band was named after Shikari, a boat belonging to vocalist Rou Reynolds uncle. After the bands lineup and name change, Reynolds focused his efforts on vocals. They had another demo EP planned for release in 2005, for this the first versions of Return To Energiser and Labyrinth were recorded. Early versions of OK Time for Plan B and We Can Breathe in Space were also recorded around this time and it was at this time that Kerrang. Radios Alex Baker picked up on the band, and as he didnt have a release to play, he streamed OK Time For Plan B off the bands Myspace page. In August 2006 they released a video of the single Mothership which became the single of the week on the iTunes Store. Their first physical single featured re-recorded versions of Sorry Youre Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B and it was released on 30 October 2006. It was limited to 1000 copies of each format and sold out within the first week of release, in mid January 2007, Enter Shikaris first single, Mothership, entered the UK singles chart for one week at number 151, on Downloads only. This was followed a week later by Sorry Youre Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B, in addition Sorry Youre Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B featured on the EA Sports video game titles NHL08 and Madden 08. Enter Shikari secured a spot on the Gibson/Myspace stage at 2006s Download Festival and they also had interviews with popular music press such as Kerrang. and Rock Sound. On 4 November 2006, they became only the unsigned band to ever sell out London Astoria
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Eisbrecher
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Eisbrecher are a German Neue Deutsche Härte band that consists primarily of Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix, with live support from Jürgen Plangger, Dominik Palmer, Achim Färber. In the United States and Canada, their record label is currently Metropolis Records, the bands lyrics and slogans often include terms of ice and sailing, such as Ahoi and Es wird kalt, vocalist Alexander Wesselsky often wears naval and military clothing in performances. After leaving Megaherz in 2003 due to differences, Wesselsky got together with Noel Pix. In January 2004, the released their self-titled debut album. The first 5,000 copies of the album included a blank CD with permission for purchasers to legally copy the music onto the blank and this was done as a protest against what the band felt was a criminalization of fans. The band would release their second album Antikörper in October 2006 and this album would become the bands debut album on the Media Control Charts as it charted at No.85. The band then toured with U. D. O. in December 2006, in 2007, Eisbrecher performed at two major German music festivals, Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Summer Breeze Open Air. In May 2008, live bass player Martin Motnik left the band, Kann denn Liebe Sünde Sein was released on July 18,2008 in Germany as the first single to promote their third album, Sünde. It reached third place in the German Alternative charts, the album was released on August 22,2008 in Germany and debuted on the Media Control Charts at 18th place. The band then went on their then-biggest tour between September 2008 and October 2009, playing in Germany, Austria, Russia, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Music videos were planned for This is Deutsch and Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein, in early March 2009, the band signed with a new American music label, Metropolis Records, due to Dancing Ferret Discs closing in late 2008. On April 24,2009, Wesselsky and Pix were guests on Radio Goethe to promote the American release of Sünde, Wesselsky mentioned that he would love to tour the United States as soon as possible. He also mentioned that, with the popularity of Rammstein, Nena and Falco and he also talked about their upcoming fourth album, no title was named, but said that work was in progress. He described that the new album will be very rockish, very pop and their fourth studio album, Eiszeit, was released in mid-April 2010. The single Eiszeit was released on March 19,2010 and became their single in the Media Control Charts. The album was released on April 16,2010 and debuted in the Media Control Charts at No,5, the Ö3 Austria Top 40 charts at No.34 and the Swiss Music Charts at No.76. In August 2010, it was reported that Eisbrecher had signed with Sony Records, after the Summer Breeze Open Air festival, bassist Olli Pohl left the band. The band later found a new guitar player, Dominik Palmer
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Meshuggah
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Meshuggah /məˈʃʊɡə/ is a Swedish extreme metal band from Umeå, formed in 1987. Meshuggah first attracted attention with the 1995 release Destroy Erase Improve for its fusion of fast-tempo death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal. Since its 2002 album Nothing, Meshuggah has switched from seven-string to downtuned eight-string guitars, Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style, complex, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. Meshuggah was labelled as one of the ten most important hard rock and heavy metal bands by Rolling Stone, Meshuggah has found little mainstream success as yet, but is a significant act in extreme underground music. Nevertheless, Meshuggah has begun to gain attention and respect among more mainstream audiences since the late 2000s, since its formation, Meshuggah has released eight studio albums, six EPs and eight music videos. The band has performed in international festivals, including Ozzfest and Download. Meshuggahs latest studio album, The Violent Sleep of Reason, was released on 7 October 2016, Nothing and the albums that followed have all charted on the Billboard 200. Meshuggahs most commercially successful album, Koloss, debuted at number 17 in the USA, in 2006 and 2009, the band was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award. In 1985, guitarist Fredrik Thordendal formed a band in Umeå, the band, originally named Metallien, recorded a number of demo tapes, after which it disbanded. Thordendal, however, continued playing under a different name with new band members, Meshuggah was formed in 1987 by vocalist and guitarist Jens Kidman, and took the name Meshuggah from the Hebrew word for crazy. The band recorded several demos before Kidman left, which prompted the members to disband. Kidman then formed a new band, Calipash, with guitarist Thordendal, bassist Peter Nordin, Kidman, who also played guitar, and Thordendal decided to restore the name Meshuggah for the new band. On February 3,1989, Meshuggah released the self-titled, three-song EP Meshuggah and this 12 vinyl EP had only 1,000 copies released, sold by local record store Garageland. The EPs back cover features the members with cheese doodles on their faces. The LP, originally entitled Greed, was released in 1991, the album received positive reviews, but was not a commercial success. Soon after, Kidman decided to concentrate on vocals, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, the new lineup recorded the EP None at Tonteknik Recordings in Umeå in 1994 for release later that year. A Japanese version was released, including lyrics printed in Japanese. During this period, Thordendal, who was working as a carpenter, severed the tip of his middle finger
