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The Human Abstract

The Human Abstract has come full circle since its inception back in 2005 and are bracing to unleash their crushing newest effort on an unsuspecting world. With the return of founding guitarist / songwriter A.J Minette fans can expect a sound reminiscent of the critically acclaimed “Nocturne” album, while introducing classical technical rhythms to the band’s complex sound. Also joining the ranks on Vocals is former From First To Last/The Color of Violence member Travis Richter.

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Mutant

1.Mutant is a west London based thrash metal band that have been going for 4 years.
They have had there music on various compilation CDs and gig regularly.
There most popular song to date, "Psycho Surgery", was released on Earache Records "Thrashing like a Maniac" Compilation last year.
They are currently recording a new E.P which is scheduled for release in February 2009 and have a UK tour coming up in April supporting the mighty Evile. www.myspace.com/mutantmetal

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Arcania

Created at the end of the year 99, ARCANIA was constituted by 3 13-year-old childhood friends sharing the same dream; a common future in music. Cyril, Gabriel and Guillaume recorded their first demos and played on their first stages, looking to spread their name for more than 4 years. But every dream has its end and Gabriel's tragic loss in 2003 sink the rest of the group brutally into adulthood. Gabriel was only 16 years old .

Read more about Arcania on Last.fm.

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Destiny Potato

Destiny Potato is an experimental project from Belgrade, Serbia. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and graduate of Berklee College of Music David Maxim Micic, Destiny Potato formed in 2010 and comprised Micic, former Idol Serbia-Montenegro & Macedonia runner-up Aleksandra Radosavljevic (vocals) and Aleksandra Djelmash (vocals). In 2011, the group inducted Milan Jejina Yeqy on drums and announced that they were working on a debut EP entitled 'Lun'. However in early 2012, Radosavljevic left the band due to her relationship with Micic coming to an end.

Read more about Destiny Potato on Last.fm.

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Unfurl

Unfurl is a metal band originating from Murmansk, Russia. They teamed up in 2007 and participated on "My Own Wolf: A New Approach", an Ulver tribute album. Their influences include Katatonia, Paradise Lost and Dark Tranquility.
The band is composed of: Z-Skin - guitars, electronics, vocals
War-M - lead & rhytm guitars
Fears - bass
Damien T. G. - drums
Numeral - electronics

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Alarum

Alarum: (uh-lar-uhm, uh-lahr-) –noun. “A mechanism that produces awareness”. The Melbourne 4 piece progressive metal band have been just that since forming in 1992, and have been expanding that awareness ever since. But it would be unfair to simply lump them into the vague progressive metal genre, as they blend all forms of metal alongside rock, jazz, latin and fusion. After some early line up chan...

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Jon Oliva's Pain

Jon Oliva's Pain (sometimes referred to as JOP) is the latest project of former Savatage co-founder and frontman Jon Oliva. Initially the project consisted entirely of solo recordings by Oliva, but after several months of work he was joined in 2004 by former members of Circle II Circle to form a band. After hearing the results of their earliest studio sessions together he then decided to repeat the solo work from scratch with the band, releasing their first album 'Tage Mahal on the SPV label early that year.

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Mercury Rising

Rock/funk band from Melbourne, Australia, previously named Semper Fi. Lineup is as follows:
Thomas Petrakos - Vocals, Heath McAvoy - Rhythm Guitar, Mark Minkiewicz - Drums, David Angelo Chiapoco - Lead Guitar, Shaun Clarke — Bass
2.-MERCURY RISING is a progressive metal band originating from the Baltimore, Maryland area. Their music, while firmly rooted in hard rock and progressive rock, shows complexity and various metal influences, thus being a progressive metal band.

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Neverworld

Neverworld is a Progressive/ Melodic metal band from Bedfordshire/ Hertfordshire, England. Members:
Ben Colton - Lead vocals/ Guitar
Jack Foster - Guitar
John Peters - Bass Guitar
Michael Vaughan - Drums/ Percussion
Neverworld was born out of the ashes of two hertfordshire based bands, sentinal and killer messiah. vocalist and lead guitar player ben colton, keyboard player james thackway and drummer mike vaughan had been trying to get sentinal going again after a years hiatus.

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We Lost the Sea

We Lost The Sea are a 7 piece post-metal band from Sydney Australia. Formed in 2007, friends came together to create a new collection of noise that incorporates relentless sludge with post-rock atmospherics with melody, dynamics and crushing heaviness and elements that hold up to the likes of ISIS, Mogwai and Sigur Ros. They released their first record entitled 'Crimea' - engineered and mixed by Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna in mid 2010.

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