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Wizard

There is more than one artist with this name:
1. A German heavy metal band.
2. A hard rock/psychedelic rock band from Florida, USA.
3. Young hip hop producer from United Kingdom
4. A Japanese visual kei band, also known as Wizard JAPAN in Europe. 1.Wizard is a German power metal band, formed in 1989 by the drummer Sören van Heek. The band is often called "Germany's answer to Manowar". The lyrics are similar: which often are about battles, metal, war, steel and such subjects. (The exception is the album Odin, which is a concept album about Norse mythology).

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Forbidden

Forbidden was part of the second wave of thrash metal bands which arose from the bay area thrash scene (along with Testament, Death Angel, Vio-Lence, etc.), and though full of promise early on, they never broke through like many predicted. Originally formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil by vocalist Russ Anderson, guitarists Robb Flynn and Craig Locifero, bassist Matt Camacho, and drummer Paul Bostaph, the group slugged it out around the Bay Area club scene like hundreds of other up-and-coming garage bands inspired by thrash originators like Metallica, Slayer, and especially Exodus.

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Slain

There are multiple artists with the name Slain: 1)Slain are a black metal band from Manchester, UK, formed in 2006. Find out more about Slain at www.myspace.com/slainathisalter. Slain consists of:
Mike Collins - Vocals
Mike Sivvery - Guitar
Mike Harris - Drums
Dave Rowlands - Bass They draw heavy influence from black metal favorites Dissection, Carpathian Forest, Darkthrone, Dark Funeral and more. 2)suicidal black ambient (Portugal) homepage:
http://mrslain.tripod.com/slain/

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Sacrilege

There are at least three artists by this name:
1) A / / band from England.
2) An old school band from Sweden.
3) A band from Italy. 1) The British Sacrilege was a female-fronted metal band from the Midlands region of England. Despite having played relatively few gigs during their existence, Sacrilege is today recognised as an important band...

Read more about Sacrilege on Last.fm.

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Motorhead feat Lemmy

Motörhead are a British hard rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister, who has remained the sole constant member. While Motörhead are typically classified as heavy metal, speed metal or thrash metal (and often regarded as a foundational influence on the later two styles), Lemmy dislikes such labels, preferring to describe the band's music simply as "rock n' roll".

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Insanity

Formed in 1985, Bay Area band Insanity were instrumental in metal's evolution from thrash to death metal. Drummer Bud Mills was a big reason why, as his so-called "1-1" beat presaged the modern blastbeat. The band's sound more than lived up to its name. Not only did it crank thrash up to frenzied warp speeds, it also displayed chops well ahead of its time. Insanity were legendary worldwide in the '80s metal tape trading circuit, with members of Carcass and Napalm Death citing them as an influence.

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Grinder

There are mutiple artists with this name:
1) Grinder was a late 80's/early 90's speed metal/thrash metal band from Germany. They released three full length albums and one EP before disbanding. Grinder were the first international heavy metal act to play in Turkey, on May 12, 1990 at the Open Air Theater in Istanbul. Adrian Hahn - vocals (plus bass on 1st 3 albums)
Andy - lead guitar
Lario - rhythm guitar
Andi - bass
Stefan Arnold - drums (played in Grave Digger afterwards) 2) Grinder is a Heavy Metal band formed in 2001 from Peru.

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Em Ruinas

Band officially formed in January 2002, which was based on the ruins of two projects that did not happen (Hellrazor and MASS).
Baptized Em Ruínas then this union, with the proposal to continue a proud history written by all real warriors who made ​​and make our national honor Metal and rescue the essence of true metal, lost in time but not forgotten, both visually and sound , recovering also the real meaning of the words "Metal", "Headbanger" and the true spirit Underground in a universal language called music, using it always in a revolutionary and disruptive, such as attitude, as a flag.

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