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Lone Wolf

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Lone Wolf is the alter ego of multi-instrumentalist Paul Marshall. Lone Wolf's songs are often very dark in thier themes and very murder ballad-esq. Signed to Bella Union his debut album called 'The Devil And I' is to be released on May 17th 2010. Marshall has been making waves with the music video for the first single 'Keep Your Eyes On The Road' as it is a tribut/homage to Peter Gabriel's classic 'Sledgehammer'. Peter Gabriel has seen and approved the video, as have the team at Aardman animation who worked on the original.

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El Caco

El Caco is a band from Lillestrøm, Norway. The members, Øyvind Osa (vocals and bass guitar), Thomas Fredriksen (drums) and Anders Gjersti (guitar), began working together in 1998. Fredrik Wallumrød joined the band in 2008. About El Caco (MySpace)
One listen to the masters of the road El Caco and the smell of hot leather and burning rubber will return with vengeance. These Norwegian road bandits have the ability to grasp the finer elements of their influences and mould them into their own diverse sound.

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Legion

There are mutliple artists with this name:
1) Currently active Uk Goth Rock act from Leeds.
2) thrash metal band formed in 1986 in Barcelona.
3) apocalyptic hardcore band from Birmingham Alabama
4) a RAC group formed in 1990/91 with strong sinheads movement connections.
5) Polish black metal group heavily tied with the NSBM scene.
6) dark ambient project of Andrew Lagowski based in London.
7) Russian heavy metal band since 1981.
8) UK goth/pop punk band from early 80's.
9) Swedish thrash metal band better known as Cranium.

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Claim The Throne

The leading warriors of Australian Battle Metal have finally arrived with their first era entitled ONLY THE BRAVE RETURN. A 50-minute epic journey displaying an array of blackened melodic death metal, of course mixed with elements of medieval folk music and battle cries. Each song on the album also represents a chapter in the coinciding novel, based on an original fantasy story created by the band.

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Helstar

Helstar began its quest in 1982. The line up consisted of James Rivera (A.K.A Bill Lionel) (vocals), Larry Barragan (guitar), Tom Rogers (guitar), Hector Pavon (drums) and Paul Medina (bass). By 1984 the band had signed with Combat Records and recorded its first album entitled "Burning Star". The average age of the band at that time was 19! After gaining much critical acclaim, the band began to splinter because of their management situation. It was at this time that James and Larry decided to part ways with the rest of the band and guide Helstar in a new direction.

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Queen Extravaganza

Queen founder and drummer Roger Taylor has picked the finalists to perform in The Queen Extravaganza Tour. Taylor travelled around the USA auditioning singers and musicians for the ultimate Queen tribute band. “As the audition videos began posting, we could see right away that the caliber of talent was very high,” says Taylor in a statement. “But when I got into the studio with the final 25 musicians, I realized that these guys are seriously good players. They went way beyond my expectations. It was an incredibly difficult decision to choose the final line-up.

Read more about Queen Extravaganza on Last.fm.

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Down

Down is an American Stoner Metal band formed in 1991 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band is a supergroup, comprising members and former members of Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, Superjoint Ritual, Eyehategod and Kingdom of Sorrow. Since its inception, Down has released three studio albums and has gone on hiatus twice to focus on the members' respective bands. Formation and NOLA:
Down formed in 1991 with vocalist/songwriter Phil Anselmo of Pantera...

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