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In Extremo

In Extremo is one of the most famous bands, originating from Berlin, Germany in 1995. The band's musical style combines heavy metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard metal instruments with traditional instruments such as the bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shawm. Versions of well-known traditional/medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, though over the years the band has also begun to write some original material using the German language.

Read more about In Extremo on Last.fm.

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Pagan's Mind

Previously known as Silverspoon, having issued the 'Sink Or Swim' demo under their former name, PAGAN'S MIND came into being during mid 2000. Frontman Nils K. Rue had previously sang for Sunset Strip. Guitarist Thorstein Eugen Aaby had previously been employed by acts such as Deadline and Sunset Strip whilst drummer Stian Lindaas Kristoffersen has experience with Woodstone, King's Quest and Sunset Strip.

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Stand Down

There is more then one artist with this name.
1.Stand Down Vancouver BC Canada. http://www.myspace.com/standdownmilitia
2.Stand Down, Uk 1. Doubling as the album’s single and title-track, Villains Parade (released 2007), is a provocational, multi-layered anthem that kick-starts the album into full throttle. With three years since the release of their 6-song EP (released 2004, the Vancouver BC Canada-based rock band is ready to intoxicate and immortalize a path they’ve only just begun to pave.

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Drowning Pool

There are 2 bands by this name: 1. Drowning Pool is a / band from Dallas, Texas formed in 1997 that rose to prominence while playing along with Ozzy Osbourne during Ozzfest. Their 2001 debut album, Sinner, was certified platinum within six months and the video for its first single "Bodies" was frequently aired on various music video channels. After the September 11th attacks the song "Bodies" was infrequently heard on many radio stations due to the sensitivity of those families' loved ones who jumped from the towers.

Read more about Drowning Pool on Last.fm.

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The Mary Major

The Mary Major is the succession-band of Beseech.
Lineup (4 of the previous 7 Beseech members): Vocals: Erik Molarin
Vocals: Lotta Höglin
Guitar: Daniel Elofsson
Bass: Ulf Larsson
Drums: Jonas Strömberg Guitarist Manne Engström left the band as of 2007-08-09 and is no longer part of "The Mary Major".
Bassist Mikael Back recently quit "The Mary Major" for personal reasons, replaced by Ulf Larsson (Dodge and Cold Tears) MySpace website: www.myspace.com/themarymajor

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Endo

1/ Endo were a four-piece nu metal/hard rock music group from Miami, Florida. The band formed in 1995 with Lou Orenstein, Diego Ponsa, Reggie Barret, and Gil Bitton. A local production company, "Concrete Management", signed the band in the late 90's, where they opened for such bands as the Foo Fighters and Static-X. They were later signed to DV8/Columbia Records, and released two major albums in Evolve (2001) and Songs for the Restless (2003). The group also appeared at the Ozzfest Tour in 2003.

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Awaken

Awaken is a band from Greenwich, CT formed in 2009 by vocalist Glenn DaGrossa. He was formerly the songwriter and founding member of the band Lazarus, which Kerrang! magazine hailed as "one of the quintessential metal bands of our time." Thanks to DaGrossa's soaring vocals and stellar song craftsmanship, Lazarus was also voted one of 2007's best unsigned bands by the staff at Germany's Heavy magazine and metalexpressradio.com said their 2007 debut, Episode One, "could have easily been sandwiched between Queensrÿche's The Warning and Saxon's Innocence Is No Excuse.

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Blowsight

Blowsight have been together since the late summer of 2003 and have been moving forward ever since they played their very first show in Stockholm, Sweden. They continued to work the underground scene and played as much as they possibly could over the next couple of years. With over 70 shows under their belt not only in Scandinavia but also in USA and more the band has showed what they can dish out.

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