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Witchcraft

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Witchcraft are a hard rock band from Sweden. Strongly inspired by the early '70s rock, they play heavy and sometimes slightly psychedelic music. They are often compared to Black Sabbath or Jethro Tull, though they have their own specific sound. They've released three well-received full-length albums to date. 2. Another band called Witchcraft were an American duo. Gothic Ambient electronic music verging on industrial, dark but with melody and tremendous atmosphere.

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Saviours

INTO ABADDON
Biography Behold Into Abaddon, the second full-length by Oakland, CA, USA’s Saviours, and first for their new home at Kemado Records. Merging howling lyrical venom with an endless arsenal of corrosive guitar orchestrations, harmonized leads and runaway locomotive rhythms, SAVIOURS have been rapidly garnering international attention as one of the best heavy bands active today. Formed in 2004, Saviours are the end product of a "vision-quest" by guitarist/vocalist Austin Barber and drummer Scott Batiste (both former members of Yaphet Kotto).

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Porn

The Men of Porn, or Porn, is a San Francisco band founded by leader Tim Moss. Moss is joined by Dale Crover (Melvins), and Billy Anderson. Richard Goodtimes, from San Francisco, is good friends with Tim Moss. Tim Moss is the leader of Porn. It should be clearly stated that Richard plays an important part in the band 'Porn' and in the life of Moss. Many collaborations and ideas spring from late night conversations between these two, resulting in an abundance of ideas for songs and future tours.

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Downset

Founded in Los Angeles in the late 80's as part of the thriving scene, downset has evolved into an icon of sorts. As the original blenders of , , , , , and socially aware lyrics, they drew influences from Black Flag to Black Sabbath, Public Enemy to Bob Marley. Becoming a huge draw, the industry took notice and they caught the attention of Mercury/PolyGram Records and released their self titled debut in 1994.

Read more about Downset on Last.fm.

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Orange Goblin

Formed in 1995 in London, originally under the name of Our Haunted Kingdom, but changed to Orange Goblin after a 7" with Electric Wizard in 1996 with company Rise Above Records. Orange Goblin are stoner/doom metal although have moved steadily heavier with a slight tinge of punk creeping in. They are heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, which can be heard throughout their albums, particulary the first three - Frequencies From Planet ten, Time Traveling Blues and the acclaimed Big Black

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