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Clench

Clench is a band from Sweden who had their most active years between 93-99. In -93 they won swedish music competition Rock-SM (Swedish Championship in Rock) under the name Thrash Inc. They after that went touring all over scandinavia. In their attempts to wash away the branding of "another Europe" (Europe got famous by winning the same competition a couple of years earlier) they changed name to "Clench" in conjunction with recording their first album named "Goatbreath". Clench then went touring again, gaining raving reviews for their live performances.

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Mad Hatter 2.0

Mad Hatter 2.0 are a rebirth of the band "Mad Hatter", which disbanded in the mid '90s with the decline of metal music and band problems. They reformed in the late 2008 as Mad Hatter 2.0 with a new line up, apart from the founding member. They are based in the South West of England and they are described as "groove metal" with "no thrills", they have recorded many demos and are working toward their first album.

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King's X

King's X is an American hard rock / heavy metal band noted for its spiritual lyrics and sophisticated musical styles which include, but are not limited to, blues, progressive rock, grunge and psychedelic. The group traces its beginnings to 1980, when Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill, who had previously met while recording and touring with Phil Keaggy and touring with the band Petra, recruited Ty Tabor to join them.

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NightShade

1) The band is based in Kungsbacka, south of Gothenburg, Sweden. It was formerly known as Northern Shadow, but the name was changed to Nightshade in January 1996. After some serious line-up changes (in fact, the only remaining member is vocalist Daniel Kvist), the first official demo, ‘The Benighted’, was recorded in ART Studio June 1997. A couple of bassplayers later the preparation of the second demo resulted in recruiting a keyboard player.

Read more about NightShade on Last.fm.

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Mindscape

There are at least five artists that are using Mindscape alias. 1) A Hungarian drum and bass producer
2) A Danish Rock group located in Copenhagen.
3) A Swedish Metal/Pop/Techno-band act from Gothenburg, Sweden.
4) A Progressive Rock outfit from Melbourne, Australia.
5) A project from the German DJ & producer Torben Schmidt 1) Mindscape is a Hungarian drum and bass producer/dj trio(since 2007 only Gergely Sasvári) formed in late 2002, in an up-and-coming and lively Budapest scene.

Read more about Mindscape on Last.fm.

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Nya

There are 2 artists with the name Nya. 1) Formed in Southern England in 2007 and comprising of five experienced touring musicians, Nya have spent the last eighteen months writing over an albums worth of material and have recently completed their first four track demo/EP. Featuring songs ‘Face The Music‘, ‘Tin Soldiers‘, ‘The Choir Invisible‘ and ‘Better Off This Way’, the demo successfully demonstrates a refreshing balance of catchy choruses, heavy riffing and unmistakably melodic, harmonious vocals.

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Numskull

There are a number of artists by this name: 1. Numskull (Garrick Demond Husbands) born 31. January 1971 in Oakland, California. He is half of the Oakland duo The Luniz. At 18 years old he got his first big break in the industry, by appearing on Dru Down's Fools From the Streets LP. A video was shot for the anthem "Ice Cream Man", and the result was a major deal with Sony for Dru Down and a major deal with Virgin for the Luniz.

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Jacknife

“We don’t have any gimmicks, we just get up there and play,” says vocalist Joe Ortiz of Jacknife. Hailing from Dallas, TX, Jacknife’s sound can best be described as “Texas style brutality” and the band wastes no time showing listeners why they are the future of extreme music from the Lone Star state. Jacknife blends the best elements of the metal and hardcore genres seamlessly on their full length debut album Moment Of Reckoning, which was released September 13, 2005 on Zero-Sum Recordings.

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