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Absent Without Leave

Absent Without Leave is the solo project of George Mastrokostas, based in Athens, Greece.
Recording everything himself or sometimes with assistance from some good friends, he produces a sound that has at times been described as a mix of shoegaze, post-rock, ambient and electronica.
To date, he has released his music on labels such as Distant Noise Records (uk), Unlabel (uk), Chat Blanc Records (canada), Awkward Silence Recordings (uk), Thisquietarmy Records (canada)...

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Maria Farantouri

Maria Farantouri (Greek: Μαρία Φαραντούρη), born in Athens on 28 November 1947 is a Greek singer. She has collaborated with prominent Greek music composers such as Mikis Theodorakis (Μίκης Θεοδωράκης), who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed. During the military junta which ruled Greece until 1975 she colloborated with Mikis Theodorakis by recording protest songs in Europe.

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Mass Infection

Mass Infection is a brutal death metal band hailing from Greece(Livadia).Formed back in 2003,they released their
debut album called "Atonement for Iniquity" in 2007 by the Austrian label Black Edge Records.After some line up
changes the following second album called "The Age of Recreation" was released in 2009 by Pathologically Explicit
Recordings(Spain).This new effort delivers 9 songs of fast and aggressive blasting death metal mainly based in
the U.S. scene and bands like Hate Eternal,Origin,Unmerciful,Deeds of Flesh and Severe Torture.

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Barb Wire Dolls

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Barb Wire Dolls - Youtube Punk's not dead and it never went away. It has been pushed underground for decades by the media because it speaks of the truth and exposes hypocrisy, but with the political climate of the world rapidly changing, a new female oriented punk resurgence has created a movement across the globe from Russia with Pussy Riot to countless others. One band in particular is shaking things up with intense live shows and are about to release their debut album.

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En Garde

En Garde, formed in the Chapel Hill, NC area during the summer of 2005, is one of the creative outlets for John Booker, former bassist of San Francisco rock band io. The lineup for En Garde changed frequently throughout its short-lived run, but at various times included ex-members of such bands as Strunken White, Des Ark, Sorry About Dresden, and Makeshift. Before its breakup, En Garde released an EP of six songs, among them "What You Want It To Say," "June Infinity," "All My Words," and "The Good Years."

Sofia

There is more than one artist with the name of Sofia : 1) Sofia Berntson (born 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden), known professionally as Sofia is a Swedish singer who often sings in Greek. She has released three CD singles since 2007 and has taken part in the Swedish song selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, twice, in 2007 and more recently in 2009. In 2007, Sofia participated in Melodifestivalen with the song "Hypnotized".

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Echidna

There are 2 metal bands with this name: A greek (Progressive Death Metal) and a portuguese (Thrascore/Melodeath Metal) one. 1) Greek one:
They were formed in 2004 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The line-up consists of G. Chionidis (drums), N. Parastatidis (guitars), P. Bouklis (guitars), T. Deligiannidis (vocals) and A. Roditis (bass). They have released a demo in 2006 entitled This Suffering. Zero Tolerance (UK) magazine awarded them the Demo of the Issue (September/October 2006) and Metal Hammer (GR) magazine awarded them the Demo of the Month (July 2007).

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1000mods

1000mods is a psychedelic/stoner rock band from Chiliomodi, Greece. They were formed in the summer of 2006 and since then, they have played hundreds of live shows, including openings for Brant Bjork, Colour Haze, Karma to Burn, My Sleeping Karma, Radio Moscow and many others. Their commitment to vintage equipment, thick and heavy analog sound and their remarkably passionate on stage performance is what sets them apart.

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Horrified

Horrified is a Death Metal band from Athens, Greece. The idea of forming a Death metal band was swirling around in Gore's head for months, back in 1989. 1990 - Finally HORRIFIED came into being in early 1990 with the following line-up: Gore- Vocals, Timos- Guitar, Kostas- Bass, Stelios- Drums. After a couple of live demos their first official one was released in late 1990 entitled "Prophecy Of Gore". The response of the underground scene was enthusiastic. They signed with the local underground label Black Power Records.