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Earthship

EARTHSHIP surge ahead like a nuclear-powered icebreaker through the Barents Sea, laden with mighty riffs, tons of groove and home-brewn whiskey. Join the EARTHSHIP's bearded crew, led by captain Jan Oberg (former drummer of THE OCEAN) for a ride through the vast black sea of doom and prog'n'roll. Featuring The Ocean's Robin Staps on guitar. Stay tuned and check out www.myspace.com/wearetheearthship.

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Bongripper

Bongripper is a four-piece band from Chicago, IL, United States. Since 2005, they have self-released seven recordings. Known for a deafening and intense live performance, the band thrives on an unrelenting sound that can compete with any of the heaviest bands of their genre. 2006 - The Great Barrier Reefer
2007 - Hippie Killer
2007 - Heroin
2008 - Hate Ashbury
2008 - Meat Ditch (Collab With Winters In Osaka)
2010 - Satan Worshipping Doom

Read more about Bongripper on Last.fm.

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Overlord

There are several artists worldwide currently performing under the name Overlord, as well as several defunct groups that have used the name:

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1. overlord is an indie pop band from Brooklyn, NY. Overlord is on an indie label, Storm Tower Records, and has released 5 full-length records and 2 EPs. The band consists of: Tris McCall, Matt Houser, Sarah Brockett, and George Pasles. The most recent full-length album, In Soviet Russia, My Heart Breaks You, was released on April 1 2011, and spent 3 months on the CMJ Top 200 charts. Site: www.overlordusa.com.

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Thou

There are at least two bands with the name Thou. 1. Thou is a doom/stoner/drone metal band from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. They have relased a full length LP "Tyrant" on One Eye Records, and a CD version of the record out on Gilead Media. There were also a number a records released in the summer of 2008 on Dead Earth, Woodsmoke, Halo of Flies, Shaman, Rimbaud, Feast of Tentacles, Autopsy Kitchen and more. These new releases include another full length "Peasant" , a couple of EPs and splits with Leech, Black September, Human Intruder and Mohoram Atta.

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Suffer

There are at least 7 bands called Suffer: 1. Suffer is a hardcore punk / powerviolence band from Perth, Australia. To date, the band has released a self-titled demo cassette (2008), a CDR / cassette titled 'Blood Wars' (2009), a split 7" with Pathetic Human (2010), and have recently released their first full-length LP titled 'Lone' (2010). 2. Swedish Suffer formed in 1988. The band had a raw, yet somewhat technical sound, unlike many "straight to the point" bands.

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Howl

There are at least 4 bands with this name.
(1.) Howl is a sludge metal band from Providence, RI (http://www.myspace.com/howlheavymetal
(2.) Howl is a Norwegian alternative rock band from Oslo (http://www.myspace.com/howl1)
(3.) Howl is an Indie Punk band from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. They rose to prominence within the Melbourne Indie music scene after winning Triple J's Unearthed High 2009. (http://www.myspace.com/thehowlmusic)
(4.) HowL is a korean pop singer.
(5.) Howl is a punk-prog band from Los Angeles, CA. (http://www.myspace.com/thebandhowl). Are now known as "CYO Stars".

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