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Cnocantursa

Cnoc An Tursa (Hill of Sorrow) are a Scottish metal Band (previously known as Carpathian Breed) forged in 2006 in Falkirk, an ancient Borough whose Motto is: ‘Better Meddle wi the Deil than the Bairns O’ Falkirk’. Intense, symphonic ballads, with music heavily inspired by the early 90s’ 2nd wave of Black Metal which, combined with the tales of a much neglected art form, old Scottish poems, creates a totally unrivaled sound of heavy black metal rock, with ravenous, melodic undertones, and ancient, rhythmical lyrics.

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Ex Deo

Ex Deo is a Canadian metal band formed in 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, a new Roman themed death metal group led by Maurizio Iacono (Kataklysm) released their debut album Romulus to the world on June 19, 2009 (Europe) and June 30, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded with producer (and Kataklysm guitarist) Jean-Francois Dagenais (Misery Index, Despised Icon, Malevolent Creation).

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Winterfylleth

Winterfylleth are C. Naughton (vocals, guitar), S. Lucas (drums, backing vocals) and N. Wallwork (bass, backing vocals); a black metal band from Manchester, UK celebrating themes of England's Anglo-Saxon Heritage. In 2007 they released 'Rising of the Winter Full Moon', a 3 track demo limited to 50 copies. In autumn 2008 they released their debut full length 'The Ghost Of Heritage' on Profound Lore.

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Emperor

Emperor is an influential Norwegian band that represents a synth laden, progressive yet brutally aggressive and chaotic part of the genre, something quite different from the minimalism of other originators of the Norwegian sound (e.g. Darkthrone). The band was formed around the core members Samoth (Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) and Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) of the band Thou Shalt Suffer and bass player Mortiis (Håvard Ellefsen) in Notodden, Norway, 1992.

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Аркона

Аркона (Arkona) is a Slavonic folk metal band from Moscow, Russia, founded in 2002. In 2003 the band recorded their first demo at CDM-RECORDS studio: Rus'. In summer 2003 the band broke up and Masha formed a new collective boasting members from Rossomahaar and Butterfly Temple. With this line-up (and Lesiar as guest musician) the band released three albums. Masha remains the heart of the project, being responsible for the music, vocals (including grunting) and lyrics. The lyrics focus on the desired revival of Slavonic pagan religion, patriotism, ancestors, battles.

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Morgawr

Formed in late 2007 by Alexander Wyld and Sebb Garner, their aim: to create original sounding 'pagan' metal. Under the name of Aesir, the band played gigs throughout England and Cornwall, and even recorded a bathory cover for a belgium bathory tribute CD. But after several necessary lineup changes, a new musical direction was sought, and so the band decided to make a fresh start; Morgawr was born. The Cornish word for sea serpent; Morgawr The new aim; to delve deep into Cornish and Celtic mythology and to fuse it with black, folk, power and progressive metal.

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Weebl

Weebl, (real name Jonti Picking) owner of www.weebls-stuff.com, is a comedic flash animator/musician. Most of his jokes are completely random, or deal with pie in some way. Weebl created the "Weebl and Bob" series of flash animations, which consist of two egg-like objects, a large one named Weebl, and a smaller one named Bob. They talk incoherently, but this problem is fixed with speech bubbles. They have bad grammar (e.g. "You bringed back pie!").

Read more about Weebl on Last.fm.

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Finsterforst

In late 2004, Tobias Weinreich (Bass), Sebastian Scherrer (Keyboards), Marco Schomas (Vocals) and Simon Schillinger (Guitar) founded Finsterforst. They were still seeking more members however, so instead concentrated purely on songwriting. As a result, they created many songs without being able to perform them until later on. In spring 2005 the band decided to introduce an accordion player (Johannes Joseph) into the mix, a choice which has helped to shape their unique sound.

Read more about Finsterforst on Last.fm.

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