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English Heretic

English Heretic is an art collective dedicated to investigating the esoteric landscape of Britain. Part of their findings are expressed in musical projects. In their own words: "It is our task at English Heretic, ostensibly, to maintain, nurture and care for the psychohistorical environment of England. Availed of the services of some of the country's very finest occult archaeologists, astral geographers and mystical toponymists, we aim to help people decode and realise the alchemical ciphers and conspiratorial interplay of the buildings and landscapes around them.

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Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio

Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio rose from the ashes of Archon Satani in May 1993 as founding member Tomas Pettersson apperceived the desire to canalize his remaining creativity through the aesthetic portrayal of the undivided spiritual and intellectual kinship between Light and Dark, Life and Death, Male and Female, Love and Hate, Beauty and Depravity, War and Peace

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Ghosts of Progress

1. Ghosts of Progress is a dark-folk band from Santa Cruz fronted by Roland Sonneville, and included a rolling membership which included members of Travel by Train, 300 Pounds, Wooly Mar, Inventing Edward, and Amanda West. They have released 2 full length records (“the Letters of Lost Hope” and “The Extinction”) as well as a split record with Portland’s Cuspidor. They have put out records on Burning Daisies Records and Biphasic Records. They currently release music with Lafargue Records.

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From The Deep

ive young dudes from Central NJ, looking to come up as one of the better young bands in NJ. Influenced musically by bands like Through the Eyes of the Dead, Elysia, Whitechapel, and Suicide Silence, and lyrically by The Acacia Strain, Emmure, and Elysia, From the Deep pulls these styles together quite well. It's just five young kids bringing together the styles of music that they are inspired by, and calling it their own. Band`s MySpace

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Naevus

There is more than one band called Naevus. 1. A London-based Welsh duo formed in 1998 by Lloyd James and Joanne Owen, later including band members John Murphy (of Associates, KnifeLadder, etc.) and Greg Ferrari (of Womb). Often categorised as part of the 'neo-folk' genre, their songs have little in common with other acts in that area, bar the use of acoustic guitar. More obvious similarities can be found with groups such as Swans, Luxuria, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and David E. Williams.

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Angel Olsen

Angel Olsen hails from sunny, gorgeous, post-industrial St. Louis, Missouri. Beginning her performing career at age 16 in coffee shops, she now hones her craft in Chicago, Illinois, with recent tours to both seaboards and upcoming collaborations with members of the national indie music scene. Her intimate songwriting is coupled with a strong, ethereal tone and hypnotic rhythm acoustic guitar, borrowing from influences as varied as Skeeter Davis and homespun Americana to Spanish guitar and the French New-Wave chanteuse Francoise Hardy.

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Andrew King

Andrew King is an English folk singer, neofolk musician and traditionalist, presenting renditions of traditional songs and ballads, both a capella and with minimalist instrumentation, sometimes with an influence from post-industrial music. His initial creative work was in the visual arts. After many years of experimentation, he dates his mature work from the first of his Emblematic paintings in 1991.

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