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Sentenced

Sentenced was a Finnish metal band, formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2005. Sentenced was originally formed in 1989 in the town of Muhos, Finland as a death metal band. The band produced their first album "Shadows Of The Past" in 1991 with singer/guitarist Miika Tenkula. The next two albums "North From Here" and "Amok" and the following EP "Love & Death" had bassist Taneli Jarva as singer, but in 1995 Taneli decided to take a few years off to rest before starting a new band, The Black League. Sentenced recruited Ville Laihiala in 1996 and put out the album "Down".

EDEN HOUSE

In this new collaborative project the core members are Stephen Carey, formerly of Ireland’s This Burning Effigy; and Tony Pettitt, formerly of the Fields of the Nephilim. With each song various musicians have been involved, bringing in their own talents and trademark sounds to produce the debut album that is ‘Smoke & Mirrors’. The vocalists who have graced The Eden House to produce these songs are Julianne Regan (All About Eve), Evi Vine, Amandine Ferrari and Monica Richards (Faith and the Muse).

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Die Laughing

UPDATE: Die Laughing reformed in 2012 to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. On the 8th May it was announced that Die Laughing would be touring with The March Violets on a selection of key UK dates in June 2012, before beginning work on a new album. More information:
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History Die Laughing are mainly remembered for their input to the 90s Goth scene but their roots go much further back into the 1980s.

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Da

There are many arists sharing the same name Da: 1.) underground post-punk/goth band from Chicago in the very early 1980s. http://punk.dee-nee.com/wiki/Da 2.) British post-punk band 3.) a spanish pop band 4.) spanish rap group. 5.)The California Christian alternative band Daniel Amos released several albums in the 1980s under the shortened name DA. 6.)The name "da" is also used by the acoustic instrumentalist, Jacob Kimasu, who plays touhou arrangements under the alias Forest306. You can find out more about him and view his latest releases and updates at his blog: http://tohoguitar.

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The Wake

There have been at least 3 bands called The Wake, including a Scottish post-punk band, an American goth band and a Finnish death metal band. 1. The Wake were a Scottish post punk and later indie pop band, founded in Glasgow in 1981 by Gerard “Caesar” McInulty (formerly of Altered Images), Steven Allen and Joe Donnelly, who was later replaced by Bobby Gillespie. Steven’s sister Carolyn Allen soon joined, and remained in the band until its end.

The Veil

There are currently at least four bands called The Veil. Two of these bands hail from the UK, the earliest version being a relatively unknown goth band from the 80s, another a contemporary rock. A third band originates from France, and a forth from Australia. 1. The Veil is a project band from Yorkshire (UK) influenced by bands from the sixties such as Pink Floyd, yet giving a very contemporary slant on things.

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Flesh For Lulu

1982
Nick Marsh (Vocals/Guitar) & James Mitchell (Drums) start Flesh For Lulu & are swiftly joined by Glen Bishop (Bass) and ex-Wasted Youth Guitarist Rocco Barker (Guitar/Vocals) Flesh become part of the “batcave scene” and are key amongst early glam-goth bands, touring with the likes of Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend 1983
The band record demo tracks which include an early version of “Restless” (then called “All That You Know”), “Spy In Your Mind”, “DNA” and “Dark & The Gun” On the strength of the demos and the live reaction they are starting to generate Flesh are signed to Polydor

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Dreamtime

Dreamtime
- a Finnish band that plays "old school" gothic rock. So far they have released at least one EP, two singles and one full album titled 'The Sleeper Awakes'. http://www.myspace.com/dreamtimerock
- a Finnish spacesynth project of Lauri Turjansalo. His debut album "Farout" was released in 2009 by Space Sound Records.
- an ambient-didgeridoo project
- A Brisbane-based psych-rock three-piece that released a self-titled EP in 2010.

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Resolute

Resolute is a Heavy Rock band from London. The band is fronted by Christelle Kelley. The other members of the band are on Drums - Dawn Rose and Bass - Craig Sparg. Thier First E.P. is called Titanium.
This includes 4 songs Entitled "Karma", "Apathy", "Craving" and "As I Run", Two of these are avalible for listening to on myspace at the below address. They take thier influences from
AC/DC,
Led Zeppelin,
Dragonforce,
Metallica,
Incubus,
Soulfly and
Skin. Myspace Homepage

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Lowlife

There is more than one band with this name. 1. Lowlife was a Scottish post-punk/dream pop band, active from 1985 to 1997. Although never obtaining mainstream popularity, they developed a cult following that continues to this day. Early years: Pre-Lowlife Dead Neighbours was an early-1980s psychobilly band from Grangemouth, Scotland, originally consisting of Craig Lorentson (vocals), David Steel (bass), Ronnie Buchanan (guitar) , and Grant McDowall (drums).