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Absurd Minds

"(AbsuЯd) Minds" is a music band from Germany. Absurd Minds was formed in 1995 by Stefan Großmann (voice, composing) and Tilo Ladwig (composing, programming, sampling). Musically they were inspired by the of the early 1990s. Between 1995 and 1999, Absurd Minds released three CD-rs in limited quantities, laying the groundwork for further developments by the band. After a long creative phase their first concert took place at the Dresden club, "Bunker". As a result of this the band came into contact with "Music Cooperation" who subsequently became their management.

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Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, United States in 1988 by Trent Reznor, the only constant member of the band. He is generally credited for popularizing the genre known as "industrial rock". Born Michael Trent Reznor, he was raised by his maternal grandparents in Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA. Reznor took up piano at the age of five and in high school took up the tuba and saxophone. During the early to mid 80s Trent played with various synthpop and new wave groups such as Exotic Birds and Option 30 before beginning his solo project.

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Pitchshifter

Pitchshifter are a British industrial rock/metal band originally hailing from Nottingham. Their first few releases had a distinctive industrial sound where the influential gaze of Godflesh was abundantly apparent. The simplified 808 style drum tracks and sluggish drone guitars evolved over the next decade to produce some of the most intense loop based crunching metal/punk riffs and hard floor dance rhythm sections.

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In Extremo

In Extremo is one of the most famous bands, originating from Berlin, Germany in 1995. The band's musical style combines heavy metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard metal instruments with traditional instruments such as the bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shawm. Versions of well-known traditional/medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, though over the years the band has also begun to write some original material using the German language.

Read more about In Extremo on Last.fm.

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Mindscape

There are at least five artists that are using Mindscape alias. 1) A Hungarian drum and bass producer
2) A Danish Rock group located in Copenhagen.
3) A Swedish Metal/Pop/Techno-band act from Gothenburg, Sweden.
4) A Progressive Rock outfit from Melbourne, Australia.
5) A project from the German DJ & producer Torben Schmidt 1) Mindscape is a Hungarian drum and bass producer/dj trio(since 2007 only Gergely Sasvári) formed in late 2002, in an up-and-coming and lively Budapest scene.

Read more about Mindscape on Last.fm.

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MDM

MDM (martyr diabolos martyr) is a three-piece electronic band from Niagara Falls Ontario, Canada, that combines elements of Electronica, Alternative Metal and Industrial. To date, they have released two full-length cassettes: Traumatia Dire in 1995 and Vampires of the Western World in 1996 as well as three full length CD's entitled Afloat on the River Styx in 1998, Dawn of a New Order in 2000 and Unified State of Aggression in 2003.

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Keen

The band was born in Sulmona (Italy) in February, 2003. The KeeN sound is a mix of melodies, aggressiveness, involving rhythms and electronic samplings. On August 23rd 2003 KeeN released their first self-produced EP "Love With Bile" preceeded by the introduction single (self-produced) "Nailing Keen" that the band released in April 2003 and delivered to Marilyn Manson on April 8th 2003. In Summer 2003 Keen was selected by Rock Tv between more than 4,000 bands to take part in I.

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