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Zoetrope

There are 2 Zoetropes: The first was a popular Chicago band in the 80's, Zoetrope's music (self-described as "street metal") was aggressive 80's metal bordering on thrash. Two good albums were released in the eighties, and then a totally revamped lineup came together five years later with "Mind Over Splatter", which may or may not be of a similar style. The bands name (pronounced e-trope) was derived from sort of film industry apparatus, as well as the name of Francis Ford Coppola's studio.

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Insanity

Formed in 1985, Bay Area band Insanity were instrumental in metal's evolution from thrash to death metal. Drummer Bud Mills was a big reason why, as his so-called "1-1" beat presaged the modern blastbeat. The band's sound more than lived up to its name. Not only did it crank thrash up to frenzied warp speeds, it also displayed chops well ahead of its time. Insanity were legendary worldwide in the '80s metal tape trading circuit, with members of Carcass and Napalm Death citing them as an influence.

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Anihilated

Anihilated formed in 1982 as Prospex, a punk group. The original singer, Andy, parted after the recording of the first demo. Simon Cobb took over the vocal duties. At the same time Mark Beuchet was let into the band, and the guitar playing style changed to a more riffy kind. They gradually changed from pure punk to punk/metal crossover. The 1986 EP, Path to Destruction, made clear to the audience that they were now a crossover band. At the time of Ultimate Desecration they hade went even further away from their roots, now playing a brand of thrash.

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DragonForce

DragonForce is a power metal band that was formed in 1999, from the remnants of black metal band Demoniac under the name of DragonHeart. However, the band soon changed its name to DragonForce before releasing any commercial albums due to possible commercial issues with Brazilian band DragonHeart. Their career began with publishing of songs on the first incarnation of MP3.com, claiming the top of the site's heavy metal charts. The hit song Valley of the Damned reached over 500,000 downloads in the first few months.

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Death Angel

Among the youngest bands ever to storm the metal genre, Death Angel has come to be known as one of the most influential bands to emerge from the thriving Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene in the early 1980s, an era when one could catch Cliff Burton (Metallica) at the front of the stage at Ruthie's Inn banging his head to Death Angel's inventive style, and speedy, complex arrangements. In 1986, a Death Angel demo produced by Kirk Hammett (Metallica) titled "Kill As One" sparked the interest of Enigma Records.

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Kraze

Kraze may reffer to: 1) Kraze
Genre: Speed/Heavy/Power Metal
Country of origin: United States
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Year of creation: 1984
Status: Split-up
Last label: Iron Glory Records Discography
Demo /1985
2nd Demo/1986
3rd Demo/1987
Kraze/Demo/1988
4th Demo/1990
Devil In Disguise/CD/2002 Members:
Chris Langley/Bass
Gary Long/Drums
Tim Landis/Guitars
Cory Laity /Vocals and Guitars
Kip Fores/Bass or

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Harm's Way

Harm's Way is a hardcore band from Chicago, IL. Discography:
Imprisoned 7" (Organized Crime Records)
S/T 7" (Organized Crime Records)
Reality Approaches (LP) (Organized Crime Records)
No Gods, No Masters (EP) (Closed Casket Activities)
Isolation (LP) (Close Casket Activities)

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Gospel of the Horns

Gospel of the Horns formed in Brisbane, Australia, in '93 and in late '94 they released their cult demo The Satanist's Dream. It gathered great responses, which in turn led to a deal with the incompetent Einstand Records to press the demo on CD. Not only was the layout incorrect, they also placed a photo of a different band in the booklet... To this day, the band urge no-one to purchase this CD as this label does not warrant your money.

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Blizzard

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Blizzard is an Italian Eurodance group of X-energy records. Rumors say it was built around the vocalist Lora Trish.
3 singles were released and all of them were amazing great italo-eurodance.
The first single to be released was the very succesful It's Only Love in 1995.
Then came Without You (with vocals of Sharon Linn) in 1996,
followed by Living In The Night in 1997.
All of theses hits entered the Top 20 in Spain and Italy.

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Alcoholic Metal Mayhem

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Siberia

There are at least four artist that go by this name. 1. Russian indie-disko-punk group from Moscow with singer russian actress Natasha Simakova. 2. Siberia is an ambient rock duo from Louisville, Kentucky that has been active since 1985. Syd Bishop and Mike Seymour rose to prominence as part of the ambient rock revival with their successful albums My Favorite Ape and Khan. Siberia play lo-fi music stressing a simplicity of composition and arrangement, mostly inspired by punk rock, blues rock, folk rock, rap rock, and country music.