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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.

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Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom is a Finnish band from the city of Espoo, near Helsinki. The name of the band comes from one of the most famous Finnish murder cases of all time. (The murdering of three teenagers one night at Lake Bodom back in the 60's.) Early Children of Bodom albums are inspired by classical music and death metal (Red Light in My Eyes pt. 1 starts with a line from J.S. Bach's Invention No.13 in A minor and Red Light in My Eyes pt.

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Moonsorrow

Moonsorrow is a band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of and in their sound. The band call their sound "" and try to distance themselves from the term "". The group's earliest formation consisted of cousins Ville Sorvali (vocals and bass) and Henri Sorvali (guitar and keyboards; also keyboards for Finntroll, Barathrum, and session member of Ensiferum) who released various demos that were much more characteristic of than future releases.

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Brainstorm

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Brainstorm is a power/thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 1989. The band features American born lead singer Andy B. Franck, who is also famous for his other band, Symphorce. They are known to play a somewhat darker style of music than most power metal groups. Formed in 1989 by Torsten Ihlenfeld and Milan Loncaric on guitars and Dieter Bernert on drums, Brainstorm released their first demo "Hand Of Doom" after one year of existence.

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Desolation Angels

Desolation Angels formed in London in 1981, and later moved to Los Angeles, California. They are best known for their single Valhalla / Boadicea and their self titled full-length, though they also recorded an unreleased full-length titled While The Flames Still Burn.

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Amazon

There are four bands named "Amazon": (1) A NWOBHM band formed in 1981 in UK. They released one single in 1981 called "Hypnotizing You". Line up:
Lori Chacko : Vocals
Gerry Moffett : Guitar
Andy Bown : Bass
Richard Cottle : Keyboards (Tony Martin)
Peter Van Hooke : Drums
(2) Melodic Metal/Rock band formed in 2002 in Brazil. They released one single in 2002 called "While There Is Time" and a full lenght album in 2004 called "Victoria Regia" and one DVD in 2004 called "Ao Vivo Em São Paulo (Via Funchal)".

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Crows

Crows is a german power metal band formed in 1981, by Ex-members of Wolf Spider, Scanner, Mekong Delta, Sodom and Angel Dust, they recorded a number of demos throughout the 80's and only one album, The Dying Race in 1991, via Century Media records, the band broke up shortly after.

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Vampires Rock

Vampires Rock is a musical stage show headed by Steve Steinman, who earlier appeared on Stars In Their Eyes (a british talent show) as Meatloaf. The show premiered in 2004, but previous to this, Steinman toured with the band as Meatloaf in The Meatloaf Story. The plot puts the audience in 2030's New York. Baron Von Rockula, the owner of the Live and Let Die club, is in search of a bride to stay with him throughout eternity.

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