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Royal Hunt

ROYAL HUNT recently released their new - 11th - studio album: "Show Me How To Live". The band once more joined forces with former lead singer DC COOPER to continue the magic of Royal Hunt. To those who are discovering and re-discovering the band, here are the members:

ANDRE ANDERSEN - was born on December 16th in Moscow, Russia. He studied piano since he was 5. He is a mix of Danish and Georgian "royal" blood and is a musical genius who can virtually play any instrument, compose, write lyrics and produce all at the same time.

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Phantom

According to discogs.com, Phantom may refer to the recording name of at least 13 artists, including Dutch DJ Randy Joubert (better known as Randy Katana), the musical 'Phantom' by Yeston and Kopit, or the big beat electronica act known for the oddly-titled "3*9++++", or a US power metal band from '85, or heavy metal band from Poland, or it could be Sacramento, CA native underground gangsta rapper Phantom who was part of the group Triple Beam and released a solo album entitled 'Certifyde' boasting features from many Sacramento rappers.

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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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Sword

There are / have been several bands called Sword; this entry is about the 1980s Canadian heavy metal band. For most people outside Canada, Sword were pretty much anonymous but they were quite important in Qu

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Tim Ripper Owens

Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, born as Timothy S. Owens on September 13, 1967 in Akron, Ohio. The young Ohio salesman and tribute band frontman made headlines in 1996 when from a fan he became the frontman for the British metal act Judas Priest, filling the shoes of Rob Halford (and, by doing so, inspired the movie Rock Star, which was later discredited by the band). Despite numerous rumours that Rob Halford would reunite with Judas Priest, Owens recorded two studio albums with his childhood heroes, as well as two live albums and a 2002 DVD release.

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Wolf

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Wolf is a heavy metal band from Sweden (active). Current line-up:
Niklas "Viper" Olsson – Lead Guitars & Vocals
Anders "Tornado" Modd – Bass
Richard "Raptor" Holmgren – Drums
Johannes "Axeman" Losbäck – Guitar 2)WOLF is a heavy/speed metal group from Japan (disbanded). 3) Wolf is a NWOBHM band from Cheshire, UK (disbanded). 4) Wolf is a NWOBHM band from Newcastle, UK. Previously known as Black Axe. (disbanded)

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Solefald

Solefald is a metal band from Norway that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band's name is best explained in an interview from Century Media Records website. Lazare states "Solefald is an old norse word for sunset. We "stole" it from a painting by the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen.

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Mr Black

Solo Grungegaze cum Dark Psychedelicore cum Doom Folk cum Symphonic Noisewave cum Space Pop cum Gothic Soul cum Crust Pop cum Math Funk cum Acid Metal cum Sludgetherealindustrial cum Powerpopviolence cum Southern Postcore project of Mr Black conceived around 2001 as a solo project of Mr Black but not started until sometime in the 90's. Mr Black split up in 2010 following the death of Mr Black leaving behind a wide and well-received catalogue of absolutely no albums whatsoever.

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