Manowar
Manowar is an American classic style heavy metal band from Auburn, New York that prominently features mythology and fantasy in their lyrics as well as songs about Heavy Metal and a theme of comradeship with rebellious attitude. Manowar was founded by bassist Joey DeMaio and guitarist Ross "Ross the Boss" Friedman in 1980. Joey DeMaio was a bass/pyro technician for Black Sabbath, who were playing a show in England at the time, and Ross the Boss was the guitarist of a band called Shakin' Street.
chemikill
There are at least two bands by the name of Chemikill. 1. Baltimore, Maryland based thrash metal group. They released three demos: Impending Doom (1989); Consumed By Hate (1990); Of Mind And Body (1992) Later changing their name to "CLICK." By adding a period at the end of their name " Click." 2. Cleveland, Ohio based heavy/speed metal group. They released two demos: Guilty As Charged (1989); Untitled (1990). The band reformed on December 2nd, 2006, after many years of inactivity.
Beyond Reason
Eden's Curse
In January 2006 songwriter/bass player PAUL LOGUE of CRY HAVOC and United States born and bred vocalist MICHAEL EDEN decided to form a rock solid partnership cemented in Metal. The two were 100% positive that the music created between them would break down walls worldwide and have people asking questions. The two new friends spoke for hundreds of hours being creative before making a battle plan.
Uncreation
Uncreation was created in November 2003, in order to carry out the common vision of modern melodic Death Metal.
The mainly thrashig shaped sound developed itself further since the beginning constantly and received ever more facets: Lead and rhythm guitars are merged, acoustic passages change themselves with one another off with driving reef and alternating Soli of both guitarists.
In February 2005 the first demo was taken up in the Hamburger "Fat Pound of sound Studio" and finished in an edition of 150 pieces.
Dragonland
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their two first albums upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid. Nightrage's Marios Iliopoulos and Jimmie Strimell have provided guest appearances on their latest album, Astronomy. Their release "Starfall" was produced by Tom S. Englund (Vocalist of Evergrey), doing some vocal parts himself.
Abandon Hope
There are two bands called Abandon Hope.
1) Abandon Hope are a Melodic Metalcore band from Derby, UK. The band was formed in late 2007, influences span from Azriel, Architects, The Eyes of a traitor to Maylene and the sons of disaster and The Plight. Songs on Last.fm: The End (ROUGH) www.myspace.com/abandonhopeband
2) Abandon Hope plays old school trash metal and heavy metal. The band was created in the sommer of 2002 by singer Hommel and guitar-player J
Kurse
Former Franco-Canadian Power Metal project created in 2004 by Alexis Woodbury (guitars, music, melodies & lyrics) and Julien Bazile (voices, melodies & lyrics). The project ceased to exist in 2005, as now its two former members have launched their own projects (Synthesia for Julien and Instanzia for Alexis)...
Adagio
There are at least 4 entities named "Adagio": 1) Adagio is a French neo-classical progressive band hailing from Montpellier, France, formed in 2000. Stephan Forté, the band's guitarist, is considered the creative force behind Adagio. Adagio's music is characterized by technical precision, dark, dense orchestration, complex lead work, and a driving rhythm section. On the group's 2006 release Dominate, they added harsh vocals to their sound. The band's 4th album, Archangels in Black, was released on 02/02/09, and is the first album to feature their new vocalist, Christian Palin.