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Textures

A progressive metal sextet whose avant garde musical output is as brutal as it is diverse or experimental. Since their inception in 2001, Textures – Jochem Jacobs, guitarist Bart Hennephof, drummer Stef Broks, bassist Dennis Aarts and synth maestro Richard Rietdijk – decided the only way to capture the full momentum of their collective creativity was to be involved in every aspect of crafting their 2003 debut album ‘Polars’. From production right through to artwork, the bands meticulous endeavors explosively emerged as a melting pot of polyrhythmic attacks combined with soaring melody.

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Vildhjarta

Vildhjarta is a thall metal band from Hudiksvall, Sweden, formed in 2005. Their musical genre as described by themselves is "ambidjent". It has taken them a few years to go from something abstract into something concrete. However, their music is a mixture of the abstract and the concrete. The ambient and peaceful moments find a stark contrast in the more brutal and dark music that combined contribute to the comprehensive style of Vildhjarta.

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Oh, Sleeper

Oh, Sleeper is a band from Fort Worth, Texas signed to Solid State Records. Oh, Sleeper formed in April of 2006 after former members of short-lived rock band Terminal got together with former Between the Buried and Me guitarist Shane Blay. Eventually they found a vocalist in Micah Kinard and began practicing. As the 4 members began sledging through all the normal problems of a band start-up (no place to practice, no money and different schedules) the biggest obstacle was finding the last and final member.

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Shy of the depth

SHY OF THE DEPTH are a technical metal band based in Brighton, UK
Composing began in 2006 with guitarists Joe Grouse and James Davis concocting progressive riff after progressive riff, for drummer Chris Allan and vocalist Eddie B to lay down their styles to.
An accomplished bassist who could keep up with how the band were evolving was proving hard to come by, and so it wasnt until February 2008 when bassist Bunk joined that the band were truly and fully formed.

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Cyclamen

Post math metal band from London, UK. Hayato Imanishi
Duncan Lee
Nano Sigo
Olly Steele Live Musicians:
Ed Newman Guest Musicians:
Mikee Goodman (SikTh)
Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, ex-Periphery)
Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT)
Boris Le Gal Website: http://www.myspace.com/thiscyclamen
Webstore: http://www.thiscyclamen.bigcartel.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thiscyclamen
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thiscyclamen

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Cryptopsy

Originating from the Montreal area, this group first appeared in 1992, when it was called Necrosis; in the same year it was reincarnated under the name of Cryptopsy. With just a demo called Ungentle Exhumation and then the album Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994), the group acquired a solid reputation on the international scene. Their release of None So Vile in 1996 was the first burst of brilliance in their career.

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Zero Hour

There are at least two bands who go by the name Zero Hour. 1. Zero Hour is a progressive metal band formed by twin brothers Jasun and Troy Tipton in the bay area of San Francisco, California in 1993. 2. Dark, heavy crust/metal band also from the Bay Area, in the vein of Amebix, Deviated Instinct, and Neurosis. Short lived,with two releases (self titled 7" and a split with Apeface), and not much known about the band itself. The band featured the drummer of Econochrist.

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Xenomorph

1.) Dutch Death Metal band XENOMORPH was founded in 1992 emerging from the underground scene in The Netherlands. Their most steady line-up became: DeTombe (vocals), Coert Zwart (guitar), Kreft (guitar), JRA (bass) and Marc Bomber (drums). They most likely got their name from the "scientific" predicate given to the aliens starring in the Aliens movie series. Their lyrics are mostly about evil, Satan, and other dark and occult stuff more than once inspired by the work of artists like H.R. Giger and Sir Ridley Scott.

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Katalepsy

KATALEPSY was born in 2004 in Moscow then forefathers played death metal in the other bands and decided to do something new. The first demo FEMICIDE brought the first victims to the altar of brutality. KATALEPSY became stronger and began to foray outside Moscow.
In 2007 they gave birth to their debut full-length MUSICK BRINGS INJURIES and the blood was spilled in the circle pits and mosh-battles all over Russia.

Read more about Katalepsy on Last.fm.

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