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Masque

There are many Masques, including one from the UK & another from Chile. The UK Masque is a latin / celtic jazz / worldbeat outfit. Meanwhile, in Chile, there's Javier Labarca (born Santiago, 1986), a.k.a Masque. Since he was a kid, he showed interest for musical instruments & played guitar in various rock bands. He's been producing music for 6 years now starting with Hip Hop beats, but then he started listening electronic music, being his maximum influences Sasha and Hern

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Lita Ford

Lita Ford (born Carmelita Rossanna Ford on September 19, 1958 in London, U.K.) is a hard rock singer and guitarist who achieved popularity during the 1980s. Ford was born in London but is of Italian heritage. She moved with her family to the United States while still very young. She began playing the guitar at age 11. In 1976 at the age of 17 she became one of the founding members of the legendary teenage all-female proto-punk-metal band The Runaways. There she played lead guitar.

Read more about Lita Ford on Last.fm.

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Freak Kitchen

Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. The high technical level of their compositions usually makes people refer to their style as somewhat of a progressive metal or progressive rock band. Freak Kitchen's style of music is influenced by many genres besides the traditional heavy metal, ranging from jazz to pop. The band described their third album as "A corny little heavy-pop-rock-latin-world-jazz-avant-garde-metal-blues-record".

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Newsted

Newsted is an American metal band founded by Jason Newsted (Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Ozzy Osbourne, ...). They released their first EP, Metal, in January 2013. Band members: Jason Newsted Vocals (lead), Bass
Jesus Mendez Jr. Drums
Jessie Farnsworth Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Mike Mushok (Staind) Guitars (live)

Read more about Newsted on Last.fm.

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Aphasia

There are at least nine artists with this name: 1) A Swedish rock band, from småland, växjö
2) An alternative rock band formed in Burlingame California
3) An all girl Japanese hard rock/heavy metal band
4) A black/death metal band formed in Québec
5) A French artist producing hard/dark electronic tunes
6) A Taiwanese rock group
7) An alternative rock band formed in London, Ontario
8) A hardcore punk/crust band from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvannia
9) An experimental noise artist from Scotland.

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Pretty Maids

Pretty Maids is a NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) inspired heavy metal band formed in Horsens, Denmark, by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer in 1981. Over the years Pretty Maids have sold hundreds of thousands of records, but have never broken through in a major way. They have supported such well known acts as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Saxon, Nazareth and were also featured at the 1987 German version of Monsters of Rock where Metallica headlined along with Deep Purple.

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The Defiled

The Defiled are a 5-piece London based metal band, mixing groove-laden hardcore metal with an furious electronics. Described by Kerrang! as "an explosive mangle of mANSOn stagecraft and middle finger metal", the band have built a fierce fanbase following support slots with bands such as Romeo Must Die, The 69 Eyes and Dry Kill Logic, culminating in aperformance at Bloodstock Open Air 2008. These gigs have earned the band a reputation for causing chaos at their gigs, with band members, instruments and spectators in the audience all receiving a battering whenever the band plays live.

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Vulture Industries

Vulture Industries explore a gloomy musical landscape. With their doomy, progressive and different approach to metal they’ve stood out in the Bergen, Norway music scene since the band formed in 2002. Their sound is a unique mix of extreme, melodic, symphonic, industrial and slightly experimental metal. Although Vulture Industries is quite a young band, they hold signifcant musical experience, and consists of current and former members of Sulphur, Black Hole Generator, Malice In Wonderland, Enslaved (session), Taake (session) and Syrach.

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Overkill

Overkill is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band has been active since 1984, releasing 15 studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 live albums and a "covers" album. The band also has a notable mascot (named Chaly), a skeletal bat with a skull-like face, bony wings, and green eyes. It has appeared on most of their album covers. Overkill has gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni remaining the only consistent members. Along with Anthrax the band is one of the most successful East coast thrash metal bands.

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