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Crest Of Darkness

Crest of Darkness is a norwegian black metal band formed by Ingvar Amlien in 1995. Amlien was at the time also playing in the norwegian heavy metal band Conception, and Crest Of Darkness remained a side project until Conceptions spilt-up (or "long break", as they claimed it to be) in 1997. The bands lyrically foundation is Amliens passion for sheer sonic brutality and devotion to the satanic ideology according to Anton LaVeys' Church Of Satan and the Satanic Bible. Some lyrics also show his belief in and admiration for vampirism.

Read more about Crest Of Darkness on Last.fm.

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123

starting their musical journey in 2004, 123, in other words "one, two, three" acquired a respectful audience despite giving a limited number of concerts. now the band is coming back on stage again. 123, consists of three musicians that made music together within various projects for many years. the band will release their first album under the name "123" sometime in 2009. the recording took place in podimos and the 14 songs are being mixed at the moment.

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Arizona

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Arizona was an indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, NY. The band is currently on indefinite hiatus. The members are now working on other projects, including Wages (www.wageswages.com) and New Beard (www.newbeardcity.com). Arizona first formed as a three piece in 2005 when founding members Ben Wigler, Nick Campbell, and Alex Hornbake recorded debut EP "The Sun and The Room" which had artwork contributed by Brooklyn artist Deems (www.inaspoon.com).

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Imprint

There are four bands with the name Imprint. 1)Imprint is a five-piece hardcore metal band from the Norwegian west coast.
2) Imprint were a UK nu-metal band from Brighton/ Eastbourne who existed between 1997 - 2002 before changing 2 members and becoming Hiding With Girls
3) The second Imprint was a short-lived hardcore punk band from Western Massachusetts.
4) The third is a two piece Experimental/Ambient/Electronica band based in the U.K.

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Grande

Grande (Kjetil Grande), recently released his second solo album "You Are The Night". Norwegian critics are overwhelmed and honour the album with 5 and 6 eyes on the dice. Some of them even claiming "You Are The Night" to be the best Norwegian album of 2010. Not bad for an artist who experienced the pressure of following up his ”Norwegian Grammy” award winning debut album "Uppers, Downers, Screamers & Howlers".

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Diskord

Diskord is a death metal band from Oslo, Norway. Combining primal aggression and discordant sounds to create a unique musical expression, Diskord will make your ears bleed in pure joy. The trio has finished, mastered and released their debut album "Doomscapes" in 2007. Chris Myhre/Channard left Diskord shortly after the release, to focus more on his other musical projects such as Lobotomized. The spot was filled by former Noplacetohide-member Espen T. Hangård.
Current line-up: Espen T. Hangård - Guitar

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Amulet

There are more than one band named Amulet;
1) Norwegian Band
After a week of borrowing each other's records, Amulet recorded their first demo in September 1993. Little did they know that this was the beginning of a working relationship spanning over a decade. They formed as a three piece with Lars Rasmussen on guitar, Torgny Amdam on vocals/drums and Arne Haabeth on bass. The two first official releases dabbled in teenage sentimentality: the self-titled debut and the Engrave EP were before emo achieved genre-status.

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