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Soliton

There are two artists by the name Soliton 1) Is a heavy metal band from Ukraine and 2) A 'progressive tech' electronica(?) artist from Quebec. The below information is about the first band: Soliton is a heavy metal group from Poltava, Ukraine but later moved to Kiev. The lineup consists of Oleksandr Moklyak on vocals, guitar, bass, Katerina Stepanenko on vocals/bass while session members Sergiy Petrenko filled in for guitar, drums, violin, harmonica and backing vocals while Dmitriy Vapel'nyk did guitar.

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Hollywood

1) Hollywood is fast punk-based hardcore from Nashville. Sounds similar to Suicide File, American Nightmare, Modern Life is War, Tear it up, Panic. They have a self-released Demo, Catch Us If You Can Demo 2K5 that you may find floating around Purevolume. More recently, they recorded an EP/full-length, and were signed to new label from Memphis, Keepitcore Records. Their CD, Brave Sounds, has 8 songs on it; and their 7" release of it has 6...

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Samantha Whates

Singer/songwriter and flautist Samantha Whates was born in Bridgnorth and spent her formative years in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and various towns and cities in the UK. She is now based in London where she is a regular on the singer/songwriter circuit, performing at many of the capital’s top venues, including The Electroacoustic Club, Cargo and the Strongroom Bar. Recently, her demo recordings for NSR have been receiving radio airplay, most notably on ‘New Ground’ for KCRW radio, Southern California’s premier independent station.

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JONCOFY

The band originated in 2007 in Kiev in the restless mind of guitarist-vocalist Math_Max, whose experiments with digging guitar and torturing his voice reached the dimensions of a mania and needed to be shared with someone. On the score of it the first 3-piece line-up was formated soon and recording debut of Joncofy was not too long to appear. The band’s 5-song self-released demo “Li(f)e?” was a really howling success. It had tons of positive replies and reviews in local and foreign music community and became kind of the quality standard for Ukrainian alternative metal bands.

Read more about JONCOFY on Last.fm.

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Valhalla

There are many bands under the name of Valhalla, 10 of them are metal. 1) The best known Valhalla hails from Petrozavodsk, Rusland and has released one album under the name of "Hail To The Fallen Majesty" in 2003. 2) There is another Valhalla originating from Bedfordshire in England from 1979 playing progressive metal. They had two national single releases on the NEAT records label, "Coming Home" and the double A sides of "Jack" and "Still in Love with You" together with tracks on the compilation album sponsored by the popular music paper SOUNDS.

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Dark Patrick

Dark Patrick, music that could broaden your horizon! International duo Dark Patrick (Britain - Ukraine) successfully combines a mixture of old and new, traditions with a modern sense in a moody and mysterious acoustic blend of voice and instruments. Much of the sound replicates the style of a drone with simple percussion and instrumentation. Nice clear sound quality and the acoustic base make their music easy to enjoy. The best feature is in the structure of the music, the rise and fall of the dynamics, how it increases in intensity with a real sense of purpose and emotion.

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Kamaliya

Natalia Shmarenkova (Kamaliya), wife of Kyiv Post publisher Mohammad Zahoor, is 2008 Mrs. World. She also has a singing and acting career and is excited about her upcoming role in a Hollywood movie. For someone crowned Mrs. World 2008, Natalia Shmarenkova’s demeanor is refreshingly devoid of elitism and celebrity arrogance. In Ukraine, she is more known as a pop singer under the stage name of Kamaliya. She hopes the world will know her soon as a movie actress.

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Awoken

Awoken began in 2003 playing heavy and fast hardcore. Working non-stop, with determination and a consistantly positive attitude, constant shows across the UK, a debut MCD on Let It Burn Records and 2 tours across Europe; including a 5 week - 30 show tour sharing the stage with Hoods, saw Awoken make their mark on European hardcore. Throughout several line up changes and a real sense of growth, powerful, cleverly structured anthems laced with groove and a sense of brutality remained the foundation of Awoken's sound.

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