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Goatwhore

Goatwhore is a blackened death metal band from the swamps of New Orleans, LA. They were formed by well known musicians from the Louisiana metal scene. They first came together in 1996/97 when Sammy Duet (former Acid Bath/Crowbar guitarist) and Zak Nolan (former drummer of Goatwhore, now replaced by Zack Simmons) jammed together as a little sideproject when Acid Bath was taking a break. They soon made some four track demos.

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burden

There are several artists under the name of Burden:
1) A thrash metal band from Finland
2) A sludge metal band from Germany
3) A Canadian band playing hardcore
4) An American crossover band
5) An experimental drone/dark ambient artist
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1) Burden is a finnish thrash metal metal band. It was founded in autumn 2008. Sami (bass guitar/vocals) and Henkka (rhythm guitar) phoned Matias (drums) so they could form a band. Later Henkka asked Otto (lead guitar) to join the band, and he did. After they had composed some songs of their own, they practiced hard and went to the studio.

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Shock Absorber

Shock absorber were formed , by George Matikas (guitar,ex-W.A.N.T.E.D., ex- LAST ROUND) and Kostas Tsagaris (guitar, ex-SICKS DAZE) at February 2006 . Kostas and George started working on some songs of their own when Antonis Kanaras (drums,ex- LAST ROUND) join the band in July 2006, and right after a month the line up was completed with the addition of Tasos (bass) and Bebis (voice, BULLDOZA, PANX POUTANA).

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Zakk Wylde

Jeffery Phillip Wiedlandt (Born January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey), better known as Zakk Wylde, was the lead guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne's band and has also found success playing lead guitar in his own band, Black Label Society, who have been a part of the Ozzfest tour many times, having guitarist Nick Catanese on the rhythm section. Zakk has been voted "Most Valuable Player" for three successive years in the "Guitar World" (US) magazine polls.

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Unit Nine

Unit Nine are a Cambridge 5 piece metal band, formed by members of other local bands who wanted to try something different. What came out was a band drawing influences from Southern American metal bands such as Down, and British screamo bands such as Raging Speedhorn. After only 3 gigs, Unit Nine qualified for the Cambridge Battle of the bands final 2010, eventually losing out on the first prize, but did win the audience vote for band of the night. Their debut album "The Dead Stay the Same" is scheduled to launch on 16/10/10 with a launch party at The Portland Arms, Cambridge.

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Assjack

Assjack is one of the three features of Hank Williams III's live show, and they started off playing the Hellbilly material throughout 1999-2002, until they evolved in to a strictly hardcore/punk metal band. The band features Hank Williams III on Guitar and Vocals and JoeBuck on Bass. Assjack has had a revolving drum slot and background vocalist slot throughout the years and has no official release to date, save for three bootlegs. Discography
Bootleg #1
Bootleg #2
Bootleg #3 Pre-Release
Bootleg #*@&

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Juggernaut

There is more than one artist with the name Juggernaut: 1. Juggernaut was a Texas thrash metal band known for their outragous live shows and off stage antics. Two albums were released, both on Metal Blade records: Baptism Under Fire in 1986 and Trouble Within in 1987. Both are available on reissue by High Vaultage records with generous bonus tracks. Juggernuat disbanded in 1993. 2. Juggernaut is a / Band from France.
http://www.myspace.com/juggernauthardcore 3. There is also a band from Vienna, Austria called Juggernaut. http://www.myspace.com/juggernautbust

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