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Scorned

SCORNED
leeds hardcore/beatdown band, UK scorneduk.bandcamp.com/ Other bands called Scorned 1) Scorned is an Austrian Dark Metal Band from Oberwart (Burgenland). They created the band in 2006 and played their last gig on the 29th of October 2011 but reformed in 2012 without their keyboard player. The 5 musicians were on tour with Six Feet Under and other bands from Hungary, Germany, Finnland and Luxenburg. Their music was influenced by bands like Graveworm,Children Of Bodom, Ensiferum, Dimmu Borgir, Wintersun, Borknagar, Black Sabbath or Behemoth.

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Gone til Winter

Gone Til Winter are a female fronted band from Manchester, England with the intent to re-write the book on what a female-fronted metal band should be. Cast aside your assumptions - Gone Til Winter stand aside from the plethora of bands associated with the typical goth-metal sound - offering Soilwork style riffs mixed with NWOBHM classic grooves and nu-goth atmospherics, Gone Til Winter stand proud as a band who are unwilling to take refuge among similar sounding acts.

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The Dresden Dolls

The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Formed in 2001, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano, ukulele, toy piano, harmonica) and Brian Viglione (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals). They describe their heavily art-damaged and theatrical style as "Brechtian ", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would invent a name that "would involve the word ''," and are part of an underground movement that started gaining momentum in the early 1990s.

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The Shondes

The Shondes (from the Yiddish for "shame", "monster" or "disgrace",) are a -influenced quartet based in Brooklyn, New York. Their songs combine with and traditional music, with emotionally intense lyrics that speak to the band's politics. Their debut LP (produced by ,) was released on January 8, 2008. The band's original lineup was Louisa Rachel Solomon on bass and lead vocals, Elijah Oberman on violin and vocals, Temim Fruchter on drums and vocals , and Ian Brannigan on guitar.

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System Divide

System Divide is a band. Founded in Israel and Belgium in 2008, SYSTEM DIVIDE quickly became a transnational project with in its rank vocalists Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted), longtime friends Cole Martinez (ex Years of Fire, Antenora), Andrew Lenthe (Antenora), and Mike Heller (Malignancy).
SYSTEM DIVIDE set out to revolutionize the conventions of the over-saturated melodic death metal genre, proving that extreme metal can have more depth than blast beats, while female vocals do not have to conform to the precepts of the “Goth” genre.

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Die Laughing

UPDATE: Die Laughing reformed in 2012 to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. On the 8th May it was announced that Die Laughing would be touring with The March Violets on a selection of key UK dates in June 2012, before beginning work on a new album. More information:
http://www.facebook.com/dielaughingofficial
http://dielaughingofficial.com -----------------
History Die Laughing are mainly remembered for their input to the 90s Goth scene but their roots go much further back into the 1980s.

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Spazzys

Spazzys are an all-girl punk band formed in 2000 in Melbourne, Australia. They received strong support from Melbourne community radio station 3RRR, before being picked up by popular youth radio station Triple J. They released their debut album Aloha! Go Bananas! in 2004, with singles Paco Doesn't Love Me, Hey Hey Baby and My Boyfriend's Back all charting. They are a constant in the live music scene in Melbourne and have toured nationally several times, often playing festivals such as the Big Day Out.

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Kilimanjaro

Several ensembles have been using the name Kilimanjaro. The most prominent is an improvisational jazz project formed by members of the now defunct band As Tall as Lions. The members are:
Saen Fitzgerald - Guitar
Julio Tavarez - Bass
Cliff Sarcona - Drums
Duncan Toothill - Trumpet and keys
http://www.kilimanjarocollective.com/ Another is a four piece thrash core band from Syracuse NY http://www.myspace.com/kilimanjaro315.

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Cloud Rat

Cloud Rat is an American grindcore trio hailing from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Since forming in late 2009, the band has evolved into a strong force of rapture and intensity, continuing full throttle on delivering a reigning sound with an impetious fervor. cloudrat.blogspot.com

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