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Turbo

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Turbo is a metal band. It was started in January 1980 by Henryk Tomczak (formerly in Stress and Heam, both pioneering groups). The first line-up were formed by Wojciech Hoffmann – guitar, Wojciech Anioła – drums and Wojciech Sowula – vocals. Soon a single was released, the tracks being W środku tej nocy (Deep in the Night) and Byłem z tobą tyle lat (So many years with you).

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Tko

There 3 artist's/Groups with this name. 1). A Seattle based hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1977
Brad Sinsel formed TKO in 1977 with Rick Pierce. Two years later, TKO released its debut LP, Let It Roll, and by 1981, the band was headlining shows at Seattle and touring as the opening act for AC/DC, Van Halen, Heart, The Kinks and Cheap Trick. TKO went through several personnel changes before recording its best - known album In Your Face, in 1984, and its final album, Below the Belt, in 1986.

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Persian Risk

Persian Risk was a Cardiff, Wales-based heavy metal band formed in 1979, originally consisting of guitarists Phil Campbell and Dave Bell, vocalist Jon Deverill, bassist Nick Hughes, and drummer Razz. In late 1980, Deverill was headhunted by the Tygers of Pan Tang and replaced by Carl Sentance, a former band mate of Hughes and Razz in Leading Star. New vocalist in place, Persian Risk issued the now highly collectible 'Calling For You' b/w 'Chase the Dragon' 7" in 1981 before sacking Dave Bell's replacement, Alex Lohfink, and soldiering on as a four-piece.

Read more about Persian Risk on Last.fm.

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Christian Mistress

“They play heavy metal the old way, the exact way we enjoy it ourselves.” - Fenriz, Darkthrone (from Stereogum interview) In 2009 Christian Mistress released a 4 song demo cassette, which quickly went on to sell more than 300 copies worldwide. The demo attracted the attention and praise of several underground luminaries and lovers of classic metal including infamous illustrator Dennis Dread, Ajna Offensive curator Tyler Davis and outspoken Darkthrone mastermind Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell who has repeatedly namedropped the band in recent interviews.

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Digger

There are at least five bands with this name. 1) Digger is a lyric driven pop punk band who were from Allentown PA. Their members changed over the years (1996-2002) but their sound reamined the same. Good energetic pop punk. 2) Digger is a band from Poland 3) Digger was the name for the German heavy metal band Grave Digger for a short period of time. The band worked under the name Grave Digger from 1980 (the year the band was formed) to 1987, when their original guitarist Peter Masson departed and was replaced by new guitarist Uwe Lulis.

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Black Tears

There is at least 2 bands with this name: 1. Black Tears is a Finnish melodic metal band, formed at the end of 2007. The first single "Desolation Before the Dusk", the second track of the self-released debut EP "Far Beyond Reality", was released at the end of 2009. More information can be found on www.blacktears.fi. 2. Black Tears is a Ecuadorian Black/Doom Metal band, but currently living in Queens, New York, formed in 2008 More information can be found on www.myspace.com/blacktears2008.

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OZ

1. Oz is a Finnish band in the 80's. They're not very well known these days but they were among the first and most succesful bands and did some solid groundwork for the Finnish metal scene that blooms today. The band retired after releasing the "Roll the Dice" album, but reunited, located in Sweden, in February 2010. The band has, until this day, released 5 studio albums, 1 EP, Two singles and has appeared on "Scandinavian Metal Attack" splits 1 & 2.

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Jackal

There are five bands with the name Jackal :
1. A Canadian psychedelic rock band active in the early 1970s, releasing the album Awake in 1973. 2. A Japanese heavy/speed metal group. 3. A dutch metal band from amsterdam. 4. A Danish heavy metal band formed in 1987. They released three albums before splitting up in 1999.
In 2009 they are back with a new album called "IV" which is set to release on May 22nd via Pure Steel Records Albums: Rise (1990)
Vague Visions (1993)

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Huntress

Huntress
Heavy Metal
United States of America (Hollywood, California) Line-up:
Vocals - Jill Janus AKA DJ Penelope Tuesdae
Bass - Eric Harris (ex Skeletonwitch)
Drums - Carl Wierzbicky (ex Darkblack)
Guitar - Blake Meahl (Professor)
Guitar - Ian Alden (Professor)
Discography:
- Back from the Dead to Kill (Single 2007)
- Off with Her Head (EP 2010)
- Eight of Swords (Single 2011)
- Spell Eater (Full-length 2012)

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