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Soundgarden

Soundgarden is a Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called . Despite starting years earlier, and having a sound that more closely resembled Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin than their contemporaries, they are usually considered one of the "big four" of the '90s Seattle grunge bands, along with Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell (vocals, and originally drums) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass), to be joined later by Kim Thayil (guitar) and Scott Sundquist (drums).

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Annapurna

Annapurna are a 5 Piece Band based in Belfast. They are:
Chris Polin – Guitar
Connor Walls – Guitar, Vocals, Synth
Marty Elley – Drums
Ross Hunter – Bass, Vocals
Will Braithwaite – Guitar Annapurna’s largely instrumental sound ranges from delicate ambient melodies to oppressive walls of noise, crushing monolithic riffs to tense driving soundscapes, sometimes brooding, sometimes biting – all accompanied by a mesmerizing and powerful live show.

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Lord Dying

Lord Dying come from Portland, Oregon, a place over abundant with purveyors of the heavy riff. A region where the inhabitants are plagued with nerve and joint damage due to lack of sunlight. In a time where everyone is trying to out-sludge or out-doom each other Lord Dying gives something less than a fuck. They are a metal band with members of Black Elk , Portals, Le Force, and Cremains, who in their short, one years time as a band have shared the stage with Unsane, Red Fang, Yob, Valient Thorr, and others locally.

Read more about Lord Dying on Last.fm.

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Brutus

There are at least five artists called Brutus: - 1, a hardcore band from Asturias, Spain. Formed in June 2008, Brutus gave their first show one month later. From then onwards Brutus has released a self-titled EP in July 2009, recorded at KTC Domestic Productions which was presented in numerous places, mainly in the north of Spain, sharing stage with bands like For the Glory or Avenues and Silhouettes. Brutus has announced that they will release a new work in February 2012. We don't know the title yet, but it is taken for granted that this new album will please all their fans.

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Iron Hearse

Iron Hearse are a hard rock / metal / doom metal 'power trio' that formed in 2001.
They released three demos before putting out self-released EP 'Peddle the Metal' and following this up with their hard-rockin' debut album 'Iron Hearse' on Austria's Psychedoomelic Records. Line up: Grant - Guitar, Vocals
Liam - Bass
Stu - Drums Forthcoming releases: Vinyl 12" and split 7" through Psychedoomelic Records, late 2009.
Forthcoming second album in 2010.

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Viking Skull

Get in, Get Fucked and get out, these are the 7 words that prompted the existence of Viking Skull. Realising that the 4 years on the road with Raging Speedhorn had temporarily stopped for a well earned break, assorted members of RSH band and Crew faced the very real prospect of the booze drying up for a few months. Roddy Stone, RSHs long time guitar tech reasoned with the rest of Speedhorn, still left in Corby, that all they had to do for the free beer to continue was form a local band and play local clubs. Its gonna be easy he said, All we gotta do is, get in, get fucked and get out.

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Electric Wizard

Electric Wizard are a stoner rock/ doom band, hailing from Dorset, England. They were formed in 1993 by lead guitarist and singer, Jus Oborn, and are currently signed to Rise Above Records. The band formed when Jus left his previous band Thy Grief Eternal, and joined Mark Greening and Tim Bagshaw (both now of Ramesses). Fast foward to 2004, and Electric Wizard are left with just their frontman. In August of that year Liz Buckingham (13, Sourvein), Justin Greaves (Iron Monkey) and Rob Al-Issa completes the line-up. Justin has since left the band and has been replaced by Shaun Rutter.

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Snakerama

Formed in the last quarter of 2009, Snakerama are 3 guys from Cambridgeshire, UK with a shared love of all things heavy. Blending an intoxicating musical mix of stoner rock, hardcore, punk, alternative, and a cherry-picked selection of moments from their favourite metal sounds. Add to that the bands choice of song concepts: stories of weird and wonderful modern myths from favourite 70's sci-fi movies to real-life wonders like the Centralia Coal-Mine Fires which have been burning since the early 60's.

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Sedulus

Taking influence from bands such as Kyuss, Soundgarden, Helmet, and Tool, Sedulus play their own brand of dynamic heavy music, with dense riff-based grooves and sprawling swirling musical interludes. The Sedulus machine has evolved into a grooving beast, with live shows that never fail to impress.
The band pride themselves on their dedication, friendship and hardwork. With this ethic and an explosive live show, the band aim to establish themselves as an act to remember both on record and live. Coming to a venue near you very soon!

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