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Stonefield

Screeching vocals, electrifying riffs, keys and driving beats are streaming from the cracks of a shed in the hills. Growing up on a diet of Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, and Hendrix, the sisters picked up their instruments in late 2006 and after a month started playing as a band. Stonefield, formerly known as Iotah have had the privilege to play alongside bands such as Children Collide, The Spazzys and Tex Perkins and have won various awards including a nomination for the 2008 youth awards, winning the group Music award for the Macedon Ranges Youth Awards 2010...

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Darkest Era

DARKEST ERA are a Celtic Metal band from Northern Ireland. They formed in 2005 under the name NEMESIS. Originally combining NWOBHM-style Metal with Traditional Irish Folk Music, 2006's self-titled demo was very well received in the underground, winning the band many fans right across Europe and beyond. In 2007 the band changed their name to DARKEST ERA, and with this a darker and more unique sound was found.

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Angus & Julia Stone

Siblings Julia and Angus Stone come from Newport, Australia. Angus and Julia’s decision to collaborate was taken at the beginning of 2006. Prior to that, both had performed as solo artists at open mic nights but utilised the other as a backing partner. Ultimately they came up with the same idea, “Why don’t we play together? It kind of made a lot of sense”. In terms of composing the material, they write on their own, then work together on structure and harmonies.

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Hundred

English "epic" heavy metal formed in 2006. Released "Riders of Ardenland" demo in 2011. Lineup:
Alex Storrsson - Vocals and Guitars
Adamo Corazza - Guitars and Backing Vocals
David Pike - Guitars and Backing Vocals
Patrick Douetil - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Eddy Knight - Drums and Percussion

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Angus

There are different bands with the name Angus: (1)Angus is a Dutch heavy metal band formed in 1983. Claiming the name was inspired as much by their favorite guitar player, AC/DC's Angus Young, as by their favorite breed of Scottish bull (they claimed that the animal's rugged disposition typified their sound), vocalist Edgar Lois, guitarist Ed Sprey, bassist Gerard Carol, and drummer William Lawson first began tormenting neighbors in their native Amsterdam circa 1983.

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Atlantean Kodex

Almost nothing certain is known about this enigmatic outfit from the northern forests of the kingdom of Bavaria. Formed around 2006 by Trummer and Kreuzer, the band quickly managed to become the centre of the new European epic metal movement. Their "The Pnakotic Demos", released in 2007, was praised by journalists and fans all over the world as one of the best Epic Metal albums ever.
Rooted deeply in the sound of Bathory, old Manowar, Solstice and Manilla Road...

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Ereb Altor

This epic metal band was formed in the early 90's by the sole two members still making up Ereb Altor. Growing up having Bathory's epic era in our hearts it was inevitable that the music we created somehow was going to be influenced by our house gods. Having Bathory's music as a foundation we created our own branch of this so called "epic viking metal" genre. Lyric-wise the topics differed slightly.

Read more about Ereb Altor on Last.fm.

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