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Destruction

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in Lörrach, Germany in 1982. They originally started under the name Knight of Demon. They soon changed their name to Destruction and released two demos.
They are also known as one of the three big names of Teutonic thrash metal; the others are Kreator and Sodom. They recorded their first demo in 1984 entitled "Bestial Invasion of Hell". The original line-up consisted of vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, drummer Tommy Sandmann, and guitarist Mike Sifinger.

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Toxic Shock

There are several different bands with this name. 1.) Toxic Shock is a thrash metal/speed metal band from Eislingen, Germany. Formed in 1986, they released two demo tapes and three full-lenght albums. "Change From Reality" in 1988, "Welcome Home... Near Dark" in 1990 and "Between Good and Evil" in 1992. 2.) Toxic Shock was a speed/thrash metal band, featuring members from Tampa, Florida and New York, New York. They released 5 demos from 1988 and 1992. 3.) Toxic Shock was a thrash metal band from Connecticut. They released one single in 1989.

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Torment

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Torment are/were considered to be one of the more creative and original bands of the Psychobilly genre. Mystery surrounds Torment and the band achieved cult status, aided by the fact that the singer/frontman/songwriter Simon Brand committed suicide in 1994.
2. TORMENT are a death metal band from Belgium. TORMENT was founded in the summer of '99 by Jens Decaluwé (guitar), Nicolas Hernandez (drums), Ullie Vandendriessche(vocals) and David Caytan (bass).

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Defender

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Defender is a House band from France. This is a one-time collaboration between Alan Braxe, Fred Falke, and Savage. They've released only one mini-EP, called Defender, in 2005 on Vulture Music. It also appears to be the most successful Defender on last.fm. 2) Defender is a Chicago based band. The brainchild of childhood friends Jorge Ledezma (guitars, keyboards) and Gabi Meszaros (bass, keyboards) who began making home recordings and sound collages in the early 90's.

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Power

'Power' can refer to multiple bands: 1) Power is a Hungarian Heavy/Power Metal band. Their first full lenght album released in 2013 with the title of "Tükrök". 2) 1990s Power metal band, from New Jersey, NY. A single release in 1996, 'Justice of Fire' on Rock the Nation. 3) Hardcore band from Bremerton, Wa. 4) POWER is a creative collective originally from Detroit, MI. Spearheaded by siblings Jax and Seth Anderson, POWER’s main goal is to inspire anyone and everyone wanting and willing to pursue a path less followed.

Read more about Power on Last.fm.

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Backwater

There are at least 3 bands with the name Backwater: (1) Backwater (Germany) Thrash Metal band formed in 1981 who released two full-length albums: "Revelation" (1984) and "Final Strike" (1986). Changed name to Tai Pan, releasing "Slow Death" (1995), and then changed their name again to X-Ray, under which they released "Dehumanized" (1996).
discography and reviews: metal archives Line-up:
Miguel Di Muzio - Bass
Thomas Guschelbauer - Guitars (1981-1993, 2008-present), Vocals (1981-1988)
Achim Schmietow - Vocals, Bass (1981-1987), Guitars (2008-present)

Read more about Backwater on Last.fm.

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Drone

There are at least five groups with the name of Drone. 1) German thrash metal band
2) Welsh IDM producer
3) electronica producer from Frankfurt
4) US altrock band
5) A psytrance act 1) Founded 2004 in Celle (Germany), the metal band "Drone" released a 6-track-EP entitled "Octane" in January 2006. Greatest efforts so far include:
- Winning the international final of "metal battle" contest, which was held in August 2006 at the Wacken Open Air (see www.metal-battle.com)
- Reaching the West-German final of Emergenza contest 2006

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Delirium Tremens

There are mutiple artists with this name: 1) Delirium Tremens is an retro thrash metal Band from Germany. They fromed in 1996 by Christian Lindner -(Vocals), Christian Brehm (Guitars) , Ralf Enskat (Bass), Andreas Vonmetz (Guitars, left 1996/97) and Roberto Schmitt (Drums, left 1996). The band released their debut "Violent Mosh Ground" after several line up changes with Schmit leaving for Andreas Schley and Vonmetz leaving for Patrick Weinstein in 1999. The band on this album featured choatic 80's inspired german thrash metal with a hint of progressive groove in the riffing.

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