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The Legion

Multiple artists are known as The Legion.
1. Black Metal Group
2. Early 90's Hip-Hop Crew
1. The LEGION's march started back in 1999 with the purpose to bring black plague, death and violence to this world. In early 2000 the demo "Bloodaeons" was recorded. This four-track blasterpiece of cold and grim black metal gained very good response when released later the same year. In the year 2002 The LEGION entered Los Angered Recording in Gothenburg.

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Arcturus

Arcturus is an band from Oslo, Norway featuring many prominent members of the Norwegian black metal scene from bands such as Ulver, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Borknagar, The Kovenant, Emperor, and Winds. Arcturus have experimented throughout their career, extracting influences and incorporating elements from all over the musical spectrum including black metal and classical music, but the core of their sound has always been metal.

Read more about Arcturus on Last.fm.

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Sniper

There are 7 Bands/artists called "Sniper":

1)Sniper is a French band composed of four sons of immigrants from the suburbs of Paris. The band was formed in 1997 under the name Personnalité Suspecte, but changed its name later. Many of the group's songs handle very political themes, such as the Israeli occupation of Palestine in Jeteur de pierre and a perceived injustice in the French political system in La France.

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Chronocide

There are two bands with the name Chronocide. Chronocide are a two piece from the UK playing black metal and crust influenced grindcore. There debut album "The Solitude of Man" was released in September 2010 on Feto Records, which is run by Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/Lock up/Venomous Concept)
Started in 1995, Chronocide is a one man band led by frontman Jason Hamje.

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Goatwhore

Goatwhore is a blackened death metal band from the swamps of New Orleans, LA. They were formed by well known musicians from the Louisiana metal scene. They first came together in 1996/97 when Sammy Duet (former Acid Bath/Crowbar guitarist) and Zak Nolan (former drummer of Goatwhore, now replaced by Zack Simmons) jammed together as a little sideproject when Acid Bath was taking a break. They soon made some four track demos.

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Emperor

Emperor is an influential Norwegian band that represents a synth laden, progressive yet brutally aggressive and chaotic part of the genre, something quite different from the minimalism of other originators of the Norwegian sound (e.g. Darkthrone). The band was formed around the core members Samoth (Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) and Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) of the band Thou Shalt Suffer and bass player Mortiis (Håvard Ellefsen) in Notodden, Norway, 1992.

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Rise

There are four artists by the name of rise - two of them from Los Angeles: 1.)Rise hails from Brooklyn, New York. An underground hip hop artist who has released two albums and has appeared on a few compilations. Known for his witty wordplay/punchlines, complex rhyme schemes, and smooth flow. 2.)Rise from Los Angeles, California formed in high school in '77 and were a punk rock band. They auditioned sophomore Tom Araya as a bassist, but his mom decided they'd be a bad influence on him. The first three Rise singles came on colored (and sometimes shaped) vinyl.

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Graveworm

Originating from Bruneck, Italy, Graveworm are a melodic/symphonic black metal band with influence of gothic metal. They were formed in 1997, and are themed towards sadness, death, love and occult. Even before Graveworm released any demo they got signed by Serenades Records, who saw an incredible show of the band close to their hometown Brunico. A demo was produced straight after, featuring classic hymns like "Eternal Winds" or "When The Sky Turns Black", which were featured on their debut album "When Daylight’s Gone".

Read more about Graveworm on Last.fm.

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