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Unclean

There is more than one Unclean.
1. The Unclean were a punk/Oi! band from Detroit Michigan in the late 80's and early 90's. They frequently played shows with bands such as Rival and The Rogues 2. Unclean is a Czech black metal band founded in 1993. They recorded a two-song promo tape the same year and played several gigs in the Czech Republic in 1994 and 1995. In 1995 they released their second demo titled "Tam kdesi v hlubinách" which included 5 songs of occult black/death metal in the Czech style established by bands like Master's Hammer, Amon and Root.

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Sorrowfall

Sorrowfall are a Belfast based "epic, blackened" metal band, formed in April 2004 by Chris Collins and Steve Reynolds with Chris Polin and Conor Edgar completing the four piece line-up. The band wasted no time diving headlong into the metal abyss and began writing and gigging original material shortly after their initial conception. In 2004 Sorrowfall released their first demo entitled "Welcome To The Killing Floor" however it was the follow up release, 2005's "Insanity's Memoirs" which really hearalded the arrival of the Sorrowfall horde.

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Temple

1)Temple is a very underground band from Cologne (Germany). The second wave of krautrock, like PATER NOSTER, SIDDHARTA etc..., let's consider them a "space rock" band with funk, pre-doom and proto-punk elements. The music, full of mellotron, moog, organ, guitar fuzz... - Joachim Weiss / Bass
- Otto Bretnacher / Drums & percurssions
- Heinz Kramer , Rolf Foller / Guitars
- Zeus B. Held / Organ & keyboards
- Poseidon / vocals
- Pauline Fund / Vocals, Tambourine

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Bal-Sagoth

Bal-Sagoth are an extreme metal band from Yorkshire, England, combining elements of black metal, symphonic, and classical music. Vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts, who came up with the idea for the band around 1989, took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from a Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth". Their first demo was released in 1993; they have since released three albums on Cacophonous and three on Nuclear Blast.

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Skaldic Curse

British Black Metal band, Skaldic Curse were formed in 2001 and are currently signed to Dark Essence Records. The band consists of five members - Woundz, Astynax, Monolith, Scapula and Vermin and have created several EPs/demos and two full length albums, Pathogen, 2006 (under Forgotten Wisdom Productions) and World Suicide Machine, to be released 23rd February 2009. Releases to date: Funereal Eclipse (demo) - 2001
Hated by Matter Itself (demo) - 2002

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Triptykon

Triptykon is the most recent musical project of Thomas Gabriel Fischer, founding member of the pioneering heavy metal bands Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Apollyon Sun. Fischer announced his departure from Celtic Frost in May 2008 and shortly afterwards revealed that his new project would be entitled Triptykon. Fischer commented: "Triptykon will sound as close to Celtic Frost as is humanly possible, and the album I am working on will feature all the material I envisioned for the successor to Celtic Frost's Monotheist.

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Twilight of the Gods

TWILIGHT OF THE GODS is an all-star Bathory tribute band, consisting of Alan Nemtheanga (Primordial), Blasphemer (Ava Inferi, Aura Noir, ex-Mayhem), Frode Glesnes (Einherjer), Nick Barker (Benediction, ex-Dimmu Borgir and more) and Patrik Lindgren (Thyrfing). The band is named after the legendary Swedish band's sixth album, Twilight of the Gods.

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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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