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Vagabond

There are multiple artists named Vagabond. 0) Progressive Metal/Rock band formed in 1994 in Norway featuring the then-unknown Jørn Lande on vocals. Two releases before they broke up: Vagabond (1994), Huge Fan of Life (1996). 1) English band with roots in Uruguay, Denmark, East London and Huddersfield, Vagabond Official stand for soulful, bluesy pop unlike anything else around. 2) Vagabond is an norwegian retro-/hard rock band starring Ronnie LeTekrø of TNT-fame, and vocalist Jørn Lande, subsequently in ARK and Masterplan.

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Daddysmilk

Daddysmilk is a rock band based in Manchester, England. The members are originally Norwegian, from Bjørndal, a small suburb of Oslo. When based in Norway, the band were mostly known for their live shows in Oslo. The band relocated to England in 2008. All of the members collaborate in terms of songwriting, though the main contributor seem to be Marius Aasan. Øystein Sootholtet also contributed a lot to the songwriting process early in the bands career, but left the band in November 2007.

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Kate Havnevik

Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Oslo. Her debut album, the electronica-infused "Melankton," was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 (on physical CD) in Norway, before being licensed internationally later in the year. Havnevik has been working on three albums simultaneously - "Melankton," "You" and an acoustic album entitled "Embla." In a move similar to that of British singer and friend of Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Kate is releasing her albums through her own record label, Continentica Records.

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Sigrid Moldestad

Steeming with energy, wit and musical intellect, fiddler and singer Sigrid Moldestad always leaves her audience and listeners hunger for more. Her music simmers with liveliness in one minute, unexpectedly changing to a melancholic state in the next. Appointed folk musician of the year in 2010, she is by far one of Norway’s most requested folk music artists. Her repertoire holds a large variety of songs and tunes, all delightfully conveyed through Moldestad’s magical music universe.

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Carpathian Forest

Carpathian Forest (previously known as "The Childmolesters", then "Enthrone") emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern. The following year, Forest signed to Avantgarde Music and recorded their first EP, Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods in 1995, followed by the debut album Black Shining Leather in 1998.

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Vreid

Vreid is a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. After the tragic death of Valfar in January 2004, the rest of the Windir members decided to end Windir, and put their energy into other projects. Hváll formed a new band, called Vreid. Vreid is a Norwegian word for wrath. Vreid consists of the 3 Windir members Hváll (bass), Steingrim (drums), Sture (vocals/guitar) and a new guitarist named Ese. Ese has been a close friend of the Vreid members for years, and he was co-engineer on Windir's Likferd album.

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Mods

Mods er en tidlegere norsk musikkgruppe. De var kjent for å synge på stavangersk og hadde en rekke hits fra 1981 til 1984. Medlemmene i Mods var fra starten Morten Abel Knutsen (vokal), Helge Hummervoll (keyboard), Kurt Olsen (gitar), Torkild Viig (bass), Rune Bjålid (gitar), og Leif A.B. Nilsen (trommer). Bakgrunn Tidlig på 1980-tallet søkte gruppa Catrix fra Stavanger etter en vokalist. Morten Abel Knutsen prøvde seg, selv om de egentlig lette etter en kvinne.

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Mare

At least two bands call themselves Mare: one was a progressive sludge band from Oakville/Burlington, Canada, the other is a black metal band from Trondheim, Norway. 1) Mare from Oakville/Burlington was a band orchestrated primarily by frontman Tyler Semrick-Palmateer, previously on vocal duty for tech-metal outfit The End. In a unique mixture of , and and other textures that defy immediate genres or categorization...

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