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Sceptic

Sceptic is a Polish death metal band founded in 1994 by Jacek Hiro (ex-Decapitated, Dies Irae, Virgin Snatch). Marcin Urba? (one of the fastest 200 meter sprinters) handled the vocal duties for the first and the third album (Blind Existence, Unbeliever's Script), but is currently a session member due to his sport career. Weronika Zbieg (Totem, Doctrine X) handled the lead vocal duty on the latest album, Internal Complexity. FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sceptic/113605028705418
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/scepticpl

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Frigg

There are two bands named Frigg: (1). Frigg is a multitalented Finnish-Norwegian seven who produces fresh Scandinavian folk fiddling accompanied by fretted instruments, upright bass and endless energy. The style they represent is a mixture of Kaustinen (Finland) and Nord-Trondelag (Norway) -traditions flavoured with a taste of americana and irish folk music. Frigg has been chosen as "The Band Of The Year" 2003 of Kaustinen Folk Music Festival. http://www.frigg.fi (2) Frigg is also the name of an experimental german Band.

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Green Onions

Green Onions (aka Blake Hoss) is a guitarist and singer from Portland, OR. With a vast array of influences he draws as much inspiration from T. Rex as he does the Everly Brothers. His sound owes a great deal to shoegaze, soul, glam, and noise. His name pays homage to the song of the same name by Booker T and the MG's.

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Ida Maria

Ida Maria (full name Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen, b. July 13th 1984) is an indie rock/punk artist from Nesna, Norway, currently living in Sweden. Her first album, Fortress Round My Heart, was released in Norway and England on May 5th, 2008. Ida Maria won Zoom Urørt in 2006 and the Urørt-competition in 2007 (both are Norwegian competitions for unsigned artists) and played some of Norway`s biggest festivals. In 2007 she also won Alarmprisen (Norwegian music awards).

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Fallen

There are several groups, at least 5, with the name "Fallen". 1)
Fallen is the extreme-doom solo project of Funeral's drummer Eek. The project was formed in '96. Fans of the old Funeral, old Cathedral, should check this out. In good old doom tradition, the songs are up to 18 minutes long. Very high quality Doom! 2)
Fallen is a melodic metalcore band from the Vilvoorde area (Belgium), playing since 2003 and drawing influence from 90's H8000 metalcore as well as modern day melodic metal.

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The New Wine

The New Wine are a electro-pop band from Bergen, Norway. They consist of Stian Iversen (Guitar and Vocals), Adrian Søgnen (Drums and Percussion), Johan Hatleskog (Bass) and Geir Hermansen (Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion and backing Vocals). They are the winner of the 2008 Riksalarm prize. In early 2009, they toured with The Whitest Boy Alive around Europe.

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Rafael

Rafael is a singer-songwriter that gained a little buzz after uploading "Gaydar" on youtube, a version to the Britney Spears song "Radar". The EP featuring pop, R&B and electro songs showcasing androgynous vocals is due for release in 2011. For the spanish singer change your tags to Raphael.

Read more about Rafael on Last.fm.

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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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Return

Return is a norwegian rock band (from Stange, Hedmark) founded in 1980. They were among Norways best selling bands in the late 80s/early 90s, but decided to split up in 1993. The four original members came together in 2001 and released an "best of"-album and also played some concerts, before they released a brand new album in 2005. Since their foundation, Return has been playing classic 80s rock with a great deal of power ballads. Current line-up:
Knut Erik Østgård (guitar and lead vocals)
Steinar Hagen (guitar and backing vocals)

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