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KEMAKIL

KEMAKIL was formed by Rob Durrant in 1988 and played a number of shows around Ipswich and Suffolk including a support slot with PAUL DIANNO’S BATTLEZONE and great shows with TARANIS(now FACEACHE-look ’em up) and OBLITERATION.The band split up in 1990 and after many local bands and projects over the last few years,KEMAKIL reformed in the form of Rob and Chris Stockdale.In the cold damp evenings of October 2007 tracks were recorded at Rob’s house on 8-track and in January 2008 AARON joined the band on drums.

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Xentrix

There are atleast 3 artists with this name;
(1) Formed in 1985 in Preston, Lancashire, British thrashers Xentrix (pronounced Zen-tricks) began their careers by playing metal covers before focusing all of their efforts on coming up with original material. Initially known as Sweet Vengeance, guitarist/vocalist Chris Astley, guitarist Kristian Havard, drummer Dennis Gasser and bassist Paul Mackenzie created enough of a stir through their live performances that the English branch of Roadrunner Records took notice and signed the group in January 1989.

Read more about Xentrix on Last.fm.

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Savage Messiah

Savage Messiah hails from London UK and features Lead Guitarist/Vocalist Dave Silver, Lead Guitarist Sy Taplin, Bassist Sasha Cron and Drummer Ernie Nogara. In October 2007 the band released their Andy Faulkner (Bolt Thrower, Siam) produced debut "Spitting Venom". The band opted to release this via their own imprint SMR productions, which was signed up for distribution by the mighty Plastic Head (Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade etc…).

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Bastion

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Bastion is the name of an Xbox Live Arcade game produced by independent developer Supergiant Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Bastion was released on July 20, 2011 for Xbox Live Arcade and on August 16, 2011 for digital download on Windows. Bastion has been acclaimed for its enchanting soundtrack, receiving best Original Soundtrack and Best Song with Build that Wall (Zia's Theme) awards from Spike's Video Game awards. The soundtrack was composed by audio and music designer Darren Korb.

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Wolfpack

There are 3 bands known as Wolfpack; 1) Wolfpack was the former name of the Swedish hardcore punk/d-beat band Wolfbrigade. Wolfpack changed their bandname to Wolfbrigade after a right wing racist community started using the name "Wolfpack"; they did not want to be associated with right wing politics. 2) Wolfpack were a 5-piece thrash/traditional metal band from Preston, UK. They released one album entitled "Total Head Removal" before changing their name to Salem (UK) and releasing a demo called "Impending Doom"

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Hospital of Death

Hospital of Death are an '80s styled Old School Thrash Metal band from sleepy Cheshire. Formed 1994 in the midst of the underground tape trading scene, the band was formed to play a one off secondary school gig and quickly disbanded after their graduation. Having reformed at a band renunion party in late 2006, H.O.D. (a schoolyard nod to NYC's Stormtroopers of Death) formed to share their love for the scene that crafted their lives from that gig onwards.

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deceptor

There is more than one band by the name Deceptor: 1). Deceptor was a Heavy/Power Metal band from Greece. Forming in 1989, they annually released demos until 1991, and split up some time after. While their work remains relatively unheard of to this day, a compilation entitled 'The Legend' was released on Unisound in 2002, citing everything recorded in their late-eighties/early-nineties period. Their vocalist, Yiannis Koutselinis (commonly known as John K) went on to record an album with British Progressive Metal group Balance of Power, and then went on to form Biomechanical.

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