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Damnas

Thrash metal from the grimy streets of North London. Formed in 2003, after numerous line-up changes, will be releasing a self titled EP on June 5 2008, at a launch party with Mutant, River Freshney, and Doctor Death Donny -Vocals Faraz - Rhythm/Lead guitar Pat - Lead/Rhythm guitar Jon - Bass guitar James - Drums

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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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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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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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Send More Paramedics

The name Send More Paramedics is a reference to the 1985 horror/comedy, Return of the Living Dead. The band originally formed as a side project of Leeds band 'And None of Them Knew They Were Robots, but have gained a higher profile than And None of Them Knew They Were Robots, who have since split up. The band played in the 1980s crossover style, what they described as "Zombiecore... a fusion of 80s thrash and modern hardcore punk", with lyrics about zombies and cannibalism, and are heavily influenced by zombie movies.

Read more about Send More Paramedics on Last.fm.

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Elimination

ELIMINATION is a heavy metal band formed in Ipswich, England in 2006. The band have released two EP's , 'Welcome to Death Row' in 2007 and 'Nightmare Asylum' in 2008, which received excellent press from various magazines, fanzines, and websites. They promoted these releases with successful shows over the UK and supporting esteemed bands such as Evile, Gama Bomb and Criminal. In the summer of 2008 Elimination signed to Casket Records and they are currently preparing to release their debut album 'Destroyed By Creation' for June 2009.

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