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City of Ships

City of Ships is an active three-piece progressive / "post-" influenced rock band originally from Pensacola, Florida, United States formed in 2005. Members now live in various states of subletting and couch-surfing between Boston and Florida. Currently recording a new album in Brooklyn, NY with producer Andrew Schneider (Pelican, Cave-In, Daughters, Rosetta) set for release early summer of 2011.

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Mammoth

There are 3 bands that share the name Mammoth and one band formerly known as Mammoth: (UK) 1. After the split of Gillan in 1982, the bearded John McCoy (bass guitar; 19 stone) recruited session musicians 'Tubby' Vinnie Reed (drums; 22 stone), 'Big' Mac Baker (guitars; 24 stone) and Nicky Moore (vocals; 20 stone and 5'6") for his solo project.
Initially christened 'Dinosaur', they changed their names after complaints from a similarly titled California blues outfit.

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Voyager

More than one artist shares this name. (1) Voyager (Australian)
VOYAGER is an Australian melodic progressive metal band.
VOYAGER, from Perth, Western Australia, was founded in 1999 and released its debut album "Element V" in 2003. Their most recent album is "I am the reVolution", released in October 2009 via Dockyard 1 (Germany). The album has received critical acclaim. VOYAGER have toured Europe twice and around Australia a number of times. Voyager Myspace
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Emeritus

Formed at the back-end of 2010 following the split of former band "Few & Far Between", Emeritus are a progressive post-hardcore band from Teesside, taking influences from the likes of Devil Sold His Soul, Rinoa, *shels, and Amia Venera Landscape. Dale Husband - Bass/Vocals
Peter Clark - Guitar
Chris Hiscox - Guitar
Sian-Louise Gordon - Drums/Percussion

Lungs

There are at least 2 artists with the name Lungs: 1) Lungs are a Sydney punk rock trio with an attention deficit. A taste for the frantic has them mixing the speed of skate punk and thrash with the more driving anthems of post-hardcore rock. They also play, write and record at an enviable pace. Since they formed in the inner west of Sydney in 2006, they have become synonymous with Australian fast punk, touring the country and playing main supports for acts as diverse as NOFX, A Wilhelm Scream, Bouncing Souls, Mach Pelican, The City On Film and Blueline Medic.

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Russian Circles

Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental post-rock/post-metal band from Chicago. The band plays epic, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal to soft delicate passages. They are also known for their energetic live shows, which include tours with Tool, Red Sparowes, Minus the Bear and Daughters, as well as appearances at the 2006, 2007 & 2008 SXSW festivals. Formed in late 2004 by guitarist Mike Sullivan and bassist Colin DeKuiper (both formerly of another instrumental band Dakota/Dakota), they quickly recruited Dave Turncrantz, formerly of St.

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The Construct

There are at least 2 artists with the name The Construct. 1) Manchester based post-metal from ex members of I-Remain, Machiavellian, Dearly Beheaded and The Magpyes. For fans of Neurosis, Isis, Cult of Luna, Jesu, Godflesh, Deftones, Gojira, Meshuggah, Tool. "Formed in spring 2009 by Rory Vallely (guitars, ex I Remain), Al Shelley (drums, ex The Magpyes), and Darren Jones (guitars), the main goal was simply to write music that was quite stripped out.

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Pelican

Formed by previous members of the band Tusk, the instrumental post-metal outfit Pelican formed in Chicago in 2001, by guitarists Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Lebec with sibling rhythm section Larry Herweg and Bryan Herweg (drums and bass, respectively). Owing a great debt to the pioneering band Neurosis, and often compared to Boston's Isis and Sweden's Cult of Luna, Pelican were initially signed to Hydra Head Records (whose founder, Aaron Turner, was a member of Isis).

Restorations

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