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Antarctica

There is more than one artist with this name: 1.) New Yorkians Antarctica transcend the realm of consciousness into a world entirely their own. They build upon the dark overtones and the gloomy pop sensibility of The Cure and Slowdive while taking epic steps in new aesthetics. Their albums gesture to Antarctica's ability to blend melancholy and joy in epic structure. Vocalist Eric Richter once also fronted the influential emo band Christie Front Drive and has gone on to be in The 101 and Golden City.

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Coma Lies

In 2010, they changed their name to Coma Lies NC. Coma Lies are a tech-hardcore/metal band from Newcastle, Australia. They recorded a four-track demo in 2005 before beginning to record their debut EP for Skull and Bones Records in 2006. This period showed much change to the style of music Coma played and a drastic change in their lineup; guitarists Mat Taylor and Luke Pollock (who recorded the guitar tracks for the EP) and drummer Chad Palmer were replaced. 2007 saw the long awaited release of A Churchwell Killing and an intense touring schedule which is still underway.

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Periphery

Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland, formed in 2005. History
Formation and Lineup Changes (2005 - 2009)
Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005. He slowly gained a reputation on the Internet, primarily via a regularly-updated Soundclick account, Meshuggah and John Petrucci forums, and the sevenstring.org message boards. Before and during Periphery's tenure in the metal scene, Mansoor developed a reputation for doing his own audio production, the majority of which was performed with a home computer and a Pod XT during this period.

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Coilguns

Coil gun: A projectile accelerator which utilizes electromagnetic coils to discharge a projectile(s) at extremely high velocity. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. While most people from this town spend their lives handcrafting complicated mechanisms for use in luxury watches, Coilguns have been busy crafting complex mechanisms of their own. Writing began while Jona was in exile in the United States. The project had been in mind for some time and with 3 tracks written, Jona naturally looked to Luc and Louis, rhythm section in The Ocean to complete the bands line up.

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Heavy Heavy Low Low

San Jose, California based HeavyHeavyLowLow was formed in 2004, and gained notoriety largely through word of mouth, internet hype and extensive touring. The quintet consisted of vocalist Robbie Smith, guitarists Ryan Madden and Danny Rankin, and brothers Chris and Andrew Fritter (drums and bass, respectively). Their album "Everything's Watched, Everyone's Watching", an eleven song session of metal/thrash/hardcore/grindcore recordings, was released on New Weathermen records, an imprint of Ferret, in September of 2006.

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Acid Snake

Acid Snake is a Metallic Hardcore band from the Gold Coast/Brisbane in QLD, Australia. Beginning in early 2010, the only current release is the 'Pariah EP', released in March 2011. Influences range from 108, Trap Them, Converge, Entombed and Tragedy etc but also touch on other styles such as doom metal. Current Lineup

Vocals - Harry Acid
Guitar - Darcy O'Connor
Drums - Alex 'Sko' Skocic
Bass - Todd Heriott
Guitar - Dan Young

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Architects

Architects are a progressive metal/metalcore band from Brighton, England.
They were first signed to In At The Deep End Records followed by United By Fate Records(UK) / Distort Inc (Canada). They are currently signed to Century Media records. Architects released their debut album Nightmares in May 2006. Have toured with the likes of SikTh, Beecher, Johnny Truant and The Chariot. They embarked on a UK headline tour with The Gorgeous as support, January 2007.

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Totally Unicorn

Just as the Hunt Of The Unicorn was considered by many to be the high point in Medieval tapestry manufacture, so will history recognize the bearded magical animal metal of Wollongong's latest fantastical four headed Chimera, Totally Unicorn be considered to be the watermark for musicians that are both hirsute and technically gifted when it comes to bringing a party that is part wall of crushing noise, part pithy word play and all monstrously enjoyable.

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Robotosaurus

February 8 2007: The trashy nightclub had sold out hours before hand. The supports have been and gone. The lights were dim and there was a hum amongst the crowd. Friends had been talking about the first show for well over a year. The anticipation was swelling as people were jostling for position. When the first stomach-churning chord rung out there was no denying things would be different from that point on.

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CYBERNE

CYBERNE started off in Osaka, Japan Since 1999,
they have been developing their own vision of what they
call Japanese Aggressive Psycho-rhythm,
with influences ranging from Dazzling Killmen
and Melt Banana to Jesus Lizard and Zeni Geva. 3 demos so far, respectively in 2001, 2005 and 2009
brought them to a deal with SMD Records (Grey Daturas,
Metronome Charisma, Year of No Light...) which ended up
on a 3-way split with Nesseria and Mu-Neujohn and a

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