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Rise To Remain

Rise To Remain are a London-based 5 piece metal band. They were formed in late 2006/early 2007 by Ben Tovey, Will Homer and Austin Dickinson under the name “Halide” as a side project to several of the band’s members other endeavors in music. Within a few months the band solidified their line-up and began playing local shows as well as travelling across the UK, seeking out shows. Halide recorded two EP’s, both of which saw a viral release through their Myspace, which eventually garnered attention from more legitimate local promoters...

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Children Of Bodom

Children of Bodom is a Finnish band from the city of Espoo, near Helsinki. The name of the band comes from one of the most famous Finnish murder cases of all time. (The murdering of three teenagers one night at Lake Bodom back in the 60's.) Early Children of Bodom albums are inspired by classical music and death metal (Red Light in My Eyes pt. 1 starts with a line from J.S. Bach's Invention No.13 in A minor and Red Light in My Eyes pt.

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Resist The Thought

Hailing from Campbelltown, Resist The Thought is a 5-piece metalcore/death metal band. With influences ranging from All Shall Perish and As Blood Runs Black to Parkway Drive and August Burns Red, Resist The Thought are continually striving to make the band all that it can be. The Band originally formed in 2003 consisting of Rick on Guitar, Jake on drums and Matt on bass and then later on vocals as well. They started off mucking around and playing music just for the fun of it and played a few shows at the ages of 11 and 14.

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Ulcerate

Atmospheric, unorthodox death metal from Auckland, New Zealand. Formed in 2000. 2008 / 2009 - Everything is Fire
In 2008 Ulcerate the band's line-up changed considerably - after much consideration the decision was made to opt for a return to the lower pitched vocals utilised during the band's demo period, and so bassist Paul Kelland stepped up to take over the vocal duty from Ben Read. A new second guitarist Oliver Goater was found to replace Michael Rothwell after a more-than-amicable split. With a new, streamlined line-up, the band prepared for album no.2 ...

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Portal

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. A technical/experimental death metal band from Australia.
2. An independent progressive rock band from Edmonton, Canada.
3. An atmospheric prog-metal band created by members of Cynic, from Miami, USA.
4. A dreampop/electronic/ambient band based in Staffordshire, UK.
5. A hardcore breaks/nu rave act from London, UK.
6. An electronic/ambient artist from California, USA.
7. An Egyptian/British rock band based in Cairo, Egypt.
8. Mistag of the soundtrack to the video-game from Valve Corporation. See below

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Six Feet Under

There are at least four groups called Six Feet Under (+ two '6 Feet Under')

1) Six Feet Under (USA) is a death metal band with heavy rock influences on some of their albums. Originally a side project for Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes and former Obituary guitarist Allen West, Six Feet Under eventually became a full-time proposition when friction between Barnes and his other bandmates became too much to bear.

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DAWN OF RETRIBUTION

Hailing from Geelong, Victoria, ‘Dawn of Retribution’ blends death metal and thrash metal with melodic overtones to create an uncompromising aural experience. Coupled with their crushing live performance, the band is quickly carving their reputation into Australia's metal scene. The band features members with a truckload of experience from various other projects including ‘Befallen’, ‘Intrepid’, ‘Veil of Anguish’, ‘Scale’ and ‘Dominaeon’. Combining these separate experiences and styles has helped forge a fresh perspective on metal with a crushing delivery.

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Backyard Mortuary

Backyard Mortuary are a Old School Brutal Death Metal band from Sydney Australia the lineup consists of:
Chris Archer - vocals (formerly drums also)
Dave Thomas - guitar
Stuart Prickett - Guitar (also in Bludgeoner, Decayed Divinity, Elysium (Aus))
Bianca Jamett - bass
John - Drums (Damarill, Autokannon)

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Devastator

There are several bands called Devastator. There is a thrash/death metal Devastator from Newfoundland, Canada; thrash metal band Devastator from Malaysia; death metal Devastator from Poland; two American bands - one a black/thrash band from Florida and the other a speed metal band from California; thrash metal band from Italy and lastly a German death metal Devastator, for which the following biography was written.

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