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Sevenskies

"Sevenskies are a Hardcore band from Cairns, they formed in May of 2009 and have been working hard ever since to write the best heavy music they can. They recorded their first EP in February of 2010 in Sydney at Freefall Studios and the popularity of their music hasn't stopped growing since then. They have gone through their fair share of difficulties along the way, including a lineup change, but that hasn't stopped them from reaching for the top." - Quote Triple J Unearthered

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Altars

There are two artists with this name: 1) Altars is an extreme metal band from Adelaide, Australia.
The style is a merging of death and doom, extreme and ambient, physical and metaphysical. 2) Altars is a Raw Black Metal band from the US.
Drawing influences from
several other genres including Punk and Harsh Noise/Power Electronics. They
formed in the Winter of 2003 and have sinced released vinyl and cassette
releases on Youth Attack!, How Much Art Can You Take?, Down In The Ground &
Occult Contemporary as well as several self released demos. They are

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Thrall

There is more than one band named Thrall. 1. Formed in 1995 from the twisted wreckage that was the God Bullies comes Thrall to forge a more perfect union. Thrall create a soundtrack filled with apocalyptic images, diseased minds and bizarre characters living out classic struggles of power, paranoia, madness and rage. Mike Hard, former frontman for the infamous God Bullies and Hand Over Head, originally formed Thrall with Karen Neal on bass (Inside Out) (not in current line-up), drummer Scott Kodrik (Hand Over Head)...

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Witchrist

Death Metal from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2007. Lineup:
Void - Vocals
Occultorture - Guitar
Abomination - Guitar
Atrociter - Bass
Necrobastard - Drums Releases:
<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witchrist/Ancient+Tombs">Ancient Tombs</a> (2008/MC/Warfare Noise)
<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witchrist/Curses+of+Annihilation">Curses of Annihilation</a> (2009/CD/Crush Until Madness Records,12"/Nuclear Winter Records)
<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witchrist/Beheaded+Ouroboros">Beheaded Ouroboros</a> (2010/CD/Invictus Productions)
<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witchrist/Morbosidad%20%252F%20Witchrist">Morbo... / Witchrist</a> split 7" (2011/ep/Hells Headbangers) Upcoming:
The Grand Tormentor (Osmose Productions) <a href="http://www.doomcult.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.doomcult.net</a>
<a href="http://www.osmoseproductions.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.osmoseproductions.com</a>

Lycanthrope

There are 3 bands with the name Lycanthrope 1) Lycanthrope from Vacaville, Ca, USA is a Melodic Death Metal group.
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/lycanthropeofficial" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/lycanthropeofficial</a>
<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/lycanthropeofficial" rel="nofollow">http://www.reverbnation.com/lycanthropeofficial</a> 2) Lycanthrope from Hungary is a mostly instrumental black metal group.
This artist is often mislabeled as <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Vorgrow" class="bbcode_artist">Vorgrow</a>, which is a fake name.
<a href="http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=46471" rel="nofollow">http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=46471</a>
<a href="http://lycanthrope.uw.hu/" rel="nofollow">http://lycanthrope.uw.hu/</a> 3) Lycanthrope from Maribor, Slovenia is a Death/Black Metal group
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/lycanthropewolves" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/lycanthropewolves</a>

Unearthly

There are 2 or 3 bands that share this name: #1. One of the most notorious black metal bands hailing from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Unearthly was established by the end of 1998, with M. Mictian on bass and Lord Thoth on guitars and vocals.
Their first demo, "Blessed are the Destroyers of False Hope", was released in june 2000, and the second one, "Living Under the Sign of Blasphemy" was launched a little over one year afterwards in august 2001. Both works had good acceptance within the scene and received good reviews, which guaranteed them many concerts in their native country.

Astriaal

Astriaal is a black metal band from Brisbane, Australia. The band formed in the winter of 1998 as a three piece with Baaruhl on both vocals and guitar. Astriaal released their debut demo 'Glories of the Nightsky' in October 1998 with Baaruhl playing both bass and guitar. Since the addition of bass player Murtach in 1999, Astriaal's line-up has remained solid. The band's first live show was as support to Nazxul in November 1998.

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The Art

Hailing from NEWTOWN, Australia, The Art has busted down the doors of the rock scene by performing with the likes of Marilyn Manson, Sonic Youth, and NIN. After Touring America, their most current Aussie dates brought them home to Big Day Out and allowed them to share a stage with Them Crooked Vultures. Having recently completed recording their debut album in Austin, Texas with Chris "Frenchie" Smith (Jet, Trail Of The Dead, Dandy Warhols), they have returned home to join the Pixies on their Australian/New Zealand tour.

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