Arch enemy

History



Halmstad, Sweden (1995 – present)
Arch Enemy is a melodic death metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, and formed in 1995.
Arch Enemy is the brainchild of Michael Amott (Carcass, Carnage and Spiritual Beggars). Guitarists Michael Amott and younger brother Christopher Amott were joined by vocalist Johan Liiva (ex-Carnage, NonExist) and then-session drummer Daniel Erlandsson (Armageddon, Eucharist) in what Michael Amott called “An attempt to merge melody with aggression and technicality.”
The band’s debut, entitled Black Earth, was released by the now defunct Wrong Again Records in 1996. It obtained a fair amount of success in Japan, achieving MTV rotation with their first single “PlayBury Me an Angel”, as well as moderate success in Sweden. More of a ‘solo effort’ than a full band at this point, Michael Amott wrote all the songs himself, and even played bass guitar on the album - contrary to the album’s liner notes, which listed vocalist Johan Liiva as handling bass duties. Michael Amott later revealed that he had the credits listed that way to make the album seem more of a “band” effort. Many consider it to be the band’s most aggressive album, a trait which was softened to some degree on their following releases, but which was never abandoned.
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Rise Of The Tyrant

Tracklist:

1 Blood On Your Hands    download
2 The Last Enemy         download
3 I Will Live Again      download
4 In This Shallow Grave  download
5 Revolution Begins      download
6 Rise of the Tyrant     download
8 Intermezzo Liberté     download
9 Night Falls Fast       download
10 The Great Darkness    download
11 Vultures              download

Doomsday Machine

Tracklist:

1 Enter the Machine          download
2 Taking Back My Soul        download
3 Nemesis                    download
4 My Apocalypse              download
5 Carry the Cross            download
6 I Am Legend/Out for Blood  download
7 Skeleton Dance             download
8 Hybrids of Steel           download
9 Mechanic God Creation      download
10 Machtkampf                download
11 Slaves of Yesterday       download

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The vinCent blacK Shadow

Formed in *: 2003
Founded in *:Vancouver, Canada
The Vincent Black Shadow is an alternative/garage rock which formed in 2003 in Vancouver, Canada. The band consists of Cassandra Ford (vocals), Robbie Kirkham (guitar, vocals), Chris Kirkham (bass), Mary Ancheta (keyboards) and Anthony Ancheta (drums).
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Vincent Black Shadow - Fears In The Water



Tracklist:
1.Metro
2.Control
3.Bullet on the Tracks<
4.Don’t Go Soft
5.Valentine
6.Broken
7.House of Tasteful Men, The
8.Surgery
9.Ghost Train Out
10.Fear’s in the Water
11.Dream
12.This Road Is Going Nowhere
13.Letters to No One

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Within temptation

History

Within Temptation is a band from The Netherlands. Their early music was often described as a version of gothic metal or doom metal; however, their music has evolved, and is now often described in some media as symphonic metal, while in an interview, Sharon den Adel said they fell into the symphonic rock genre. The band consists of vocalist Sharon den Adel and her boyfriend, guitarist Robert Westerholt (who was previously in a band called Voyage), Jeroen Van Veen (bass), Stephen van Haestregt (drums), Martijn Spierenburg (keyboards) and Ruud Adrianus Jolie (guitars).

Within Temptation started back in 1996 and released their first demo, called PlayEnter. In 1997 they released their first album that was also named Enter, this album was quickly followed by an EP The Dance in 1998. Their final breakthrough was their second album, Mother Earth, released in 2000. After the somewhat failed Our Farewell single, they broke the Dutch charts at number 2 with Ice Queen.

In 2004 they released their third album, The Silent Force, with which they continued their shift from the darker feel of Mother Earth to a more general accesible form. Their first single from this album Stand My Ground was an instant success, which was followed by Memories and Angels.

Within Temptation planned to release a new album in August 2006. At the beginning of December 2006, a new song, The Howling, written for the PC game ‘The Chronicles of Spellborn’, was officially unveiled.
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The Heart of Everything



Tracklist:
1 The Howling
2 What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo)
3 Frozen
4 Our Solemn Hour
5 The Heart of Everything
6 Hand of Sorrow
7 The Cross
8 Final Destination
9 All I Need
10 The Truth Beneath the Rose
11 Forgiven



Angels, Pt. 1



Tracklist:

1.Angels
2.Say My Name
3.Promise
4.Jillian [Live in Hannover]
5.Promise
6.Angels
7.Foresaken
8.Memories



The Silent Force



Tracklist:
1 Intro
2 See Who I Am
3 Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)
4 Stand My Ground
5 Pale
6 Forsaken
7 Angels
8 Memories
9 Aquarius
10 It's the Fear
11 Somewhere

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Nightwish

History
Kitee, Finland (1996 – present)
Nightwish is a symphonic power metal band, formed in the town of Kitee, Finland in 1996. The band currently consists of Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), and Jukka Nevalainen (drums and percussion).

The vocalist 1996 to 2005 was Tarja Turunen. Anette Olzon (ex-Alyson Avenue) joined the band on their 2007 album Dark Passion Play, the corresponding World Tour and the Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places) live album.

The band’s leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metal or power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal and even in some cases called ‘epic metal’.
Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Within Temptation, Therion, Epica, Edenbridge, Lunatica, and Visions of Atlantis.

The original idea of Nightwish was largely inspired by The Gathering, and the idea was to use keyboards, acoustic guitars and the operatic vocals of their then singer Tarja Turunen. This idea was changed in 1997, as a drummer was added, and the acoustic guitar was replaced by an electric guitar.

The idea of using operatic vocals was changed dramatically with their third album Wishmaster (2000), and more so on future albums, especially Dark Passion Play (2007). In 2001, Holopainen asked Sami Vänskä, their bassist since 1998, to leave, and he was replaced with Marco Hietala (Tarot, ex-Sinergy), leaving Sinergy.
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