Ensiferum

History


Helsinki, Finland (1995 – present)
Ensiferum is a Viking / Folk Metal band from Helsinki, Finland.
Story of Ensiferum
1995Markus Toivonen played guitar with some friends in a band called ”Dark Reflections” which played mainly covers of certain heavy metal bands including Megadeth, Pantera and many others. Later on Markus felt that the band in which he was playing offered him very little inspiration and wanted to play something different. Markus was hugely inspired by folk music and also found himself fascinated about melodic death metal bands, like Amorphis and Dark Tranquillity. Then one day Markus asked the band’s drummer, Kimmo Miettinen, if he wanted to play heroic folk ’death’ metal with him. Kimmo agreed. Next Markus and Kimmo asked their friend Sauli Savolainen, if he wanted to come and play the bass. Fortunately he said yes. Now they had a band. Only trouble was that the band had no name at the time. One day Markus was visiting Sauli at his home, when he found a book. A Latin Dictionary. Markus casually opened the book. And from the first randomly picked page he glanced at a word. Ensiferum. Markus found the word fascinating and when he read the translation he got really excited of this word when it meant “sword-bearing”.

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Victory songs


Tracklist:

1 Ad Victoriam                download
2 Blood Is the Price of Glory download
3 Deathbringer from the Sky   download
4 Ahti                        download
5 One More Magic Potion       download
6 Wanderer                    download
7 Raised by the Sword         download
8 The New Dawn                download
9 Victory Song                download

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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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Amon Amarth

History


Deeply rooted in melodic death metal with lyrics centred around Viking history and Norse mythology, Amon Amarth (formerly known as Scum) formed in 1992 in Tumba, Sweden, a southern suburb of Stockholm. They began writing material with lots of melodies, harmonies and lyrics about Vikings and the norse Pantheon. In summer 1993 they entered Lagret Studio to record the Thor Arise demo, which would later on appear on the bonus disc of the album Versus the World. The band continued rehearsing and writing stronger material and again entered the studio. The result was the second demo, The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter. This time the band was much more satisfied with the sound and songs and launched it to an unsuspecting underground. The response was overwhelming, quickly selling out of the first pressing and secured them a one off deal with Singapore’s Pulverised Records.
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With Oden on Our Side
Tracklist:

1 Valhall Awaits Me       download
2 Runes to My Memory      download
3 Asator                  download
4 Hermod's Ride to Hel    download
5 Gods of War Arise       download
6 With Oden on Our Side   download
7 Cry of the Black Birds  download
8 Under the Northern Star download
9 Prediction of Warfare   download

Fate of Norns

Tracklist:

1 An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm    download   
2 Where Death Seems to Dwell         download
3 Fate Of Norns                      download
4 The Pursuit of Vikings             download
5 Valkyries Ride                     download
6 The Beheading of a King            download
7 Arson                              download
8 Once Sealed in Blood               download

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Dream Theater

History


Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band from Long Island, New York formed in 1985 under the name “Majesty” by John Myung, John Petrucci, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which they all dropped out of to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess.readmore...

Systematic Chaos

Tracklist:

1 In the Presence of Enemies, Pt. 1 download
2 Forsaken                          download
3 Constant Motion                   download
4 The Dark Eternal Night            download
5 Repentence                        download
6 Prophets of War                   download
7 The Ministry of Lost Souls        download
8 In The Presence Of Enemies, Pt. 2 download

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Unearth

Biography

Unearth member is:
Trevor Phipps - Vocals
Buz McGrath - Guitar
John Maggard - Bass
Ken Susi - Guitar
Derek Kerswill- Drums

Hailing from Massachusetts, Unearth bring a refreshing sense of talent with charismatic riffs, thought provoking lyrics and pummeling breakdowns. Unearth masterfully combine an intoxicating mix of American and European metal with hardcore ethic and punch. This unique approach makes Unearth one of the most abrasive, commanding and emotionally charged groups in heavy music today.
Formed in 1998, Unearth has accomplished more on their own than most bands can do with full support of a label and press. Constant tours all over the globe have earned them respect and recognition from their peers and helped cultivate one of the strongest fan bases around. In the last two years alone, Unearth has embarked on a sold-out headlining tour with Terror, Black Dahlia Murder and Remembering Never in tow, a sold-out run alongside Atreyu, and high profile treks with Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Sounds Of The Underground 2005, The Headbanger’s Ball tour and Ozzfest 2004. This summer, Unearth will head back overseas as a featured act on Sounds Of The Underground Europe and will once again tear up the US on the now infamous Ozzfest before unleashing their brutal new album in August.

The highly anticipated release “III: In The Eyes Of Fire” was produced by the legendary Terry Date (Soundgarden, Pantera, Deftones) and should satisfy even their most hardcore of fans. While most bands these days seem to have replaced breakdowns with “pretty” choruses, Unearth have gone in the opposite direction delivering their most brutal album to date. This crushing follow up to 2004’s “The Oncoming Storm”, is sure to cause nothing less than total destruction to every mosh pit in its wake.

2) Unearth was a brutal death metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They released 2 demos, Malformed Cranium in 1994 and Spill the Plagues in 1995.
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Unearth - The march

1. will we be donne
2. Hail the Shrine
3. Crow Killer
4. Grave of Opportunity
5. We Are Not Anonymous
6. The March
7. Cutman
8. The Chosen
9. Letting Go
10. Truth or Consequence



III: In The Eyes Of Fire



Tracklist:
1 This Glorious Nightmare
2 Giles
3 March Of The Mutes
4 Sanctity Of Brothers
5 The Devil Has Risen
6 This Time Was Mine
7 Unstoppable
8 So It Goes
9 Impostors Kingdom
10 Bled Dry
11 Big Bear And The Hour Of Chaos



Our Days of Eulogy



Tracklist:
1 My Heart Bleeds No Longer
2 Fuel the Fire
3 Only the People
4 Internal War
5 One Step Away
6 Endless
7 Internal War
8 The Charm
9 My Desire
10 Shattered by the Sun
11 Call to Judgement
12 Convictions
13 Lefty



The Stings of Conscience



Tracklist:
1 My Heart Bleeds No Longer
2 One Step Away
3 Fuel the Fire
4 Only the People
5 Stings of Conscience
6 My Desire
7 Vanishment
8 Shattered by the Sun
9 Monition
10 Stronghold

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shadow fall

History
Shadows Fall formed in 1996 in Springfield, Massachusetts and rose up as a prominent member of the bustling Massachusetts metal and hardcore scene that has recently produced bands such as Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, and Unearth. Guitar duo Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand got together in ‘96 and had the original lineup complete within a year. These members were vocalist Philip Labonte, now with All That Remains, bass player Paul Romanko, and drummer David Germain.
History

Music from Shadows Fall’s early days can be compared to metal legends such as Metallica, Slayer, and Iron Maiden as their songs relied heavily on the start-stop tempo changes made famous by the aforementioned bands. The band also had alot of death metal influences at the time. They began touring the New England area and eventually were able to obtain open slots for acclaimed metal bands such as Fear Factory and Cannibal Corpse. In 1997, the band released it’s first full length album, Somber Eyes to the Sky, on Matt Bachand’s own Lifeless Records. This however, would be the only album the band would record with Labonte. He was replaced by current vocalist Brian Fair in 1998.

The band signed with the prominent underground metal record label, Century Media in 1999. Early during the following year, Shadows Fall released Of One Blood. Their sound was a still mixture of thrash, death metal, and hardcore with a little more hard rock influence thrown in due to the entry of the Brian Fair.
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1 In Effigy
2 Will to rebuild
3 Haunting me endlessly
4 Seize the calm
5 Carpal tunnel
6 Going, Going, Gone.
7 Deadworld (new version)
8 This Is My Own (New Version)
9 December
10 Mark of the squealer
11 Teasn', pleasn'

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sentenced

founded on : 1989-2005
origin : muhos/oulu, finland
genre : gothic metal , melodic death metal
labels : cetury media

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Devildriver

History
DevilDriver is a metal band from California, United States. The group was started by Dez Fafara, formerly of the band Coal Chamber, as a result of frustrations stemming from the more mainstream direction his former band mates were attempting to take their music. After the demise of Coal Chamber, DevilDriver became his main focus. Their debut album, the self-titled “DevilDriver”, was released on October 23, 2003 under Roadrunner Records.

Their second album, “The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand”, was released in 2005 and was generally well-received by fans and critics alike, even garnering a 4K review from renowned rock magazine Kerrang. The band went on numerous tours in support of the album, including stops in the USA, Europe, and Australia in support of Fear Factory, as well as the Burning Daylight Tour, their first headlining.

On October 31, 2006, DevilDriver re-released their 2005 album “The Fury of Our Makers Hand” with three additional studio tracks and three live recordings of previously released material. The special edition also contains a DVD of all of their music videos to date.

“The Last Kind Words” is the third studio album by DevilDriver, released in the United States on July 31, 2007. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 19. The album debuted at number 48 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 14,000 copies in its first week.
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Pray for Villains



Tracklist:
1.Pray for Villains
2.Pure Sincerity
3.Fate Stepped In
4.Back with a Vengeance
5.I've Been Sober
6.Resurrection Blvd.
7.Forgiveness Is a Six Gun
8.Waiting for November
9.It's in the Cards
10.Another Night in London
11.Bitter Pill
12.Teach Me to Whisper
13.I See Belief



The Last Kind Words



Tracklist:
1 Not All Who Wander Are Lost
2 Clouds over California
3 Bound by the Moon
4 Horn of Betrayal
5 These Fighting Words
6 Head on to Heartache (Let Them Rot)
7 Burning Sermon
8 Monsters of the Deep
9 Tirades of Truth
10 When Summoned
11 The Axe Shall Fall



The Fury of Our Maker's Hand



Tracklist:
1 End Of The Line (Album Version)
2 Driving Down The Darkness (Album Version)
3 Grinfucked (Album Version)
4 Hold Back The Day (Album Version)
5 Sin & Sacrifice (Album Version)
6 Ripped Apart (Album Version)
7 Pale Horse Apocalypse (Album Version)
8 Just Run (Album Version)
9 Impending Disaster (Album Version)
10 Bear Witness Unto (Album Version)
11 Before The Hangman's Noose (Album Version)
12 The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand (Album Version)

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Children of boddom

History
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. 2 includes selections from Mozart’s 25th Symphony), and later albums are more inspired by a commercial thrash and hair metal, losing some of its earlier melodic style. A precise definition for their musical genre is discussed by fans and the specialized press alike, often discounting the influences of the band and the composition of songs. The lyrics of their songs are written in the English language and are often of a simplistic nature, dealing with the subjects of death and personal struggles. As the band grows in experience, so does their playing style. They seem to change one way or another with every album that gets released. Even the album cover arts seems to change as the band grows. They are now also hitting the mainstream part of metal, their name and style being more known now. COB continues to inspire many musicians alike and more join the COBHC everyday.

The bandmembers include Alexi Laiho (lead guitar and vocals), Janne Warman (keyboard), Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Henkka T. Blacksmith (bass guitar).

Ex-members are Alexander Kuoppala (rhythm guitar 1995-2003, Jani Pirisjoki - Keyboards (1995-1997), Samuli Miettinen - Bass (1993-1995) and Erna Siikavirta - Keyboards (1998 European Tour)
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Childern of bodom

Tracklist:

1. Hellhounds on My Trail
2. Blooddrunk
3. Lobodomy
4. One Day You Will Cry
5. Smile Pretty for the Devil
6. Tie My Rope
7. Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
8. Banned from Heaven
9. Roadkill Morning
10. Ghostriders In the Sky



Are You Dead Yet?



Tracklist:
1.Living Dead Beat
2.Are You Dead Yet?
3.If You Want Peace...Prepare for War
4.Punch Me I Bleed
5.In Your Face
6.Next in Line
7.Bastards of Bodom
8.Trashed, Lost & Strungout
9.We're Not Gonna Fall
10.Somebody Put Something in My Drink



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