Slipknot

Slipknot is a nine-piece alternative/nu metal band from Des Moines, Iowa (United States). Aside from their real names, members of the band are also referred to by numbers 0 through 8.(#0 Sid Wilson, #1 Joey Jordison, #2 Paul Gray, #3 Chris Fehn, #4 James Root, #5 Craig Jones, #6 Shawn Crahan, #7 Mick Thomson & #8 Corey Taylor)

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Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Iowa
All Hope Is Gone

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Rancid

Rancid – Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Matt Freeman (bass, vocals), Lars Frederiksen (vocals, guitar), Branden Steineckert (drums) – as a band have always been imbued with a sense of place: the blue collar neighborhoods where they grew up, their place as individuals within their band, their band as part of a movement and their evolving sense of place in relation to the world at large.

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...And Out Come the Wolves
Indestructible
Let's Go
Let The Dominoes Fall
Rancid (1993)
Life Won't Wait
Rancid (2000)

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One Minute Silence

One Minute Silence were a four-piece band that combined influences from metal, hardcore punk and rap (and, later, elements from stoner and progressive rock). The band consisted of vocalist Brian ‘Yap’ Barry, guitarist Massimo Fiocco, drummer Eddie Stratton and bassist Glen Diani. The band announced its split after eight years in a press release dated October 21, 2003. Yap went on to record with Pink Punk.

Although they claimed not to be a “political band” — they are simply “political people” who are also musicians, they say — the group’s lyrics have a political message which can be interpreted as generally anti-capitalist and anarchist.

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Buy Now...Saved Later
One Lie Fits All

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One Day as a Lion

One Day as a Lion is a collaboration between Rage Against the Machine front-man Zack De La Rocha and former The Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. They are an alternative hip-hop / rock duo from Los Angeles, California.

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Norma Jean

Norma Jean is a metalcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, USA- a suburb of Atlanta. They were originally known as Luti-Kriss. They released two albums: an EP (titled 5ep) in 2000, and a full-length release, Throwing Myself on March 13, 2001. After the release of Throwing Myself, the band changed their name to Norma Jean to avoid confusion with rapper Ludacris.

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Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
O' God, the Aftermath
Redeemer
The Anti Mother

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Leftöver Crack

Leftöver Crack is a political ska-punk/hardcore punk band formed in 2000 that rose from the remains of the seminal ska-punk band Choking Victim, which released one very-low budget LP and a couple of EPs in the 1990s. LöC is often referred to as “squatcore” for its practice of that lifestyle. They write music that is anti-capitalist, anti-WTO/NAFTA, anti-racist, anti-police, anti-homophobic, anti-sexist, and anti-fascist. They span several different music genres including crust punk, ska, andhardcore punk.

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Fuck World Trade

Mediocre Generica

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Snapcase

Snapcase is a now defunct (as of 2005) hardcore band from Buffalo, New York. Their records were released on the Chicago record label, Victory Records.

The band was conceived in 1991, and was originally named Solid State. Orignal line up consisted of Chris Galas (vocals), Scott Dressler (guitar), Joe Smith (guitar), Daryl Taberski (bass), and Mike Kimaid (drums). After the release of their first 7 inch “Comatose”, Galas was replaced on vocals by Taberski, Jon Salemi joined and replaced Joe Smith. and Bob Whiteside took over on bass. In 1993, Kimaid left the band and was replaced on drums by Tim Redmond. Their first full length “Lookinglassself” was released in 1993. In 1995, the band released the “Steps” EP. This was the last recording to feature Scott Dressler, who left the band in the fall of 1995. He was replaced by Frank Vicario.

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Bright Flashes
Designs for Automotion
End Transmission
Lookinglasself
Progression Through Unlearning
Comatose 7" EP
Steps EP
Snapcase VS. boysetsfire Split EP

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Strife

Strife was a Hardcore band from Los Angeles, California. Their first LP, One Truth, was released in 1994 by Victory Records to both critical acclaim and tremendous sales. At the time, their speed-metal style of hardcore was considered revolutionary, and their message of Straight Edge activism and positive life style was a refreshing contrast to the typical music popular at the time.

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My Fire Burns On...
In This Defiance
One Truth
Grey 7"

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Youth of Today

Seminal Connecticut straight edge hardcore punk band Youth Of Today were pivotal in the mid-’80s youth crew scene and are still regarded amongst new and old fans alike as one of the finest hardcore bands to ever exist. The original line up consisted of Ray Cappo (vocals), John Porcelly (guitar), Graham Philips (bass) and Darren Pesce (drums), but the line up changed several times to include musicians such as Craig Setari (bass) and Tom Carroll (drums) of Straight Ahead, Drew Thomas (drums) of Crippled Youth (to later be known as Bold) , Mike Judge (drums) who went on to form Judge alongside Porcelly, and Walter Schreifels (bass) of Gorilla Biscuits, with Cappo remaining on vocals throughout.

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Can't Close My Eyes
Break Down The Walls
We're Not In This Alone
Disengage 7"
A Time We'll Remember
Take A Stand 12" Part 1
Take A Stand 12" Part 2

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Refused

Refused was an influential hardcore band from Umeå, Sweden, that formed in 1992 and broke up in 1998.

They formed in January 1992 with Dennis Lyxzén, David Sandström, Pär Hansson and Jonas Lidgren, and their final line-up consisted of the members Dennis Lyxzén, David Sandström, Kristofer Steen and Jon Brännström.

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Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent
This Just Might Be the Truth

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Minor Threat

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band from Washington DC. Short-lived but very influential, critics have called the band and their work “iconic,” and have noted that their “groundbreaking” music “has held up better than most of their contemporaries.” Minor Threat is credited with unintentionally starting the ‘straight edge movement.’

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Out of Step
Complete Discography
First Demo Tape
In My Eyes
Salad Days

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Gorilla Biscuits

Gorilla Biscuits is a New York straight edge hardcore punk band on Revelation Records. They formed in 1987. They picked the name under pressure to have a name when Token Entry got them a stage appearance unexpectedly. Ironically (due to their straight edge status), the name came from a big quaalude known as a “gorilla biscuit” which was popular in their neighborhood. The intent was to change the name later, but it stuck. However the name was used effectively in one of their early songs which is titled Biscuit Power with the lyrics “Gorilla Biscuits in your fucking head, one more time and you’ll be dead…”

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Gorilla Biscuits
Start Today
Having A Great Time... Wish You Were Here
A Puzzle of 38 Pieces

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Earth Crisis

Earth Crisis are a Vegan Straight Edge hardcore band from Syracuse, New York that have recorded and are still performing. They are perhaps best known for their political activism, particularly their views on the environment and animal rights. Earth Crisis were the band responsible for bringing these issues to the forefront of the hardcore scene in the mid-nineties.

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Breed the Killers
Destroy the Machines
Gomorrah's Season Ends
Last of the Sane
Slither
To The Death

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As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California, formed in 2000. Their band name derives from the novel by William Faulkner with the same title. Founded in 2000 by Tim Lambesis and having completed their first Line-up in 2001, the band’s line-up consists of vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, lead guitarist Nick Hipa, rhythm guitarist Phil Sgrosso, and bassist Josh Gilbert, all of whom are Christians. Signed to Metal Blade Records, As I Lay Dying has released four studio albums, one split album, and one compilation album.

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Beneath the Encasing of Ashes
Frail Words Collapse
Shadows Are Security
An Ocean Between Us

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Ampere

Ampere is an American hardcore band based in Amherst, Massachusetts known for their short (10-15 minutes) but extremely loud and intense live shows. The band has put the importance of DIY hardcore punk ethics at the forefront of their lyrics and are renowned for the particular attention they bring to their vegan principles.

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All Our Tomorrows End Today
Demo 7"
The First Five Years

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Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed in 1996. Founded by Carcass guitarist Michael Amott along with Johan Liiva, both originally from the influential death metal band Carnage. The band has released seven studio albums, a live album (Burning Japan Live 1999), two DVDs and three EPs. The band was originally fronted by Johan Liiva, who was replaced by Angela Gossow as lead vocalist in 2000

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Stigmata
Anthems Of Rebellion
Black Earth
Doomsday Machine
Rise Of The Tyrant
The Root Of All Evil
Wages Of Sin
Burning Bridges

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Homicide

Homicide is an underground, politically conscious hip hop supergroup from Bandung,West of Java,Indonesia.

Homicide is well respected among underground hip hop community through it’s consistent and razor sharp poetic lyrics,along with abstract rhymes wrapped in experimental beats with dark spectrum.Consisted with two members;Morgue vanguard (MC/Producer),and Sarkasz (MC).Since 1994,Homicide succeeded to put The-“Against Neo-liberalism”-movement in the musical platform. It became one of the most influential group in the whole Indonesia’s underground music scene history.

Before the group broke up in August of 2007,they had dropped the critically acclaimed album “The Nekrophone dayz” (2006),following the success of it’s EP “Prosa tanpa Tuhan” (2003).

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Shades Of Rhythm (MP3)
Godzkilla Necronometry
The Nekrophone Dayz
Illsurrekshun

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Street Sweeper Social Club

Street Sweeper Social Club is an American rock band consisting of Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) and Boots Riley (The Coup). Stanton Moore (Galactic) performed drums on their upcoming album. Their first known performance as “Street Sweeper” was at the Commodore Ballroom (2008-11-06), where they played a song called 100 Little Curses.

They have recorded their first album Street Sweeper Social Club, which was released on June 16th on East West Records.

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Street Sweeper Social Club

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Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against the Machine is a rap metal rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1991. The band’s continual members are vocalist Zack De La Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello (who also records as a solo artist under the name “The Nightwatchman”), bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Rage Against the Machine are noted for their blend of punk rock, hip hop, heavy metal and funk as well as their revolutionary politics and Socialist lyrics and imagery (including use of the former-USSR Red Army white-outlined star emblem, as well as images of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, and the red EZLN star). Rage Against the Machine drew their inspiration from early metal instrumentation, as well as rap acts such as Public Enemy and Afrika Bambaataa. The group’s music is based primarily on de la Rocha’s rhyming styles and powerful stage energy, and Morello’s unorthodox guitar techniques.

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Evil Empire
Rage Against The Machine
The Battle of Los Angeles
Renegades
Live & Rare
Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

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Manu Chao

Manu Chao is a French folk singer with French and Spanish (Basque/Galician) origin.

Manu Chao was a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra. Mano Negra met with success in France first with the hit single Mala Vida, then toured South America. The band split in 1995.

He sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, Galician, Portuguese, English, Italian, and Wolof, often mixing them in the same song. He is one of the world’s largest selling artists, but is less known in the English-speaking world.

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Clandestino
La Radiolina
Próxima Estación: Esperanza
Radio Bemba Sound System
Estación México Part 1
Estación México Part 2

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Mano Negra

Mano Negra was a French/Spanish/Portuguese band fronted by Manu Chao, born in Paris to Spanish parents. The band was founded in 1987 by Manu, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casiriego. It split circa 1995, but many members had already left in 1992.

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Casa Babylon
King of Bongo
Puta's Fever
Patchanka

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Lamb of God

Lamb of God is an American groove metal band, originally formed under the name Burn the Priest.

The roots of Lamb of God were planted in the year 1990, when Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell were bros at Virginia Commonwealth University. The trio began playing at Adler’s house in Richmond weathering chilly conditions. “There was no heat in the house,” recalls Campbell. “We would hang around the kerosene heaters, get really drunk and write metal songs. Fumes and Black Label beer were definitely what fueled our early days.”

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Burn the Priest
As the Palaces Burn
Ashes of the Wake
New American Gospel
Sacrament
Wrath

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KRS-One

KRS-One (born Lawrence Parker on August 20, 1965 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York) is an American hip-hop MC. Over his career he has been known by several pseudonyms, including Kris Parker, KRS One, KRS-ONE (as given at his site), The Blastmaster and The Teacha. KRS-One is an acronym for “‘K’nowledge ‘R’eigns ‘S’upreme ‘O’ver ‘N’early ‘E’veryone”. KRS One is a significant figure in the hip hop community and is often referenced in works by other hip hop artists and critics as being the ‘essence’ of an MC and one of the greatest to ever hold the mic.

KRS-ONE, originally a member of the hip hop crew Boogie Down Productions, is known for setting the path for both hardcore rap and socially conscious political rap.

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I Got Next
Keep Right
Kristyles
KRS-One
Adventures In Emceein'
Life
Maximum Strength
Return Of The Boom Bap
The Sneak Attack

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KoЯn

KoЯn, occasionally typeset as KoRn, is a nu-metal band from Bakersfield, California, and is often credited with popularizing the nu-metal genre. Along with other bands at the time, they have also inspired many other metal and alternative rock and metal bands throughout the mid 1990s and early 2000s.

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Follow the Leader
Issues
KoЯn
Life Is Peachy
See You On The Other Side
Take a Look In The Mirror
Untitled
Untouchables

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Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock and current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D’Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer Justin Foley. The band’s membership has changed in the decade since its founding as illness, changes in life-situation, and new interests have drawn the men in different directions. The band has released five studio albums and one DVD.

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Alive or Just Breathing
As Daylight Dies
Killswitch Engage (2000 Album)
Killswitch Engage (2009 Album)
The End of Heartache

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In This Moment

In This Moment is a melodic metalcore band, formed in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States in 2005. Their first album, entitled Beautiful Tragedy, was released on March 20th, 2007 on Century Media Records. The band’s sound falls on the melodic side of the metalcore spectrum, with vocalist Maria Brink utilizing both screams and a good deal of clean, emotive singing, the latter being even more prominent on the band’s second album, The Dream, released in 2008.

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Beautiful Tragedy
The Dream
Call Me (Blondie Cover)

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Hatebreed

Hatebreed is a hardcore punk/metalcore from Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. The band was founded in November 1994 by Jamey Jasta, Dave Russo, Larry Dwyer, and Chris Beattie. Hatebreed’s sound can be classified as metallic hardcore-era metalcore, taking influences from death metal and groove metal. Their sound also has influenced modern metalcore bands.

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For the Lions
Hatebreed
Perseverance
Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Supremacy
The Rise of Brutality

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Dry Kill Logic

Dry Kill Logic is a nu metal band (formerly called Hinge) that was formed in 1995 in Westchester, NY. The band’s first EP was released under Psychodrama Records, their own label. For their first full length album, “The Darker Side of Nonsense”, Dry Kill Logic signed on with Roadrunner Records and released the album in 2001. The band’s second album, “Dead and Dreaming”, was released under their current label: Repossession Records.

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Cause Moshing is Good Fun EP
Elemental Evil EP
Rot EP
The Magellan Complex EP
Of Vengeance and Violence
The Darker Side of Nonsense
The Dead and Dreaming

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Deftones

Deftones are an American Alternative Metal band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion).
While they were mostly considered as a Nu Metal band in their early years, their sound progressively evolved into something more complex and experimental, as a result they are often coined today as an Alternative Metal band.

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Adrenaline
Around The Fur
Deftones
Saturday Night Wrist
White Pony

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Comeback Kid

Comeback Kid (CBK for short) is a hardcore band from Winnipeg, Canada, formed in 2002 by Andrew Neufeld and Jeremy Hiebert, who were both members of the band Figure Four, currently on hiatus.

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Broadcasting...
Demo EP
Through The Noise
Turn It Around
Wake The Dead

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Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber was a Nu-Metal band from Los Angeles, CA, USA formed in 1995. They enjoyed some mainstream success in the mid to late 90’s during the nu metal boom which they, along with bands like KoЯn helped create. The band gained a large following early in their career, arguably because they were one of the first ‘darker’ themed nu metal bands.

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Chamber Music
Coal Chamber
Dark Days
Giving the Devil His Due
The Best of Coal Chamber

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Brujeria

Brujeria is a death metal/grindcore band hailing from Mexico. Their name comes from the Spanish language, meaning “Witchcraft”. Their extreme attitude involving permanent use of urban militia masks, an old custom of refusing to make live shows, and performing under pseudonyms to portray themselves as a Latino band of drug lords, have been part of their passport to success. Although they have recently performed live at locations across the United States and Latin America, at the very start of their career they were concealing their identities due to being supposedly wanted by the FBI.

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Brujerizmo
Matando Güeros
Raza Odiada

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Biohazard

Biohazard was one of the first bands to regularly incorporate elements of both hip-hop and hardcore metal into their sound; since their lyrical fare dealt with the harshness of urban life and the resulting anger and frustration, which both genres of music have been known to address, the connection only made sense, especially in light of Anthrax’s highly effective collaboration with Public Enemy on 1991’s “Bring the Noise. ” When Biohazard formed in 1988 in Brooklyn, NY, their sound was much closer to the former band than the latter; their original lineup consisted of guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei, bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld, guitarist Bobby Hambel, and drummer Danny Schuler. They began opening for local hardcore and thrash bands and gradually built a large following through their outraged sense of injustice, political awareness, and constant touring. A self-titled debut was released in 1990 on the Maze label, but by 1992, Biohazard’s fan base was strong enough to secure a deal with Roadrunner Records.

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Biohazard
Kill Or Be Killed
Mata Leão
Means To An End
New World Disorder
State of the World Address
Uncivilization
Urban Discipline

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Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold is a band from Huntington Beach, California, United States. They started out as a metalcore band, but have since moved towards hard rock.

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City of Evil
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Waking the Fallen
Avenged Sevenfold
Diamonds In The Rough

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Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag is a punk band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 1988. Despite relatively modest beginnings and a back catalog of independent labels, the band has risen to steady popularity, having performed tours on four continents and signed to a major label. The current lineup includes Justin Sane (vocals/guitar), Chris #2 (vocals/bass), Chris Head (guitar), and Pat Thetic (drums). Past members include Lucy Fester, Andy Flag, and Jamie Cock.

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Their System Doesn't Work For You (1998)
A New Kind of Army (1999)
Underground Network (2001)
Mobilize (2002)
The Terror State (2003)
For Blood and Empire (2006)
The Bright Lights of America (2008)
The People or the Gun (2009)

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Amanda Woodward

Amanda Woodward is a screamo band from Caen, France formed in year 2000. The lyrics are in French and they often have political messages (“À L’assaut”, “La Décadence de la Décadence”), while keeping guitar riffs and screaming vocals.

Members:
Pierre - Bass
Antoine - Guitar
Nico - Guitar
Antoine - Drums
Gerome - Vocals

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Discography
La Décadence de la Décadence
Meurt La Soif / Un Peu d’Etoffe 7”
Pleine de Grâce
Ultramort

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Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio are a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois consisting of Matt Skiba (guitar/vocals), Dan Andriano (bass/vocals), and Derek Grant (drums/backing vocals). Their music is characterized by dark lyrics, catchy hooks, fast tempos and recurring subjects of alcoholism, depression, shattered relationships, drugs and death.

The band formed in December of 1996, originally consisting of Skiba, Rob Doran (bass/vocals), and Glenn Porter (drums/vocals). 1997 saw the release of the band’s first EP, Sundials. This was followed shortly after by the departure of Doran. He was replaced by Andriano, who had been the singer for Tuesday and bassist for the ska band Slapstick. The band released their second EP, entitled For Your Lungs Only, in 1998, which began to build them a sizable fan base in the American Midwest. Later that year, they released their first full-length album, Goddamnit, followed by Maybe I’ll Catch Fire in 2000. Both were released on Asian Man Records. Also in 2000, the band released a collection of their previously-released EPs on a self-titled album.

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Agony & Irony
Crimson
From Here To Infirmary
Goddamnit
Good Mourning

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