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Morbid Saint is an American thrash metal band from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The band opened up numerous concerts for Florida's Death, one of the progenitors of death metal, as they shared a manager. The band has recently reformed and are planning to record two new songs for the reissue of "Spectrum Of Death".
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Necromantia was a Greek black metal band that was founded in 1989 in Athens. Alongside Rotting Christ and Varathron, they are considered to be pioneers in establishing the Greek black metal scene in the early 1990s. The band is notable for the complete lack of rhythm guitar in their music, which is substituted by an eight-string bass guitar. Another notable feature is the band's frequent use of musical instruments not usually associated with black metal, such as the saxophone and flute.
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Black Flame is an Italian black metal band, formed in 1998 in the districts surrounding the towns of Asti and Turin.
Secret Sphere is an Italian symphonic power metal band from Alessandria, formed by guitarist Aldo Lonobile in July 1997.
Thulcandra is a black metal band from Munich, Germany. They have released four full-length studio albums. Their latest album A Dying Wish was released in 2021 through Napalm Records to overwhelming reviews. The band's style is described as melodic black metal and inspired by bands such as Dissection, Sacramentum, and Unanimated.
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- ↑ Klabautamann at www.sputnikmusic.com
- ↑ Back to the blackest roots of Metal – The Old Chamber by Klabautamann. - underneathadyingsun.wordpress.com
