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Hypocrisy

The Swedish <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/death%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">death metal</a> band Hypocrisy was formed by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Peter+T%C3%A4gtgren" class="bbcode_artist">Peter T&auml;gtgren</a> in 1990 upon his return to Sweden from Florida, where he had been inspired by that state's flourishing death metal scene (bands like <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Morbid+Angel" class="bbcode_artist">Morbid Angel</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Deicide" class="bbcode_artist">Deicide</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Death" class="bbcode_artist">Death</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Obituary" class="bbcode_artist">Obituary</a>). Hypocrisy's first demo was recorded entirely by Tägtgren himself; once it secured him a record deal, he recruited a lineup of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Masse+Broberg" class="bbcode_artist">Masse Broberg</a> (Vocals), <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jonas+%C3%96sterberg" class="bbcode_artist">Jonas &Ouml;sterberg</a> (Guitar), <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mikael+Hedlund" class="bbcode_artist">Mikael Hedlund</a> (Bass) and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lars+Sz%C3%B6ke" class="bbcode_artist">Lars Sz&ouml;ke</a> (Drums), while he himself settled on guitar.

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Melodic Death Metal
swedish
metal
swedish metal
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Deviant

There is more than one artist with this name: 1)DEVIANT from Denver, CO USA. The meshing of rock guitar riffs, electronic melodies, and driving industrial drums were the initial factors behind the building of the electro-rock trio, Deviant. Formed in 2002 by vocalist/lyricist London, multi-talented musicians D' MacKinnon and Marcus "Daisho" Wilkerson, Deviant immediately garnered a local following in Denver after their first live performances and album release. Deviant successfully merged the modern sounds of electronic music with accessable songwriting and emotional lyrical content.

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death metal
black metal
thrash metal
hardcore
Straight Edge
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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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death metal
black metal
raw black metal
youth attack
how much art can you take
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Super Fun Happy Slide

Super Fun Happy Slide is a grindcore band from Australia. Formed in 2005, Super Fun Happy Slide quickly rose to the top of the legendary Heywood grindcore scene with their combination of hardline straight-edge politics and their progressive melodic song writing. After the departure of founding member M. Sanchez, the band relocated to Melbourne City and changed their sound to a more Napalm Death influenced blend of Napalm Death and Napalm Death.

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death metal
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grindcore
goregrind
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Devastator

There are several bands called Devastator. There is a thrash/death metal Devastator from Newfoundland, Canada; thrash metal band Devastator from Malaysia; death metal Devastator from Poland; two American bands - one a black/thrash band from Florida and the other a speed metal band from California; thrash metal band from Italy and lastly a German death metal Devastator, for which the following biography was written.

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death metal
black metal
thrash metal
Brutal Death Metal
blackened thrash metal
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Demonium

There are at least 4 artists using the name "Demonium": 1) Black/Death Metal band from FRANCE
2) A Heavy Metal/Power Metal band from Vaduz, Liechtenstein
3) A Black Metal band from Eksjö, Sweden
4) A Death Metal (Black Metal in early days) from Ukraine
1) Black / Death Metal band from FRANCE ... contain members of HAEMOTH 2)
Demonium is a Heavy Metal/Power Metal band from Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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french
Ukrainian
french black metal
ukrainian black metal
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Meshuggah

Meshuggah, whose name is taken from the Hebrew and Yiddish word for “crazy”, is a five-piece band from Umeå, Sweden, founded in 1987. The band's style is most easily described as extreme/technical metal with some jazz influence. They use extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh vocals. Their lineup has always been consistent, apart from bass which has been handled by many people since the band’s inception.

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death metal
metal
Progressive metal
math metal
Technical Metal
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