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A Finnish power steel outfit with an extraordinary hard rock and roll pedigree, Cain’s Supplying is a Scandinavian supergroup of kinds, comprising vocalist Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius), guitarist Jani Liimatainen and keyboardist Mikko Härkin (Sonata Arctica), bassist Jukka Koskinen (Wintersun, Norther), and drummer Jani Hurula. Produced in 2008, the music group …

Purchase of Nine is a third-millennium rock music group from Pittsburgh, PA, whose music harks back again to the countless overlooked proto-power steel rings — e.g. Jag Panzer, Helstar, Omen, early Queensrÿche, etc. — that ‘80s thrash and pop steel pushed to the trunk pages and minimal feature parts of …

Often overlooked within the evolutionary procedure for what would become referred to as neo-classical rock, Sweden’s Silver Mountain are among the great Scandinavian cult bands from the 1980s. Called for the popular music by Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Metallic Mountain was initially put together in 1978 by vocalist/guitarist Jonas Hansson, guitarist …

A Christian metalcore group known for a penchant for Iron Maiden and frenetic — to state minimal — concert events, A Plea for Purging formed in Murfreesboro, TN, in 2005. Using a function ethic that could impress even a few of the most regular road canines (the band performed up …

Minnesota-based rock sextet Epicurean shaped in Minneapolis in 2004. The band’s personal blend of intensifying and European-influenced metallic was quick to get an audience, producing a tour routine which was as intense because the group’s notoriously volatile stage display. On the effectiveness of Epicurean’s self-recorded demonstration, the band started focus …

The associates of Glasgow, Scotland’s Mendeed — vocalist David Proctor, lead guitarist Steven Nixon, rhythm guitarist Steph Gildea, bassist/vocalist Chris Lavery, and drummer Kevin Matthews — met as teenagers while attending regional Dumbarton Academy, and evolved through some different rock styles until settling upon a frenzied combination of power metal …

Located in the central Finnish town of Konnevesi, where they 1st formed in the entire year 2000, Excalion is really a power metal strap whose lineup during their 1st album, Primal Exhale, comprised vocalist Jarmo Pääkkönen, guitarists Kimmo Hänninen and Tero Vaaja, keyboardist Jarmo “Jappe” Myllyvirta, bassist Timo Sahlberg, and …

Acquiring the mythical themes of rock from Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden, japan band Onmyo-Za will go a step further more. The performers, though playing pretty straightforward metal within the vein of the Iron Maiden or Judas Priest, achieve this completely traditional outfit like characters away from a Heian pantheon. …

Chicago-based ambidextrous rock guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio is well known for his lightning-fast guitar methods, in addition to his inventions, like the dual guitar, which he prominently uses in his recordings and performances. Batio can be well known being a electric guitar instructor, and it has released many instructional …

This hard rock-band was formed in Germany in 1986 by Bernie Kolbe (vocals, bass) and British expatriate Cliff Jackson (guitar; previously the first choice of UK intensifying rock and roll group Epitaph). Originally called Kingdom, the group added guitarist Alex Ritt, key pad participant Voker Sassenberg and drummer Thorstein Preker …