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With the amount of heavy metal rings traipsing off to Tolkien’s Middle Globe for mystical yarns with which to inspire their music, Sweden’s Narnia find the considerably less referenced — but nearly as timeless — functions of C.S. Lewis. Writing exactly the same Christian beliefs as Lewis, Narnia’s musical goal …

The brutally heavy death metal of With the Eyes from the Deceased first appeared in June 2003, with the initial music group lineup of Anthony Gunnels (vocals), Justin Longshore (guitar), Richard Turbeville (guitar), Jeff Springs (bass), and Dayton Cantley (drums). Located in Florence, SC, the people appeared up to functions …

Acquiring their name from a vintage song released by American doom titans Hassle in the entire year of their beginning, 1993, Kumla, Sweden’s Memory Back garden also had taken their doom history quite seriously, infusing their music with unapologetic sources to genre icons like Black colored Sabbath, Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, …

A German guitarist and vocalist who 1st found success because the co-founder of power metallic greats Helloween, Kai Hansen was created in 1963 in Hamburg, Western Germany. He started his musical profession in 1978 alongside Iron Saviour co-founder and maker Piet Sielck in an organization known as Gentry. He created …

Following the release of the first two LPs Rhymes of Lunacy and Life Loss of life as well as other Morbid Tales, singer Messiah Marcolin and drummer Snowy Shaw exited the energy doom steel band Memento Mori, departing songwriter/guitarist Mike Wead to start out the group over from scuff. La …

Royal Hunt began in 1991 when bandleader Andre Anderson, originally from Moscow, joined up with up in Denmark with singer Henrik Brockmann, bassist Steen Mogensen, and drummer Kenneth Olson. With Andre on keyboards and program musicians playing electric guitar, Royal Hunt was established to record their initial album, Property of …

The German rock outfit, Rage, originally shaped in the first ’80s, and even though the group has issued albums on a reliable basis since, lead singer/bassist Peter “Peavey” Wagner may be the just original member still in attendance. First referred to as Avenger, the group released a set of recordings …

Power metallic supergroup Masterplan features Ark vocalist Jorn Lande, guitarist Roland Grapow, drummer Ulli Kusch (both ex-Helloween), former Iron Saviour bassist Jan S. Eckert and key pad participant Axel Mackenrott. Founded in 2002, the group quickly released a 5-monitor E.P. entitled Enlighten Me, after that followed it making use of …

The four-man rock combo from Germany named Running Wild was formed within the mid-’70s by vocalist and guitarist Rolf Kasparak alongside guitarist Preacher, bassist Stephan, and drummer Hasche. The group cut their initial demos in 1982 and agreed upon to Noise Information for debut record Gates of Purgatory. A support …

A shape-shifting and musically adept American, German, and Swedish hard rock and roll device that skilfully blends components of classical, gothic/doom steel, progressive rock and roll, and symphonic steel, Kamelot had become in 1992 in Tampa, Florida. Founded by multi-instrumentalist Thomas Youngblood, the music group has endured many lineup adjustments …