Epica (NL) + Sabaton + Eluveitie (CH) + Iced Earth (US) + Hypocrisy + Danko Jones (CA) + Dark Funeral + Nightmare + Amaranthe + Nocturnal Rites + D-A-D (DK) + Crashdïet + Iron Savior (DE) + In Mourning + Engel + Astral Doors + The Unguided (AT) + Circle II Circle (US) + Mimikry + Crimson Glory (US) + Sister Sin + F.K.Ü. + Dynazty + Deals Death + Panzer Princess + Bourbon Boys + Frantic Amber + Orphan Gypsy + Tempory + Letters from the Colony + Assaultery + The Memory Remains + Sweet Wire

There are at least two bands called Epica: 1. Epica is a symphonic metal band from The Netherlands, founded in 2003 by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever . The band currently consists of Simone Simons (vocals), Mark Jansen (guitars, vocals), Isaac Delahaye (guitar), Rob van der Loo (bass), Coen Janssen (keyboards, synthesiser), and Ariën van Weesenbeek (drums). They perform symphonic metal, with influences from death, progressive and powe...

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Sabaton was formed back in 1999 in Falun, Sweden and worked hard with demos and small club shows just like any other band. An album was recorded in 2002 bearing the name of Fist for Fight on an independent label in Italy, but was never released. By 2004, the band was becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of marketing opportunities available for their album, so eventually they decided that their best strategy would be start over with new material .

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Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland. The founder of this band was Chrigel Glanzmann. The band formed in 2002 and their first EP, " Vên " came out in 2003. They describe themselves as "The new wave of folk metal ". The band then released a full-length album, " Spirit " in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast The first product of the collaboration, " Slania ", was released in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss cha...

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Iced Earth is an American power metal band that combine heavy metal and speed metal / thrash metal genres in their music. The band was formed by Jon Schaffer , the lead songwriter and rhythm guitarist, in Tampa, Florida in 1984. The original name of the band was Purgatory but was then changed to Iced Earth. Iced Earth’s music is often described as the style of Iron Maiden combined with 80’s thrash metal.

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The Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy was formed by Peter Tägtgren in 1990 upon his return to Sweden from Florida, where he had been inspired by that state's flourishing death metal scene (bands like Morbid Angel , Deicide , Death and Obituary ). Hypocrisy's first demo was recorded entirely by Tägtgren himself; once it secured him a record deal, he recruited a lineup of Masse Broberg (Vocals), Jonas Österberg (Guitar), Mikael Hedlund (Bass) and Lars Szöke (Drums), while he...

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Danko Jones is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Canada. The band consists of Danko Jones (vocals/guitar), John 'JC' Calabrese (bass guitar) and Atom Willard (drums). Formed in 1996, they played consistently for two years in and around the north-eastern United States and Canada, opening for The New Bomb Turks, Nashville Pussy, Blonde Redhead, The Make-Up, The Dirtbombs, The Chrome Cranks and The Demolition Doll Rods. Originally they did not even want to release an album opting to have the b...

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Dark Funeral is a black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They are one of the bands to have emerged in Sweden during the Second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-Christianity. Certain past and present members including Blackmoon, Ahriman, Caligula and Chaq Mol have each declared an affinity for Satanism, with Ahriman and Caligula notably being practitioners of LaVe...

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Amaranthe is a Swedish/Danish band, originated from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2008 that fuses melodic metal with pop melodies. Formed by Jake E ( Dreamland , Dream Evil ) and Olof Mörck ( Dragonland , Nightrage ), the project began taking shape, when singers Elize Ryd (toured with Kamelot ) and Andreas Solvestrom ( Cipher System , Within Y ), signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen ( The Cleansing , Koldborn , Mercenary ). Bassist Johan Andreassen (Engel) joined after the p...

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