Massacre Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 based in Abstatt

Abstatt

Abstatt is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.- Geography :Abstatt is situated in the south of the district of Heilbronn at the Schozach river...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

.

The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

. Connected to Massacre Records is the marketing and music wholesale Metal Merchant, the sub-labels Blue Rose Records and Gutter Records for the singer/songwriter genre and for German metal respectively and the music publisher Sylvian Music. Massacre Records distributes also the albums of the gothic metal

Gothic metal

Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...

 label MCM Music.

From 1995 to 2000, Massacre Records maintained the sub-label Swanlake Records for gothic metal and folk metal

Folk metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

. The best-known artists published on Swanlake were Skyclad

Skyclad (band)

Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music. They are considered one of the pioneers of folk metal. The etymology behind the term "skyclad" comes from a pagan/wiccan term for ritual nudity, in which rituals are performed with the participants metaphorically clad...

, Atrocity

Atrocity (band)

Atrocity is a German Heavy Metal band formed in Ludwigsburg.-History:First started in 1985 as Instigators and playing grindcore, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use...

, Theatre of Tragedy

Theatre of Tragedy

Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre.-Biography:...

 and Liv Kristine

Liv Kristine

Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull , better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves' Eyes.- Career :...

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The best-selling albums released on Massacre became Velvet Darkness They Fear

Velvet Darkness They Fear

Velvet Darkness They Fear is the second album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy. It was released in 1996 through Massacre Records.- Music :...

and Aégis

Aégis

Aégis is the third music album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and the last album of their musical period defined by gothic stylings and Early Modern English lyrics.- Music and lyrics :...

by Theatre of Tragedy, and Werk 80

Werk 80

Werk 80 is the fifth full-length album by German industrial gothic metal band Atrocity and was released in 1997. It's the bands first full length album with cover versions of popular 1980s songs. Atrocity released a sequel, Werk 80 II, in 2008.-CD:...

by Atrocity.

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• Andromeda
  Andromeda (Swedish band)
  Andromeda are a progressive metal band from Sweden formed in 1999. They are currently signed to Massacre Records, Replica Records and Avalon/Marquee. The style emphasizes on strong keyboards and technical drumming. The band is also well known for the smooth vocals of David Fremberg.They have...
  
  
• Anvil
  Anvil (band)
  Anvil is a Canadian heavy metal band comprising Steve "Lips" Kudlow , Robb Reiner , and Glenn Five...
  
  
• Atargatis
  Atargatis (band)
  Atargatis is a symphonic metal band from Germany, formed in 1997 in Regensburg.- Current Line-Up :*Stephanie Luzie – Vocals*Artur Vladinovskij - Guitar*Lord Lornhold – Bass, backing vocals*Tialupa - Violin*Shadrak – Drums- Former members :...
  
  
• Atrocity
  Atrocity (band)
  Atrocity is a German Heavy Metal band formed in Ludwigsburg.-History:First started in 1985 as Instigators and playing grindcore, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use...
  
  
• Avian
  Avian (band)
  Avian is a melodic power metal band founded in 2002 by guitarist Yan Leviathan. The band features singer Lance King. In 2005 they released their debut album From the Depths of Time, a concept album dealing with the end of days and a warning to mankind. Musically, Avian is influenced by bands...
  
  
• Axenstar
  Axenstar
  Axenstar is a power metal band from Västerås, Sweden, founded in 1998 by Peter Johansson and Magnus Ek. Their fifth and latest studio album, Aftermath, was released on 7 January 2011.-Current members:...
  
  
• Axxis
  Axxis
  Axxis is a German power metal band that was founded in 1988. Their debut album, "Kingdom of the Night", became the best-selling debut album ever by a hard rock band in Germany in 1989.-Biography:...
  
  
• Beyond Twilight
  Beyond Twilight
  Beyond Twilight is a progressive metal band from Denmark with symphonic elements to their sound such as keyboards and harmonic vocals. The vocals are high-pitched as is typical for power metal bands, another possible classification of their style. The band was originally formed by Finn Zierler in...
  
  
• Bleed the Sky
  Bleed the Sky (band)
  Bleed the Sky is an American groove metal band formed in Orange County, California in 2003. The band is currently signed to Nuclear Blast.-Formation and Paradigm in Entropy :...
  
  
• Bronx Casket Co.
• Cage
  Cage (band)
  Cage is an American heavy metal band from San Diego, California.In early 2010, original bassist Mike Giordano and lead guitarist Anthony Wayne McGuiniss exited the band....
  
  
• Catamenia
• Chain Collector
  Chain Collector
  Chain Collector is a heavy metal band from Norway that formed in 2003. Some of the members come from other bands such as Green Carnation, Carpathian Forest, Trail of Tears, Dismal Euphony and In the Woods. In 2004, the Forthcoming Addiction demo, containing four songs, was recorded at DUB studio...
  
  
• Chastain
  Chastain (band)
  Chastain is a Power/heavy metal project formed in 1984 by guitarist David T. Chastain.The band was put together in 1984 by Mike Varney, president of Shrapnel Records for a David T. Chastain solo album...
  
  
• Cornerstone
• Crematory
  Crematory (band)
  Crematory is a gothic/melodic death metal band formed in Mannheim, Germany in 1991.- History :The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity. Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved...
  
  
• Darkane
  Darkane
  Darkane is a melodic death / progressive thrash metal band that originated in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full orchestras and choir...
  
  
• Darkseed
  Darkseed (German band)
  Darkseed is a German gothic metal band, formed in 1992. Darkseed, beginning as a death metal band, took a more unconventional song writing method that aimed more towards the gothic experimental route...
  
  
• Darzamat
  Darzamat
  Darzamat is a Polish symphonic black metal band formed in 1995. Although there is a claim about Darzamat being a name of a Slavonic forest god, it comes from Latvian mythology denoting garden goddess . Their latest album, Solfernus' Path, was released on August 28, 2009...
  
  
• Das Ich
  Das Ich
  Das Ich is a German electronic music group formed in 1989. The group, fronted by Stefan Ackermann and Bruno Kramm, were one of the prominent founders of and contributors to "Neue Deutsche Todeskunst" a musical movement in the early 1990s...
  
  
• Decadence
  Decadence (band)
  Decadence is a melodic thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in November 2003.-About Decadence:Decadence is a Melodic Thrash Metal band formed in November 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden. Decadence can be seen as one of the representatives of the new generation of Thrash Metal...
  
  
• Echoes of Eternity
  Echoes of Eternity
  Echoes of Eternity is a band based in Los Angeles. Their debut album The Forgotten Goddess, was released in February 2007 on Nuclear Blast records...
  
  
• Dreamscape
  Dreamscape (band)
  -History:Dreamscape was founded by lead guitarist Wolfgang Kerinnis and rhythm guitarist Stefan Gassner in 1986. After numerous changes in the line-up, singer Tobi Zoltan, drummer Andreas Angerer and bassist Benno Schmidtler stayed with them. After very thorough preparations, they started...
  
  
• Edenbridge
  Edenbridge (band)
  Edenbridge is a symphonic metal band from Austria.-History:Edenbridge was formed in 1998 by guitarist and keyboardist Lanvall, his girlfriend - vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher - and bassist Kurt Bednarsky. The line-up was completed when drummer Roland Navratil joined the band...
  
  
• Eisregen
  Eisregen
  Eisregen is a German death metal / black metal band which formed in 1995. The members are from Tambach-Dietharz, a village in Thuringia.- History :In English, Eisregen translates to "Ice Rain"...
  
  
• Elysion
  Elysion (band)
  - History :The group is composed of members Christianna , Johnny Zero , Anthony FxF , Nid and Laitsman . Past members are Maxi Nil and Petros Fatis .Group has released one album to date...
  
  
• Evereve
  Evereve
  - Biography :The band takes their name from a poem in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in which Evereve is a place where one's dreams may come true...
  
  
• Exciter
  Exciter (band)
  Exciter is a Canadian speed metal band from Ottawa, Ontario. They are widely considered to be one of the first speed metal bands and a seminal influence of the thrash metal genre. Exciter have sold nearly 2.3 million units in the USA and a total sells at 10 million units worldwide...
  
  
• Falchion
  Falchion (band)
  Falchion was a Finnish heavy metal band formed in 2002. Their debut album, Legacy of Heathens, was released in 2005. The vocalist and lead guitarist Juho Kauppinen and drummer Matti Johansson perform with the Finnish folk metal group Korpiklaani, as the accordion player and drummer, respectively...
  
  
• Fates Warning
  Fates Warning
  Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fates Warning has experienced numerous line-up changes...
  
  
• Firewind
  Firewind
  Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...
  
  
• Graveworm
  Graveworm
  Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...
  
  
• Hellion
  Hellion (band)
  Hellion is a heavy metal band, which was formed during 1982 in Los Angeles, California. The first line-up included Ann Boleyn , Ray Schenck , Sean Kelley and Peyton Tuthill . With a different line-up they continue on today....
  
  
• Highland Glory
  Highland Glory
  Highland Glory is a Norwegian power metal band founded in 2001 by members of Phoenix Rizing.Highland Glory is one of the first power metal bands from Norway...
  
  

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• Horizon
  Horizon (band)
  Horizon was a German progressive metal/power metal band.-History:Horizon was formed in 1998 by drummer Krissy Friedrich and guitarist Patrick Hemer. After a self-produced debut, they were introduced to Massacre Records by Kosta Zafiriou of Pink Cream 69 and had their first worldwide release, “The...
  
  
• Human Fortress
  Human Fortress
  Human Fortress is a power metal band that strives for an epic feel with their music, calling their music "epic battle metal." The band is from Hannover, Germany.- Biography :...
  
  
• Hunted
• Illdisposed
  Illdisposed
  Illdisposed is a death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark that was formed in 1991 by vocalist Bo Summer. As of 2011, the band consists of vocalist Bo Summer, guitarists Jakob "Batten" Hansen, guitarist Ken Holst, bassist Jonas "Kloge" Mikkelsen, and drummer Thomas "Muskelbux" Jensen.Since their...
  
  
• Jack Frost
  Jack Frost (musician)
  Jack Frost is the guitarist/founder of the heavy metal band Seven Witches and also a part of The Bronx Casket Company. Frost is also known for playing guitar on Savatage's tour in support of Poets and Madmen in 2001 and 2002 before being dismissed from the band for unspecified reasons...
  
  
• King Diamond
  King Diamond
  Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...
  
  
• Kittie
  Kittie
  Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. A quartet of women, the group rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single...
  
  
• Lääz Rockit
  Lääz Rockit
  Lääz Rockit are a Power/Thrash band formed in San Francisco, California in 1982. Although one of the lesser-known groups of the Bay Area thrash metal scene, each album in their history has received high critical marks...
  
  
• Lanfear
  Lanfear (band)
  Lanfear is a German power metal band, signed to Massacre Records.-Discography:* Towers * Zero Poems * The Art Effect * Another Golden Rage * X To The Power Of Ten -External links:* - official band website...
  
  
• Leatherwolf
  Leatherwolf
  Leatherwolf is an American heavy metal band that formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1981. The group is also nicknamed the 'Triple Axe Attack' for pioneering the use of a 3-guitar line-up in heavy metal...
  
  
• Lethal
  Lethal (band)
  Lethal is an American heavy metal band from Kentucky, formed in 1982 by brothers Eric Cook and Glen Cook and Tom Malicoat. The band has since released two studio albums, one EP and a music video of the song Immune from the first album. In 2003 Tom Malicoat was seeking for musicians to form a new band...
  
  
• Legion of the Damned
  Legion of the Damned (band)
  Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...
  
  
• Liv Kristine
  Liv Kristine
  Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull , better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves' Eyes.- Career :...
  
  
• Majestic
  Majestic (band)
  Majestic, formerly known as Lab Rat, was a neo-classical power metal band, founded in 1997 by Richard Andersson. They made two albums : Abstract Symphony and Trinity Overture , under the label Massacre Records.-Discography:...
  
  
• Majesty
• Mandragora Scream
  Mandragora Scream
  -Early history:Formed in 1997 by singer and front-woman Morgan Lacroix. In 1999 Morgan recorded a Demo Album, with 4 songs.In 2000, Morgan is introduced to singer, guitarist and composer Terry Horn...
  
  
• Manticora
  Manticora
  Manticora is a Heavy metal band from Hvidovre, Denmark formed in 1996 by Lars and Kristian Larsen. Their current label is Locomotive Music. Their lyrical content typically consists of literature, fantasy, and science fiction. Although they are considered to be a progressive power metal band, they...
  
  
• Messiah
• Metalium
  Metalium
  Metalium was a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany. Their style of music was that of the traditional power metal sound which was pioneered in Hamburg by bands such as Helloween and Blind Guardian...
  
  
• Moonlight Agony
  Moonlight Agony
  Moonlight Agony is a Swedish progressive power metal band which formed in 1999 in Kungsbacka, Sweden. Before they settled on the name Moonlight Agony they were named Thorin and Moonlight Sonata...
  
  
• Mortal Love
  Mortal Love
  Mortal Love is a Norwegian metal band which is currently signed to Massacre Records. Their sound makes combined use of soprano and tenor vocals, whilst placing emphasis on a consistent rhythm section with heavy guitars, piano and synthesizer melodies...
  
  
• Mystic Circle
  Mystic Circle
  - History:Mystic Circle was formed in 1992 in Ludwigshafen. They released several EPs before their debut LP was issued in 1997. Following their 1998 release they toured with Marduk and Old Man's Child and played several large rock festivals...
  
  
• Mystic Prophecy
  Mystic Prophecy
  Mystic Prophecy is a power metal band from Bad Grönenbach, Germany. They have been described as sounding like US-power metal, similar to bands such as Iced Earth , but still without losing the melodies found in European power metal.The band was formed by Valley's Eve bandmates R.D. Liapakis and...
  
  
• Narnia
  Narnia (band)
  Narnia is a Christian neo-classical progressive power metal band founded by guitarist Carl Johan Grimmark and singer Christian Liljegren. The band formed in Sweden in 1996. Their album themes heavily reference The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis....
  
  
• Node
  Node (band)
  Node is an Italian death metal band formed in Milan in 1994 and currently signed to Scarlet Records. Their last full length album is titled In the End Everything Is a Gag.-Members:*Giacomo Lavatura – vocals...
  
  
• Obscurity
  Obscurity (band)
  Obscurity is a German melodic death/black metal band with strong viking metal influences hailing from Velbert, a city in the Bergisches Land in North Rhine-Westphalia. They are one of the early German death/black/viking and pagan metal bands.-History:...
  
  
• Omen
  Omen (band)
  Omen is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983, by lead guitarist Kenny Powell, previously with the band Savage Grace and signed on with Metal Blade in 1984, with whom they released their debut Battle Cry .In 1985...
  
  
• One Man Army and the Undead Quartet
  One Man Army and the Undead Quartet
  One Man Army and the Undead Quartet is a death/thrash metal band from Sweden. The band was formed by vocalist Johan Lindstrand after the breakup of The Crown. After two albums on Nuclear Blast Records, they moved to Massacre Records...
  
  
• Painflow
  Painflow
  Painflow is an industrial metal band from Kokkola, Finland. The band was formed in 1997. Painflow’s first demo would secure a deal with Massacre Records. The band’s debut album was recorded at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany with producer Siggi Bemm...
  
  
• Paragon
  Paragon (band)
  Paragon is a speed metal/power metal band from Hamburg, Germany.-Biography:Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian . After releasing some demo tapes and a mini-CD, they were able to release an album in 1994, the debut World of Sin...
  
  
• Pink Cream 69
  Pink Cream 69
  Pink Cream 69 is a German hard rock band founded in 1987 in Karlsruhe, Germany by Andi Deris, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Alfred Koffler. The band gained their first contract by winning music magazine Metal Hammer 's newcomer competition in Ludwigsburg one year after forming. In 1994, Andi...
  
  
• Pretty Maids
  Pretty Maids
  Pretty Maids are a Danish heavy metal band from Horsens, Denmark. Formed in 1981 by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer. Their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis on melodic elements like vocals and keyboards....
  
  
• Prey for Nothing
• Pyramaze
  Pyramaze
  Pyramaze is a Danish/American progressive power metal band.-Biography:Pyramaze was formed in 2001 by guitarist Michael Kammeyer. Next to join were fellow Danes drummer Morten Sørensen and bassist Niels Kvist. American keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, who originally met Kammeyer over the Internet,...
  
  

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• Raven
  Raven (band)
  Raven are an English heavy metal band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. They had a hit with the single "On and On", and refer to their music as "athletic rock".-Formation:...
  
  
• Razorback
  Razorback (band)
  Razorback is a Filipino hard rock band formed in 1990. Originally known for being regulars at the now-defunct Kalye, a club in Makati, the band had proven their onstage mettle many times over, via their own club gigs to full-scale concerts as well as for having opened for Rage Against the Machine...
  
  
• Rebellion
  Rebellion (band)
  Rebellion is a German power-metal band. It was formed in 2001 when guitarist Uwe Lulis left Grave Digger in 2000, taking ex-Grave Digger bassist Tomi Göttlich with him...
  
  
• Requiem
• Rob Rock
  Rob Rock
  Robert Rock is a heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri from 1992 to 2000, and now in 2008. He has also released four albums as a solo artist.-Biography:...
  
  
• Sacred Steel
  Sacred Steel (band)
  - Biography :The band has roots back till in the 80s when almost all of the members were already playing in bands that could gather underground acclaim. But not before the foundation of Sacred Steel, they were able to draw larger attention and success...
  
  
• Sandalinas
  Sandalinas
  Sandalinas is a Spanish progressive metal band founded in 2001 by guitarist Jordi Sandalinas, featuring Apollo Papathanasio on vocals. Their first album, Living on the Edge, was produced by Andy LaRocque and released in 2005...
  
  
• Saviour Machine
  Saviour Machine
  Saviour Machine is an American Christian metal band that formed in 1989. They have released five studio albums and two live albums on Frontline and subsequently on MCM Music, distributed through Massacre Records...
  
  
• Scanner
  Scanner (band)
  Scanner is a power metal band that was formed in 1986. They released their first album, Hypertrace, in 1988 through Noise Records. The band has split up and rejoined at least twice since its creation and its only remaining original band member is the guitarist Axel A.J. Julius.-Members:*Efthimios...
  
  
• Seven Witches
  Seven Witches
  Seven Witches is an American heavy metal band from New Jersey. The band was founded in 1998 by Jack Frost and Bobby Lucas- History :Seven Witches released a Demo-CD in 1998, which gave them a record deal with Massacre Records....
  
  
• Seventh Avenue
  Seventh Avenue (band)
  Seventh Avenue is a Christian metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 1989. Consisting of guitarist/vocalist Herbie Langhans, guitarist Florian Gottsleben, bassist Markus Beck, and drummer Mike Pflüger, Seventh Avenue plays a hybrid style of speed and power metal with the focus on melodies...
  
  
• Silent Force
  Silent Force
  Silent Force is a German power metal band with neo-classical and progressive influences, founded by German guitarist Alex Beyrodt.-Members:* D. C...
  
  
• Skyclad
  Skyclad (band)
  Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music. They are considered one of the pioneers of folk metal. The etymology behind the term "skyclad" comes from a pagan/wiccan term for ritual nudity, in which rituals are performed with the participants metaphorically clad...
  
  
• Solitude Aeturnus
  Solitude Aeturnus
  Solitude Aeturnus is an American doom metal band that was started in spring 1987 as Solitude, in Arlington, Texas. Their vocalist, Robert Lowe, is also the current singer for the influential doom metal band Candlemass...
  
  
• Steel Attack
  Steel Attack
  -Biography:Stefan Westerberg and Dennis Vestman formed Mayer's Eve in 1995. The band changed their name to Steel Attack in 1997 due to many coming and going members....
  
  
• Steel Prophet
  Steel Prophet
  Steel Prophet is an American power metal band led by the founder and main writer Steve Kachinsky.-History:The band started in the middle of the 1980s in Middletown, Connecticut. The group's initial lineup consisted of Kachinsky on guitar, Gary Stocking on vocals, Wayne Faircloth on bass, and Harry...
  
  
• The Awakening
  The Awakening (band)
  The Awakening is an alternative rock band from Johannesburg, South Africa, formed in 1995 by vocalist, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. The band is credited in the press as "South Africa's most successful Gothic Rock act and one of the top bands in the far broader Alternative scene." The band...
  
  
• The Burning
  The Burning (Band)
  The Burning is a Danish metal band from Jyllands capital Aarhus.-Biography:The group was founded in 2005 by Johnny Haven and Rasmus Normand Rasmus had played in Panzerchrist before and later with Johnny Haven in progressive metal band Awedge.Dissatisfied with the more melodic direction of the...
  
  
• The Duskfall
  The Duskfall
  The Duskfall was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, Sweden, formed in 1999. The band released four full-length studio albums and, shortly afterwards, disbanded in 2008.-History:...
  
  
• Theatre of Tragedy
  Theatre of Tragedy
  Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre.-Biography:...
  
  
• Thunderbolt
  Thunderbolt (Norwegian band)
  Thunderbolt is a Norwegian heavy metal band, formed in Oslo in 2001.-History:Thunderbolt, named after the WWII fighter plane Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, was formed in Oslo in 2001 by previous members of the Hardcore group Lash Out...
  
  
• Timeless Miracle
  Timeless Miracle
  Timeless Miracle is a power metal band from Sweden founded in 2001. After three demo recordings, they released their first full-length album Into The Enchanted Chamber through Massacre Records in 2005. On January 11th, 2008, it was revealed that Jaime Salazar had chosen to leave the band due to...
  
  
• Totenmond
  Totenmond
  Totenmond is a German metal-band with its own combination of punk, black and thrash metal.-History:The band was founded as a Punkrock-Band named "Wermut" in 1984 by S.P. Lenz und Olaf "Pazzer". In 1986 "Attila" became the vocalist, but he left the band after one year and was replaced by "Schiff"...
  
  
• Transilvanian Beat Club
• Unrest
  Unrest (band)
  Unrest is an indie rock band from the Washington, D.C. area. It was one of Mark Robinson's projects for what would eventually become the TeenBeat label, also created by Mark while in high school. Developing from an experimental approach of never playing the same song twice, earlier material seemed...
  
  
• Virgin Black
  Virgin Black
  Virgin Black is an Australian band that combines gothic-doom and symphonic metal influences. Signed to The End Records and Germany's Massacre Records , the band has released 4 albums and 1 EP...
  
  
• Whiplash
  Whiplash (band)
  Whiplash is an American thrash metal/speed metal band. The band was founded in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey by the three Tonys: Tony Portaro , Tony Scaglione and Tony Bono . Joe Cangelosi replaced Tony Scaglione in 1986 when he left for a small stint with Slayer...
  
  
• Winterdome
• Winter's Verge
  Winter's Verge
  Winter's Verge is a power metal band formed in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2004. Winter's Verge is one of the best-known bands from Cyprus and one of the few artists signed to an international record label and having participated in overseas tours, most notably with Finnish band Stratovarius...
  
  
• Wolf
  Wolf (band)
  Wolf is a heavy metal band from Örebro, Sweden. Formed in 1995, the band has since released five albums and toured with Saxon, Tankard and more recently, Trivium.-Members:*Niklas Stålvind - vocals, guitar *Anders G Modd - bass guitar...
  
  
• Wolfchant
  Wolfchant
  Wolfchant is a band formed in St. Oswald, Germany in August 2003 by Lokhi, Gaahnt, Skaahl and Norgahd. Wolfchant's lyrics deal with legends and folk tales from Nordic mythology. In August 2005 they signed a record contract with CCP Records...
  
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