Harmful is a rock band from

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, founded in 1992 and frequently compared to early

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for an overview of reviewer opinions The band has released eight albums to date, the first two and the last three on independent labels ( BluNoise, Steamhammer and Nois-o-lution), the third (which was produced by

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, who also produced the latest album ''Cause'') and fourth via

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. 2007 saw the release of Harmful's seventh album, aptly titled ''7'', produced by

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. Gould has subsequently joined the band as a fourth member and also took part in the tour supporting the album in early 2007. In the past, Harmful has toured with bands like

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Discography

* 1995: ''Harmful'' ( BluNoise) * 1997: ''Apoplexy.136'' (BluNoise) * 2000: ''Counterbalance'' (Firestarter/

) * 2001: ''Wromantic'' (Firestarter/BMG) * 2003: ''Sanguine'' (Steamhammer/ SPV) * 2005: ''Sis Masis'' (Nois-o-Lution/Indigo) * 2007: ''7'' (Nois-o-Lution/Indigo) * 2010: ''Cause'' (

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) * 2013: ''Sick and tired of being sick and tired'' (

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References

External links

Official website
* Harmfulat

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