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AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator. In 2005, Candlelight Records signed a cooperative deal with AFM to mutually release and market several titles. The exclusive distribution in Greece is being carried out by Infinity Entertainment IKE. Current and former artists A * Absolute * Almah * Annihilator * Arion * Armored Dawn * At Vance * Avantasia * Axxis B * Beautiful Sin * Betzefer (2010–present) * Black Messiah * Blackmore's Night * Bloodbound * Borealis * Brainstorm * Brothers of Metal C * Circle II Circle * Cruachan * Crystal Viper * Communic * Crystal Ball D * Dalriada * Danko Jones * Dark Age * Dark at Dawn * Dead City Ruins * DeadRisen * Debauchery * Destruction * Dezperadoz * Dionysus * Doro * Dragonland *Dynazty E * Eden's Curse * Edguy * Eisbrecher * Ektomorf * Elv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulfood Music
Soulfood Music Distribution Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH is a German company distributing music and video games as well as related merchandise products. The company's distribution deals usually cover Germany, Austria and Switzerland (G/A/S). The headquarters of the company are located in Hamburg, Germany. History Soulfood Music Distribution was founded in May 2002 by music distribution executives Georg Schmitz and Jochen Richert. From 1990 on, both were employed by then-independent record label, label and distributor Intercord. In 1998, both left the company to build alternative distributor Connected for Edel Music, edel GmbH. Then they created in cooperation with Digital Audio Disc Corporation, DADC Austria their own distribution service – Soulfood.About. Frowebsite Retrieved on 7 June 2008. Labels . * 13th Planet Records * 17 Hippies * 2006 Records * 4RT Music Management * Ace Records (UK), Ace Records * AFM Records * Alfa Matrix * Ant Acid Audio * AOR H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axxis
Axxis is a German heavy metal band that was founded in 1988. Their debut album, '' Kingdom of the Night'', became the best-selling debut album by a hard rock band in Germany in 1989. Biography Axxis' musical roots lie within the traditional hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s, including influences of 1990s electronic music. The band was formed in early 1980s, with the name Anvil. They released several self-recorded demos under that name, before discovering the Canadian band Anvil who had already released an album internationally. In response to this, the band changed their name in the year 1980 to “Axis”. In interview with Battle Helm in 2015, vocalist Bernhard Weiß stated that the new band name must be a small word to get bigger letters on the promotional posters, but he also stated that they chose the name because "the name AXIS sounds a bit like guitar axes, but also meaning wise". They recorded a demo entitled "Tears of the Trees" (later to appear on the ''Kingdom of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danko Jones
Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio from Toronto. The band consists of Danko Jones (vocals/guitar), John 'JC' Calabrese (bass), and Rich Knox (drums)."Danko Jones" ''AllMusic'', Biography by Jason Birchmeier The band's music includes elements of hard rock and punk"Album Review: Danko Jones – 'Wild Cat'" ''New Noise'', March 9, 2017 and they are known for their energetic live shows. History Formation and early years Formed in 1996 by namesake Danko Jones, Scaltro (John Calabrese) and Gran Sfigato (Michael Caricari). Danko Jones played consistently for two years after formation in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalriada (band)
Dalriada is a folk metal band from Sopron, Hungary that was formed in 1998 as Echo of Dalriada, but shortened their name to Dalriada in late 2006. Their third studio album ''Kikelet'' and all subsequent albums were successful in the top ten of the official Mahasz music charts. Their '' Arany-album'' won the 2009 HangSúly Hungarian Metal Awards out of 70 contestants. In 2012, the band toured through Europe with Arkona and Darkest Era. Album titles The titles of their albums are supposed to be ancient Hungarian names of months (which are not used today). In fact they originate from the folk-history work "" by Hungarian writer Zoltán Paál and are not based on any scientific evidence. Specifically, "Fergeteg" is, according to Paál, the ancient name of January, "Jégbontó" is February, "Kikelet" is March, "Szelek" is April, "Ígéret" is May, "Napisten" is June, "Áldás" is July, "Új Kenyér" is August, "Őszelő" is September, "Magvető" is October, "Enyészet" is November, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communic
Communic is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Kristiansand. The band was founded in 2003 and has released six albums. The first two have received positive reviews from magazines and critics. History Beginning (March 2003–April 2004) Communic was founded in March 2003 as a side project for Oddleif Stensland, guitarist, and Tor Atle Andersen, drummer, both from the band Scariot. Soon after, they were joined by bassist Erik Mortensen, who had been a bandmate of Stensland in a band called Ingermanland.Communic , bio, Nuclear Blast America. Accessed on line January 10, 2008. In January 2004, the band recorded its first three demo tracks at dUb Studios in Norway. While only 100 copies of the Conspiracy in Mind demo were pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Viper
Crystal Viper is a Polish heavy metal band founded in 2003 by singer and guitarist Marta Gabriel. History During their first three years, Crystal Viper was a project featuring Marta Gabriel and other musicians, with whom she recorded numerous demos, rehearsal tapes and compilation tracks, and played several local live shows. By the summer of 2006, the first official line-up was established, and the project became a regular band. Gabriel would lead as a vocalist and composer: the other members like Lukasz "Andy Wave" Halczuch on the guitar, Tomek "Golem" Danczak on the drums and Tommy Targosz on the bass. The same year, the band recorded their official debut track—a cover version of "Flaming Metal Systems" for the Manilla Road tribute album, ''The Riddle Masters''—and signed a deal with the German label Karthago Records. Their debut concept album ''The Curse Of Crystal Viper'' was released in early 2007, and followed by ''The Last Axeman'' compilation in 2008. Their secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruachan (band)
Cruachan are an Irish folk metal band from Dublin that have been active since the 1990s. They have been acclaimed as having "gone the greatest lengths of anyone in their attempts to expand" the genre of folk metal. They are recognised as one of the founders of the folk metal genre. With a specific focus on Celtic music and the use of Celtic mythology in their lyrics, Cruachan's style of folk metal is called Celtic metal. The band named themselves after the archaeological site of Rathcroghan in Ireland also known as Cruachan. History Keith Fay had formed a Tolkien-inspired black metal band named after the city of Minas Tirith in 1991. Around the same time, he began listening to more folk music and picked up Skyclad debut album ''The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth''. Originally released in 1990, this "ambitious" and "groundbreaking" album made an impact on Fay and he set out to combine black metal with the folk music of Ireland. In 1992, Keith Fay formed Cruachan with a demo recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle II Circle
Circle II Circle is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by former Savatage lead vocalist Zachary Stevens and longtime friend and band manager Dan Campbell in 2001. They play varied genres of metal including traditional heavy metal, power metal and progressive metal. History For a period of eight years from 1992 until August 2000, Zachary Stevens was the lead singer of Savatage. After five albums with the group, he left in 2000 citing family reasons. During the winter of 2001, Zak started his comeback with long-time friend and co founder of the band, Dan Campbell, co-writing material with former Savatage lead singer Jon Oliva and guitarist Chris Caffery what would become the songs for the Circle II Circle debut album, ''Watching in Silence''. The second CIIC record '' The Middle of Nowhere'' featured Zak's vocals along with band members Paul Michael Stewart, Andy Lee, Tom Drennan and Evan Christopher. The band's third release was a concept al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainstorm (German Band)
Brainstorm is a German power metal band formed in 1989 by guitarists Torsten Ihlenfeld and Milan Loncaric, and drummer Dieter Bernert. The band features lead singer Andy B. Franck, who is also noted for his other band, Symphorce. They are known to play a somewhat darker style of music than most power metal groups. Band members Current * Torsten Ihlenfeld – guitars, backing vocals (1989-present) * Milan Loncaric – guitars, backing vocals (1989-present) * Dieter Bernert – drums (1989-present) * Andy B. Franck – vocals (1999-present) * Andreas Armbruster - bass (2022-present) Former * Stefan Fronk – vocals (1990–1991) * Marcus Jürgens – vocals (1991–1999) * Henning Basse – vocals (live only) * Peter Waldstätter – bass (1990) * Andreas Mailänder – bass (1990–2007) * Antonio Ieva - bass (2007-2022) Timeline Discography Studio albums * ''Hungry'' (1997) * ''Unholy'' (1998) * ''Ambiguity Ambiguity is the type of meaning in which a phrase, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borealis (band)
Borealis is a Canadian power/progressive metal band from Orangeville, Ontario. Their first album was recorded in light of a well received opening performance for Sonata Arctica. When the band began in 2005, they originally employed a female opera style vocalist Siobhan O'Brian as their lead vocalist. In 2006 they recorded a demo ''Eyes of a Dream''. Siobhan left the band between 2006 and 2007. Matt Marinelli became vocalist in September 2007, and 2008 marked the year Borealis released their first full-length album, ''World of Silence''. In order to play this album live, they needed another guitarist, thus hiring Ken Fobert. In 2011 they recorded their second album, ''Fall from Grace'', including Ken Fobert as a member of the band. Michael Briguglio replaced Ken between 2011-2013 and is a current guitarist for the band. They were signed by AFM Records in 2015 and released their third album, ''Purgatory''. Style and influences In an interview, the band explained the origin of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodbound
Bloodbound is a Swedish power metal band formed in 2004 in Bollnäs. History They released their first studio album, ''Nosferatu'', in 2005 and their second, ''Book of the Dead'', in May 2007. The brainchild of former Street Talk members Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson, the band has also included Michael Bormann (Jaded Heart), Urban Breed ( Tad Morose) and Pelle Åkerlind ( Morgana Lefay). Their debut album ''Nosferatu'' featured former Tad Morose singer Urban Breed on vocals. Released on 16 December 2005 (in Japan; European release date 24 February 2006), ''Nosferatu'' features artwork by Mark Wilkinson (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Marillion) and received an early rave review from the Swedish rock magazine ''Power Play''. Based solely on the strength of their debut album, the band opened for Evergrey and headlined day one of the Gothenburg Metal Festival. After Urban Breed announced his departure from Bloodbound in fall 2006, former Tad Morose singer Kristian Andrèn briefl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night is a British-American neo-medieval folk rock band formed in 1997, consisting mainly of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin, nyckelharpe, and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist, and woodwinds). Their lineup has seen many changes over the years; Blackmore and Night have been the only two constant members. They have released eleven studio albums. Their early releases were mostly acoustic and imitated early music, but eventually Blackmore's Night started using more electric guitars and other modern instruments, as well as performing folk-rearranged cover versions of pop and rock songs. History Early Candice Night was a Rainbow fan, and first encountered Ritchie Blackmore to ask him for an autograph in 1989, while she was working for a local New York radio station. The two started living together in 1991, and discovered they both had a passionate interest in Renaissance music. During the reformed Rainbow's rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
