Timo Tolkki's Avalon (also known simply as Avalon) was a Finnish metal opera project created by Timo Tolkki (formerly of Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance and Symfonia) in 2013.

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Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999.

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AxeWound is a British-Canadian heavy metal supergroup formed in 2012 comprising lead vocalist Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats, guitarist and co-vocalist Matthew Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine, guitarist Mike Kingswood of Glamour of the Kill, bassist Joe Copcutt of Zoax and Rise to Remain, and drummer Jason Bowld of Pitchshifter.

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Backyard Babies

Backyard Babies are a Swedish rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm.

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Baptized in Blood

Baptized in Blood was a five-piece London, Ontario-based heavy metal band.

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Behemoth (band)

Behemoth is a Polish extreme metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991.

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Benediction (band)

Benediction are a British death metal band, formed in 1989 in Birmingham, England.

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Benedictum

Benedictum is an American heavy metal band formed in 2005 in San Diego, California that now resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Between the Buried and Me

Between the Buried and Me, often abbreviated as BTBAM, is an American progressive metalcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Biohazard (band)

Biohazard is an American hardcore band formed in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1987.

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Black Label Society

Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1998 by guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.

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Black Stone Cherry

Black Stone Cherry is an American rock band, formed in 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky.

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Black Tide

Black Tide was an American heavy metal band from Kendall, Florida.

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Black Veil Brides

Black Veil Brides is an American rock band based in Hollywood, California.

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Blaze Bayley

Blaze Bayley (born Bayley Alexander Cooke, 29 May 1963) is an English heavy metal singer.

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Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany.

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Bloodsimple

Bloodsimple was an American heavy metal band from New York City that formed in 2002.

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Bologna

Bologna (Bulåggna; Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy.

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Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine, often abbreviated as BFMV, are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998.

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Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario.

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Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida.

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Carcass (band)

Carcass are an English extreme metal band from Liverpool, formed in 1985.

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Cavalera Conspiracy

Cavalera Conspiracy is a Brazilian-American heavy metal supergroup from Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Brazilian brothers Max (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Igor Cavalera (drums, percussion), who are widely known as former members of Sepultura, and the only two constant members of the band.

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Cesare Bonizzi

Father Cesare Bonizzi, OFMCap (born 15 March 1946), also known as "Frate Cesare" and mistakenly as "Fratello Metallo" ("Brother Metal") is an Italian Capuchin friar, who was known as a heavy metal singer.

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Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo.

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Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles in 1992, initially under the name She's in Pain.

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Collegno

Collegno (Colegn) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin.

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Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991.

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Crucified Barbara

Crucified Barbara were an all-female Swedish hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Stockholm in 1998.

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Cynic (band)

Cynic is an American progressive metal band formed in Miami, Florida by Paul Masvidal in 1987.

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Dark Lunacy

Dark Lunacy is an Italian melodic death metal band with symphonic metal influences.

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Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg.

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Death SS

Death SS (later also intended as a contraction of In Death of Steve Sylvester) is an Italian heavy metal band formed in 1977.

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Deathstars

Deathstars is a Swedish industrial metal band from Strömstad.

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Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.

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Deftones

Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988.

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Demons & Wizards (band)

Demons & Wizards was a power metal band conceived as a side-project by Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer, the guitarist for Iced Earth.

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Destruction (band)

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982.

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DevilDriver

DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara, lead guitarist Mike Spreitzer, bassist Jon Miller, rhythm guitarist Alex Lee and drummer Davier Pérez.

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Devin Townsend

Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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DGM (band)

DGM ("Diego, Gianfranco and Maurizio", after the founding members) is an Italian progressive metal band.

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Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993.

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Domine (band)

Domine is an Italian power metal band formed in 1983.

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Doro (musician)

Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock.

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Down (band)

Down is an American heavy metal supergroup that formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1991.

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DragonForce

DragonForce are a British power metal band from London.

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Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Edguy

Edguy is a German power metal band formed in Fulda in 1992.

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Eldritch (band)

Eldritch is a progressive metal band formed in 1991 in Italy.

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Enslaved (band)

Enslaved is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson in Haugesund in 1991.

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Epica (band)

Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever.

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Europe (band)

Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno.

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Evergrey

Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg.

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Ex Deo

Ex Deo is a Canadian death metal band formed in Montreal, Quebec in 2008.

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Exilia

Exilia is an Italian nu metal band from Milan.

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Exodus (band)

Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1979 in Richmond, California.

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Extrema (band)

Extrema is an Italian groove/thrash metal band from Milan.

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Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual transgression". The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style associated with the speed metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, and doom metal genres.K.

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Fear Factory

Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989.

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Fiera Milano

Fiera Milano SpA is a trade fair and exhibition organiser headquartered in Milan.

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Gamma Ray (band)

Gamma Ray is a German power metal band from Hamburg, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from power metal band Helloween, in 1989.

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Gotthard (band)

Gotthard is a Swiss hard rock band founded in Lugano by Steve Lee and Leo Leoni.

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Grave Digger (band)

Grave Digger is a German heavy metal band that was first formed in 1980 by Chris Boltendahl and Peter Masson.

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Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged.

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Halestorm

Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith.

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Halford (band)

Halford is an American heavy metal band formed in 1999 by British singer Rob Halford, who is best known as the lead vocalist for heavy metal band Judas Priest.

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HammerFall

HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg.

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Hardcore Superstar

Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish rock band from Gothenburg, formed in 1997.

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Heaven & Hell (band)

Heaven & Hell was a British-American heavy metal supergroup active from 2006 to 2010, featuring guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, vocalist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinny Appice.

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Heavy metal music

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

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Helloween

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool.

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I Killed the Prom Queen

I Killed the Prom Queen were an Australian metalcore band from Adelaide, formed in 2000.

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Iced Earth

Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band currently composed of only Jon Schaffer, formed in Tampa, Florida and based in Columbus, Indiana.

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Idroscalo

The Idroscalo is an artificial lake in Milan, Italy that was originally constructed as a seaplane airport.

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Ill Niño

Ill Niño (Spanish for "ill child"; stylized as ill niño) is an American nu metal band formed in Union City, New Jersey, in 1998 by drummer and percussionist Dave Chavarri, who is the sole original member of the band.

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In Flames

In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990.

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Infernal Poetry

Infernal Poetry is an Italian death metal band from Ancona, who formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2014.

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Into Eternity (band)

Into Eternity is a Canadian progressive death metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan, formed in 1997 by Tim Roth, Scott Krall and Jim Austin.

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Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.

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Iron Savior

Iron Savior is a German power metal band that was formed in Hamburg in 1996.

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Job for a Cowboy

Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona.

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Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.

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Kamelot

Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood in 1987.

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Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast and Aftershock.

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Kobra and the Lotus

Kobra and the Lotus (also initialized as KATL) is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2009 by lead vocalist and songwriter Kobra Paige.

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Korn

Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band L.A.P.D. Their current lineup features Shaffer (guitar); Arvizu (bass); Brian "Head" Welch (guitar); Jonathan Davis (vocals), and Ray Luzier (drums), who replaced Silveria in 2007.

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Kreator

Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982.

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Labyrinth (band)

Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band formed in 1994 in Massa, Tuscany.

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Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan.

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Lamb of God (band)

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia.

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Lauren Harris

Lauren Harris (born 6 July 1984) is a British rock singer and classically trained actress.

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Lita Ford

Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

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Live Nation (events promoter)

Live Nation is an American events promoter and venue operator based in Beverly Hills, California. Gods of Metal and Live Nation (events promoter) are Live Nation Entertainment.

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Lizzy Borden (band)

Lizzy Borden is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983.

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Loaded (band)

Loaded (also known as Duff McKagan's Loaded) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1999.

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Lordi

Lordi is a Finnish hard rock and heavy metal band.

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Luigi Cappanera

Luigi Cappanera (born 6 February 1947 in Genoa) is an Italian retired footballer.

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Manowar

Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York.

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Marty Friedman

(born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000.

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Mashina Vremeni

Mashina Vremeni is a Russian rock band founded in 1969.

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Mastodon (band)

Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.

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Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine.

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Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann.

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Meshuggah

Meshuggah is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1987.

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Metalium

Metalium is a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany, who released eight albums from 1999 to 2011 before disbanding.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Methods of Mayhem

Methods of Mayhem is an American rap rock band formed in 1999 by Tommy Lee, who had temporarily quit his position as Mötley Crüe's drummer.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Monica Richards

Monica Vivienne Richards (born May 24, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, artist and author.

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Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet is an American rock band, founded in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar) and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums).

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Monza

Monza (Monça, locally Monscia; Modoetia) is a city and comune (municipality) on the River Lambro, a tributary of the River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan.

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Monza Circuit

The Monza Circuit (Italian: Autodromo Nazionale Monza) is a race track near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy.

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Moonspell

Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band formed in 1992.

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Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida, formed in 1983 by guitarist, primary composer and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning.

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Motörhead

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.

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Mr. Big (American band)

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Mudvayne

Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois, in 1996.

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Mushroomhead

Mushroomhead is an American avant-garde metal band from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Music festival

A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday.

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My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford.

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Naglfar (band)

Naglfar is a Swedish melodic black metal band formed in 1992.

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Napalm Death

Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands in 1981.

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Necrodeath

Necrodeath is an Italian extreme metal band from Liguria.

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Nevermore

Nevermore was an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1991.

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Nightmare (French band)

Nightmare is a French power metal band, from Grenoble.

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Node (band)

Node is an Italian death metal band formed in Milan in 1994 and currently signed to Punishment 18 Records.

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Novembre (band)

Novembre (Italian, 'November') is an Italian doom metal band, formed in Rome in 1990.

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Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1984.

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Opeth

Opeth are a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1989.

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Orphaned Land

Orphaned Land is an Israeli metal band formed in 1991.

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Overkill (band)

Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey.

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Ozzy and Friends Tour

The Ozzy and Friends Tour is a concert tour that replaced the majority of the original 2012 dates of the Black Sabbath Reunion Tour.

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Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.

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Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist.

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Palatrussardi

PalaTrussardi, later known as PalaVobis, PalaTucker, Mazda Palace and PalaSharp, was an indoor arena located in Milan, Italy.

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Pantera

Pantera is an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981 by the Abbott brothers (guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul), and currently composed of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.

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Queensrÿche

Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band.

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Rage (German band)

Rage is a German heavy metal band formed in 1984 by Peter "Peavy" Wagner.

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Rammstein

Rammstein ("ramming stone") is a German band formed in Berlin in 1994.

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Raven (British band)

Raven are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1974 by the Gallagher brothers, bassist and vocalist John and guitarist Mark.

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Rhapsody of Fire

Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre.

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Rho, Lombardy

Rho is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan.

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Rival Sons

Rival Sons is a rock band formed in Long Beach, California, in 2009 and also affiliated with Nashville, Tennessee.

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Rose Tattoo

Rose Tattoo are an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, which formed in Sydney in 1976.

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Running Wild (band)

Running Wild is a German heavy metal band formed in Hamburg in 1976.

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Sabaton (band)

Sabaton is a Swedish power metal band from Falun.

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Sadist (band)

Sadist is an Italian death metal band formed in Genoa, Italy, in January 1991.

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Satyricon (band)

Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Oslo in 1991.

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Savatage

Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

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Saxon (band)

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975.

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Scorpions (band)

Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.

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Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996.

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Secret Sphere

Secret Sphere is an Italian symphonic power metal band from Alessandria, formed by guitarist Aldo Lonobile in July 1997.

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Sentenced

Sentenced was a Finnish gothic metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years.

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Shaman (band)

Shaman was a Brazilian progressive and power metal band assembled in 2000 by three musicians who left the band Angra – Andre Matos, Luis Mariutti and Ricardo Confessori.

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Sigma (DJs)

Sigma are a British drum and bass DJ and record production duo consisting of Cameron James Edwards and Joseph Aluin Lenzie.

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Sixx:A.M.

Sixx:A.M. was an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2007 by Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba, and James Michael, and was a side project of Sixx, who was also at the time bass guitarist for Mötley Crüe.

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Skyclad (band)

Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music.

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Slash (musician)

Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician who is known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and mid 1990s.

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Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya.

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Slipknot (band)

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, former vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray.

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Slowmotion Apocalypse

Slowmotion Apocalypse is an Italian melodic death metal band formed in Pordenone in 2002 and currently signed to Scarlet Records.

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Sodom (band)

Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.

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Soil (American band)

Soil (often stylized as SOiL) is an American alternative metal band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997.

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Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland.

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Soulfly

Soulfly is an American thrash metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997.

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Space Age Playboys

Space Age Playboys was a band formed by Johnny Jetson and former Warrior Soul lead singer Kory Clarke, named after that band's final album before their 1995 break up.

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Stadio Brianteo

Stadio Brianteo, known for sponsorship reasons as the U-Power Stadium since September 2020, is a multi-purpose stadium in Monza, Italy, and the home of AC Monza.

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Static-X

Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994.

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Stone Sour

Stone Sour was an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992.

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Stormlord (band)

Stormlord is an extreme metal (self-classified as "Extreme epic metal") band from Rome, Italy.

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Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad (SYL) was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver in 1994.

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Stratovarius

Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band.

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Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.

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Tarja Turunen

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish.

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Tesla (band)

Tesla is an American rock band from Sacramento, California.

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Testament (band)

Testament is an American heavy metal band from Berkeley, California.

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The Black Dahlia Murder (band)

The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band from Waterford, Michigan, formed in 2001.

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The Darkness (band)

The Darkness is a British rock band that formed in Lowestoft, England in 2000.

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The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American metalcore band.

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The Kovenant

The Kovenant is a Norwegian industrial metal band from Hamar.

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The Quireboys

The Quireboys are an English rock band formed in 1984 in London, with strong ties to Newcastle.

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Theatres des Vampires

Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics.

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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.

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Through Solace

Through Solace is a Welsh Christian hardcore and Christian metal band, and they primarily play hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore, and post-metal.

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Tigertailz

Tigertailz are a Welsh glam metal band from Cardiff.

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Trivium (band)

Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999.

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Turin

Turin (Torino) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy.

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Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York.

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Type O Negative

Type O Negative was an American gothic/doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percussion), who was later replaced by Johnny Kelly.

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U.D.O.

U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider in 1987.

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UFO (band)

UFO were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Ugly Kid Joe

Ugly Kid Joe is an American hard rock band from Isla Vista, California, formed in 1989.

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Unearth

Unearth is an American metalcore band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1998.

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Unisonic (band)

Unisonic was a German hard rock/power metal supergroup, founded on 10 November 2009 by Helloween singer Michael Kiske alongside Dennis Ward and Kosta Zafiriou from Pink Cream 69 and Mandy Meyer, formerly in Asia and Gotthard.

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Van Canto

Van Canto (sometimes stylized as van Canto) is a German a cappella metal band, founded in 2006 and composed of six singers and a drummer.

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Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland (lead vocalist) formerly of Stone Temple Pilots.

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Venom (band)

Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978.

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Virgin Steele

Virgin Steele is an American heavy metal band from New York, originally formed in 1981.

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Vision Divine

Vision Divine is an Italian power/progressive metal band formed in 1998.

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Voivod (band)

Voivod is a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec (now Saguenay, Quebec).

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W.A.S.P. (band)

W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982.

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White Lion

White Lion was a Danish-American glam metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist/guitarist Mike Tramp and Italian-American guitarist Vito Bratta.

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White Skull

White Skull is an Italian power/heavy metal band formed in 1988.

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Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978.

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Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.

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Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck); born 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In August 2009, ''Time'' magazine named Malmsteen No.

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10 Years (band)

10 Years is an American alternative metal band formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999.

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36 Crazyfists

36 Crazyfists was an American metalcore band formed in Anchorage, Alaska in 1994.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_of_Metal

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