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Anacrusis technical/progressive thrash metal ; best albums: Screams And Whispers, Manic Impressions, Suffering Hour |
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Fatal Opera technical thrash/heavy metal with stoner/prog influences ; best album: The Eleventh Hour |
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Hammers Of Misfortune progressive metal with folk influences ; best albums: The August Engine, The Locust Years |
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Legend (JER) New Wave Of British Heavy Metal ; best albums: Legend, Death In The Nursery |
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Holy Terror thrash metal ; best album: Mind Wars |
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Depressive Age melancholic technical thrash metal ; best albums: Symbols For The Blue Times, First Depression |
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Taramis progressive heavy/thrash metal ; best album: Queen Of Thieves |
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Psychotic Waltz psychedelic progressive metal ; best album: A Social Grace |
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Disharmonic Orchestra death metal, avant-garde metal ; best album: Pleasuredome |
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Ludicra progressive black metal ; best albums: Hollow Psalms, Fex Urbis Lex Orbis |
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Bitches Sin New Wave Of British Heavy Metal ; best album: Invaders |
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Hexenhaus technical/progressive thrash metal ; best albums: A Tribute To Insanity, The Edge Of Eternity |
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Non-Fiction groove heavy metal ; best albums: Preface, In The Know |
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Equinox (NOR) technical thrash metal ; best albums: Auf Wiedersehen, The Way To Go, Xerox Success |
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The Lord Weird Slough Feg old-school heavy metal ; best album: Down Among The Deadmen |
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Intruder technical thrash metal ; best album: Live To Die |
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Obliveon technical thrash metal ; best albums: Nemesis, From This Day Forward |
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Heavy Load pioneers of the Scandinavian metal ; best album: Full Speed At High Level |
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Stone thrash metal ; best albums: Stone, No Anaesthesia! |
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Chastain heavy metal ; best album: Ruler Of The Wasteland |
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Iron Man doom/heavy metal ; best album: Black Night |
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New Eden progressive power metal ; best albums: Through The Make Believe, Obscure Master Plan |
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Kingsbane cassette album "Kingsbane" [1991] - progressive heavy metal ; demo cassette 1993 (actually by Seven Years - these are the same musicians, but under a different name) - progressive metal |
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Decision D avant-garde thrash metal ; best albums: The Last Prostitute [1995], Razón de la Muerte [1992] |
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Sacrosanct progressive thrash metal ; best album: Tragic Intense |
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Jon Oliva's Pain heavy/progressive metal ; best albums: 'Tage Mahal, Maniacal Renderings |
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Argus heavy/doom metal ; best albums: Argus, Boldly Stride The Doomed |