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Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
The song WINTER (released as single in 1983 and re-released on compilations) inspired the name of the group WINTER |
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Anathema - Alternative 4
The album title ALTERNATIVE 4 inspired the name of the group ALTERNATIVE 4 (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Arch Enemy - Black Earth
The album title BLACK EARTH inspired the name of the group BLACK EARTH (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Architects - Ruin
The song NORTH LANE inspired the name of thr group NORTHLANE |
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Ayreon - The Final Experiment
The name of the group AMBEON is a combination of the words 'ambient' and Ayreon, which is the name of another project and several songs (e.g. "AYREON'S FATE") by Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
The song EQUIMANTHORN inspired the name of the group EQUIMANTHORN |
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The song A BIT OF FINGER / SLEEPING VILLAGE inspired the name of the group SLEEPING VILLAGE |
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The album inspired the name of Zakk Wylde's supergroup ZAKK SABBATH. |
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The song THE WIZARD inspired one part of the name of the group ELECTRIC WIZARD (the other part is taken from Electric Funeral of the Paranoid Album, see below) |
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The song ELECTRIC FUNERAL inspired one part of the name of the group ELECTRIC WIZARD (the other part is taken from The Wizard of the Black Sabbath Album, see above) |
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The song IRON MAN inspired the name of the group IRON MAN |
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Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
The album title inspired the name of the group MASTERS OF REALITY |
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Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
The song AFTER FOREVER inspired the name of the group AFTER FOREVER |
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
The song ST. VITUS`S DANCE inspired the name of the group SAINT VITUS |
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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The song SPIRAL ARCHITECT inspired the name of the group SPIRAL ARCHITECT |
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Black Sabbath - Sabotage
The album title SABOTAGE inspired the name of the group SABOTAGE (from Sweden) |
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Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
The album/song title HEAVEN AND HELL inspired the name of the group HEAVEN AND HELL (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
The album/song title THE MOB RULES inspired the name of the group MOB RULES |
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Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
The song title THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS inspired the name of the group THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS |
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Black Sabbath - Tyr
According to Heri Joesen, the album cover influenced the rune logo style of the band TYR. |
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Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos
The song ALL THAT REMAINS inspired the name of the group ALL THAT REMAINS |
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Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
The song STARING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD inspired the name of the group THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD |
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Carcass - Heartwork
The song CARNAL FORGE inspired the name of the group CARNAL FORGE |
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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
The album title inspired the recent name of the group THERION |
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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
The title and lyrics of the song JEWEL THRONE, together with the title of the underground metal magazine Blackthorn, inspired the name of the group DARKTHRONE |
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Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
The song SORROWS OF THE MOON inspired the name of the band MOONSORROW |
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Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
The song BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT inspired the name of the group BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
The album/song title FROST AND FIRE inspired the name of the group CELTIC FROST |
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Corvus Corax - Tanzwut
The album/song title TANZWUT inspired the name of the group TANZWUT (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Cynic - Focus
The song VEIL OF MAYA inspired the name of the group VEIL OF MAYA |
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Cynic - Focus
The song TEXTURES inspired the name of the group TEXTURES |
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Dark Angel - We Have Arrived
The song MERCILESS DEATH inspired the name of the group MERCILESS DEATH |
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Darkthrone - Thulcandra
The demo/song title [which itself is based on the 1938 science fiction novel Out Of The Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis, where Thulcandra is another name for the Earth] inspired the name of the group THULCANDRA |
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Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
The lines "United by hate/The final superjoint ritual ...." of the song THE PAGAN WINTER inspired the name of the group SUPERJOINT RITUAL |
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David Coverdale - White Snake
The song WHITESNAKE inspired the name of the group WHITESNAKE (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Deftones - White Pony
The song KNIFE PARTY inspired the name of the group KNIFE PARTY |
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Deftones - Around The Fur
The lines "Soulfly/Fly high/Soulfly/Fly free" from the song HEADUP inspired the name of the group SOULFLY |
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Dio - The Last In Line
The album title inspired the name of the group LAST IN LINE (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Dio - Dream Evil
The album title inspired the name of the group DREAM EVIL |
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Dominus - Vol.Beat
The album title inspired the name of the group VOLBEAT (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Ebonylake - On The Eve Of The Grimly Inventive
The song AN AUTUMN TO CRIPPLE CHILDREN inspired the name of the group AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN |
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Erben Der Schöpfung - Twilight
The song ELIS inspired the name of the group ELIS (Please note the lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Exodus - Bonded By Blood
The album title inspired the name of the group BONDED BY BLOOD |
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Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
The album title inspired the name of the group BLIND GUARDIAN (who were called Lucifer's Heritage before) |
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Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium
The song AT THE GATES OF SILENT MEMORY inspired the name of the group AT THE GATES |
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Gloryhammer - Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife
The song ANGUS McFIVE inspired the name ANGUS McSIX (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Godflesh - Selfless
The song title BLACK BONED ANGEL inspired the name of the group BLACK BONED ANGEL |
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Godflesh - Hymns
The song title JESU inspired the name of the group JESU (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Gorguts - Obscura
The album title inspired the name of the group OBSCURA |
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Grotesque - Incantation
The song SPAWN OF AZATHOTH in combination with the movies "Possession" (1981) and "Amityville II: The Possession" (1982) inspired the name of the group SPAWN OF POSSESSION |
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Halestorm - The Strange Case Of...
The song LOVE BITES (SO DO I) inspired the name of the group LOVEBITES |
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Helmet - Meantime
The lyrics of the song IN THE MEANTIME ("Earth tone suits you / So give it a smile") combined with the idea that the frequency that the Earth naturally vibrates at is 9hz, inspired the name of the group EARTHTONE9. |
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Immortal - Suffocate
The song ENSLAVED IN ROT inspired the name of the group ENSLAVED |
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Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
The song SANCTUARY inspired the name of the group SANCTUARY |
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Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
The group THE IRON MAIDENS started as an Iron Maiden tribute band. |
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Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying
The song TAIL GUNNER inspired the name of the group TAILGUNNER |
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Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey
The lyrics of the song BIG LOADER ("Coughin′ up a load / And your father / Crippled black Phoenix / Never fed") inspired the name of the group CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX |
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Judas Priest - British Steel
The song THE RAGE inspired the name of the group RAGE |
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Judas Priest - Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)
The song RUNNING WILD inspired the name of the group RUNNING WILD |
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Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
The song SINNER inspired the name of the group SINNER |
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Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
The song STARBREAKER inspired the name of the group STARBREAKER |
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Judas Priest - Stained Class
The song EXCITER inspired the name of the group EXCITER |
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Judas Priest - Stained Class
The song SAVAGE inspired the name of the group SAVAGE |
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Judas Priest - Turbo
The song TURBO LOVER inspired the name of the group THE TURBO LOVERS |
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Kamelot - Epica
The album title inspired the name of the group EPICA |
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Killing Joke - Night Time
The song LOVE LIKE BLOOD inspired the name of the group LOVE LIKE BLOOD |
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KISS - Unmasked
The song NAKED CITY inspired the name of the group NAKED CITY |
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Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
The song THE PESTILENCE inspired the name of the group PESTILENCE |
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Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
The song RIPPING CORPSE inspired the name of the group RIPPING CORPSE |
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Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
The song GREEN MACHINE inspired the name of the group GREENMACHINE |
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Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
The album title inspired the name of the group HEAVEN SHALL BURN |
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Marillion - Fugazi
The lyrics of the song EMERALD LIE ("Through the silk-cut haze / To the smeared mascara / A forty-watt sun / On a courtroom drama" ) inspired the name of the band 40 WATT SUN. |
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Massacre - From Beyond
The song CORPSEGRINDER (which is a cover of a Death song from their Reign Of Terror demo) inspired the name of the group CORPSE GRINDER (Brazil) |
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Melvins - Bullhead
The song BORIS inspired the name of the group BORIS |
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Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The song CREEPING DEATH inspired the name of the group CREEPING DEATH |
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Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The line "Growing darkness taking dawn.." of the song FADE TO BLACK inspired the name of the group TAKING DAWN |
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Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The song TRAPPED UNDER ICE inspired the name of the group TRAPPED UNDER ICE |
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Misfits - Walk Among Us
The song HATE BREEDERS inspired the name of the group HATEBREED |
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Moahni Moahna - Why
The song title ANGTORIA inspired the name of the group ANGTORIA (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
The song SUFFOCATION inspired the name of the group SUFFOCATION |
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Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
The song BLASPHEMY inspired the name of the group BLASPHEMY |
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Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
The song CHAPEL OF GHOULS inspired the one part of the name of the group CHAPEL OF DISEASE |
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Morbid Angel - Covenant
The song ANGEL OF DISEASE inspired the one part of the name of the group CHAPEL OF DISEASE |
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Motörhead - Another Perfect Day
The song DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE inspired the name of the group SEPULTURA (which is Portuguese for grave) |
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Motörhead - Overkill
The album title inspired the name of the group OVERKILL |
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Naked City - Naked City
The song FUCK THE FACTS inspired the name of the group FUCK THE FACTS |
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Nuclear Assault - Game Over
The band name and probably songs like "After The Holocaust" inspired the name of the group TOXIC HOLOCAUST. |
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Paradise Lost - Host
The album/song title HOST inspired the name of the group HOST (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
The lines "`Cause Baby We`ll Be / At The Drive-in / In The Old Man´s Ford" from the song TALK DIRTY TO ME inspired the name of the group AT THE DRIVE-IN |
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Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
The album title inspired the name of the group OPERATION: MINDCRIME (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
The song MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN inspired the name of the group SILVER MOUNTAIN |
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Rush - Fly By Night
The song ANTHEM inspired the name of the group ANTHEM |
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Rush - Clockwork Angels
The song HALO EFFECT inspired the name of the group THE HALO EFFECT |
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Sabbat (JPN) - Evoke
The song METALUCIFER AND EVILUCIFER inspired the name of the group METALUCIFER |
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Sepultura - Morbid Visions
The song TROOPS OF DOOM inspired the name of the group THE TROOPS OF DOOM |
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Slayer - Hell Awaits
The lyrics of the song AT DAWN THEY SLEEP ("Nocturnal spectre hiding from the light") inspired the name of the group NOCTURNUS AD. |
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Slayer - Reign In Blood
The song NECROPHOBIC inspired the name of the group NECROPHOBIC |
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Slipknot - Iowa
The album title inspired the name of the group IOWA |
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Swans - Filth
The song WEAKLING inspired the name of the group WEAKLING |
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The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
The album title inspired the name of the group THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT |
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The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It
The song BURY YOUR DEAD inspired the name of the group BURY YOUR DEAD |
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Thy Serpent - Forest Of Witchery
The song WINE FROM TEARS inspired the name of the group WINE FROM TEARS |
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Trouble - Manic Frustration
The song MEMORY'S GARDEN inspired the name of the group MEMORY GARDEN |
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Type O Negative - World Coming Down
The song LUNG inspired the name of the group GREEN LUNG |
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Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
The lines "Growing wings of sorrow/Have brought you to the winds of plague" from the song ENDLESS inspired the name of the group WINDS OF PLAGUE |
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Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
It has been reported that the friends Jon Schaffer and Hansi Kürsch were nicknamed "Demons and Angels" by Schaffer`s wife. Kürsch changed this to DEMONS & WIZARDS in reference to the Uriah Heep album. |
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Venom - Welcome To Hell
The song ANGEL DUST inspired the name of the German group ANGEL DUST |
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Venom - Welcome To Hell
The song ONE THOUSAND DAYS IN SODOM inspired the name of the group SODOM |
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Venom - Welcome To Hell
The song MAYHEM WITH MERCY inspired the name of the group MAYHEM |
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Venom - Black Metal
The song COUNTESS BATHORY inspired the name of the group BATHORY |
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Venom - Prime Evil
The album title inspired the name of the group PRIME EVIL that was renamed to MPIRE OF EVIL and later became VENOM INC. (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups) |
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Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr
The song KORGÜL THE EXTERMINATOR inspired the name of the group KORGÜL THE EXTERMINATOR |
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VON - Satanic Blood
The song WATAIN inspired the name of the group WATAIN |
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Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
The lines "The Hammer Will Fall On You... " from the song LUCIFER'S HAMMER inspired the name of the group HAMMERFALL |
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Watain - Casus Luciferi
The song DEVIL`S BLOOD inspired the name of the group THE DEVIL`S BLOOD |
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Wino - Adrift
The album/song title inspired the name of the group SPIRIT ADRIFT (together with Yob's song "Adrift In The Ocean", see below) |
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Yob - Atma
The song ADRIFT IN THE OCEAN inspired the name of the group SPIRIT ADRIFT (together with Wino's album "Adrift", see above) |
