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40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "Emerald Lie" (…"Through the silk-cut haze / To the smeared mascara / A forty-watt sun / On a courtroom drama"…) by MARILLION (album: Fugazi). |
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Accept - Accept
The name was inspired by the album title "Accept" by CHICKEN SHACK. |
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Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est
The name was inspired by the song "Ad Nauseum" by NAPALM DEATH (album: Time Waits For No Slave). |
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After Forever - Prison Of Desire
The name was inspired by the song "After Forever" by BLACK SABBATH (album: Master Of Reality). |
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All That Remains - Behind Silence And Solitude
The name was inspired by the song "All That Remains" by BOLT THROWER (album: Realm Of Chaos). |
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Alternative 4 - The Brink
The name was inspired by the album title "Alternative 4" by ANATHEMA [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Ambeon - Fate Of A Dreamer
The name of the group is a combination of the words 'ambient' and AYREON, which is the name of another project and several songs (e.g. "Ayreon's Fate", album: The Final Experiment) by Arjen Anthony Lucassen [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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An Autumn - Lost
The name was inspired by the song "An Autumn To Cripple Children" by EBONYLAKE (album: On The Eve Of The Grimly Inventive). |
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Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past
The name was inspired by the song "Angel Dust" by VENOM (album: Welcome To Hell). |
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Angellore - Errances
The name was inspired by the song "Angellore" by TRISTANIA (album: Widow`s Weeds). |
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Angtoria - God Has A Plan For Us All
The name was inspired by the song "Angtoria" by MOAHNI MOAHNA (album: Why) [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Angus McSix - Angus McSix And The Sword Of Power
The name was inspired by the song "Angus McFive" (and the corresponding role) by GLORYHAMMER (album: Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife) [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Annisokay - The Lucid Dream[er]
The name was inspired by the story/lyrics of the song "Smooth Criminal" (…"Annie, are you okay?"…) by MICHAEL JACKSON (album: Bad). The band members discussed how the story could end and their answer was “Ann is okay“. |
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Anthem - Anthem
The name was inspired by the song "Anthem" by RUSH (album: Fly By Night). |
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At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
The name was inspired by the song "At The Gates Of Silent Memory" by FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM (album: Elizium). |
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Bathory - Bathory
The name was inspired by the song "Countess Bathory" by VENOM (album: Black Metal). |
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Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Medicine
The name was inspired by the album title "Bees Made Honey In The Lion`s Skull" by EARTH. |
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Between The Buried And Me - Between The Buried And Me
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "Ghost Train" (…"Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me"…) by COUNTING CROWS (album: August And Everything After). |
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Black Boned Angel - Bliss And Void Inseparable
The name was inspired by the song "Black Boned Angel" by GODFLESH (album: Selfless). |
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Black Earth - 20 Years Of Dark Insanity: Japan Tour 2016
The name was inspired by the album title "Black Earth" by ARCH ENEMY [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Blasphemy - Fallen Angel Of Doom
The name was inspired by the song "Blasphemy" by MORBID ANGEL (album: Altars Of Madness). |
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Blazon Stone - Return To Port Royal
The name was inspired by the album title "Blazon Stone" by RUNNING WILD. |
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Blind Guardian - Battalions Of Fear
The name was in part inspired by the album title "Awaken The Guardian" by FATES WARNING. |
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Bodom After Midnight - Paint The Sky With Blood
The name was inspired by the song "Bodom After Midnight" by CHILDREN OF BODOM (album: Follow The Reaper) [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast
The name was inspired by the album title "Bonded By Blood" by EXODUS. |
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Boris - Absolutego
The name was inspired by the song "Boris" by MELVINS (album: Bullhead). |
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Bury Your Dead - You Had Me At Hello
The name was inspired by the song "Bury Your Dead" by THE HAUNTED (album: The Haunted Made Me Do It). |
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Butcher Babies - Goliath
The name was inspired by the song "Butcher Baby" by PLASMATICS (EP: Butcher Baby). |
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Carnal Forge - Who's Gonna Burn
The name was inspired by the song "Carnal Forge" by CARCASS (album: Heartwork). |
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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
The name was inspired by the album title "Frost And Fire" by CIRITH UNGOL. |
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Chapel Of Disease - Summoning Black Gods
The name was inspired by the combination of the songs "Chapel Of Ghouls" (album: Altars Of Madness) and "Angel Of Disease" (album: Covenant) by MORBID ANGEL. |
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Creeping Death - Wretched Illusions
The name was inspired by the song "Creeping Death" by METALLICA (album: Ride The Lightning). |
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Crippled Black Phoenix - A Love Of Shared Disasters
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "Big Loader" (…"Coughin′ up a load / And your father / Crippled black phoenix / Never fed"…) by IRON MONKEY (album: Iron Monkey). |
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Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
The name is a combination of the song "Jewel Throne" by CELTIC FROST (album: To Mega Therion) and the title of the underground metal magazine Blackthorn. |
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Deathcrush - Evoke The Ancient Curse
The name was inspired by the EP title "Deathcrush" by MAYHEM. |
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Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple
The name was inspired by the song "Deep Purple" composed by PETER DEROSE / MITCHELL PARISH in 1933. |
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Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards
The name was inspired by the album title “Demons And Wizards” by URIAH HEEP. |
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Die Verbannten Kinder Evas - Die Verbannten Kinder Evas
The name was not inspired by a contemporary band, but by the Marian hymn "Salve Regina" from the Catholic Liturgy. The name is a line from the lyrics: "Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae" (Latin) = Zu dir rufen wir verbannte Kinder Evas (German translation) = To you we call the banished children of Eve (English translation) |
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Dir En Grey - Gauze
The name was inspired by the song “Dir En Gray” by LAREINE (demo: Demo; later released on compilation: Reine De Fleur Ⅱ). |
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Dream Evil - Dragonslayer
The name was inspired by the album title "Dream Evil" by DIO. |
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earthtone9 - Lo-Def(Inition) Discord
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "In The Meantine" (…"Earth tone suits you / So give it a smile"…) by HELMET (album: Meantime) combined with the idea that the frequency that the Earth naturally vibrates at is 9hz. |
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Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard
The name is a combination of the BLACK SABBATH song titles "Electric Funeral" (album: Paranoid) and "The Wizard" (album: Black Sabbath). |
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Elis - God's Silence, Devil's Temptation
The name was inspired by the song "Elis" by ERBEN DER SCHÖPFUNG (album: Twilight) [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
The name was inspired by the song "Enslaved In Rot" by IMMORTAL (demo: Suffocate). |
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Entombed A.D. - Back To The Front
The group was formed by former members of ENTOMBED [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Epica - The Phantom Agony
The name was inspired by the album title "Epica" by KAMELOT. |
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Europe - Europe
The name was inspired by the album title "Made In Europe" by DEEP PURPLE. |
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Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
The name was inspired by the song "Exciter" by JUDAS PRIEST (album: Stained Class). |
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Fuck The Facts - Fuck The Facts
The name was inspired by the song "Fuck The Facts" by NAKED CITY (album: Naked City). |
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Galneryus - The Flag Of Punishment
The name was not inspired by a contemporary music group, but by the Guarnerius violins by the instrument designer ANDREA GUARNERI and family (17th century). |
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Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow
The name was inspired by the song "Gamma Ray" by BIRTH CONTROL (album: Hoodoo Man). |
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Green Druid - Ashen Blood
The name was inspired by the combination of the Dungeons & Dragons (role playing tabletop game) druid character, the song "The Druid" from SLEEP (album: Sleep's Holy Mountain) and the green colour of weed. |
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Green Lung - Woodland Rites
The name was in part inspired by the song "Lung" by TYPE O NEGATIVE (album: World Coming Down). |
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Greenmachine - D.A.M.N.
The name was inspired by the song "Green Machine" by KYUSS (album: Blues For The Red Sun). |
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Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
The first version of the band was formed by Tracii Guns from the group L.A. GUNS and Axel Rose from HOLLYWOOD ROSE in 1983. After only a short time in that band, Guns reformed L.A. Guns. However, the merged name for the band Guns N' Roses remained [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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HammerFall - Glory To The Brave
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "Lucifer`s Hammer" (…"The Hammer Will Fall On You"…) by WARLORD (album: And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...). |
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Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
The name was inspired by the song "Chinese Rocks" by THE HEARTBREAKERS (album: L.A.M.F.). |
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Hatebreed - Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire
The name was inspired by the song "Hate Breeders" by MISFITS (album: Walk Among Us). |
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Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know
The name was inspired by the album title "Heaven And Hell" by BLACK SABBATH [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Heaven Shall Burn - Asunder
The name was inspired by the album title "Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered " by MARDUK. |
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High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense
The name was inspired by the song "Fire On High" by ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (album: Face The Music). |
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Host - IX
The name was inspired by the album title "Host" by PARADISE LOST [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Ibaraki - Rashomon
The name was inspired by Ibaraki, the band mascot from Matt Heafy`s group TRIVIUM (first appearance on the cover art of the album "Silence In The Snow"). Ibaraki is described as a Japanese demon [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Insineratehymn - A Moment In A Vision
The name was inspired by the album title "Insineratehymn" by DEICIDE. |
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Iron Man - Black Night
The name was inspired by the song "Iron Man" by BLACK SABBATH (album: Paranoid). |
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Jesu - Jesu
The name was inspired by the song "Jesu" by GODFLESH (album: Hymns). |
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Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
The name was inspired by the song "The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest" by BOB DYLAN (album: John Wesley Harding). |
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KEN Mode - Mongrel
"KEN" is an acronym for "Kill Everyone Now". This term is based on an ethos of BLACK FLAG frontman Henry Rollins that he used to describe the band’s state of mind while taking the stage during the tour with the album My War. |
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise
The name is a combination of "Gizzard Gizzard" and "King Lizard", which is a nickname of JIM MORRISON. |
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KK's Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner
The band was formed by K.K. Downing and other former members of JUDAS PRIEST. [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Körgull The Exterminator - Dogs Of War
The name was inspired by the song "Korgüll The Exterminator" by VOIVOD (album: Rrröööaaarrr). |
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Last In Line - Heavy Crown
The name was inspired by the album title "The Last In Line" by DIO [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Love Like Blood - Flags Of Revolution
The name was inspired by the song "Love Like Blood" by KILLING JOKE (album: Night Time). |
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Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss
The name was inspired by the song "Love Bites (So Do I)" by HALESTORM (album: The Strange Case Of...). |
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Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
The name was inspired by the song "Mayhem With Mercy" by VENOM (album: Welcome To Hell). |
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Memory Garden - Tides
The name was inspired by the song "Memory`s Garden" by TROUBLE (album: Manic Frustration). |
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Merciless Death - Evil In The Night
The name was inspired by the song "Merciless Death" by DARK ANGEL (album: We Have Arrived). |
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Metalucifer - Heavy Metal Drill
The name was inspired by the song "Metalucifer And Evilucifer" by SABBAT (JPN) (album: Evoke). |
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Mob Rules - Savage Land
The name was inspired by the album title "Mob Rules" by BLACK SABBATH. |
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Moonsorrow - Suden Uni
The name was inspired by the song "Sorrows Of The Moon" by CELTIC FROST (album: Into The Pandemonium). |
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Motörhead - Motörhead
The name was inspired by the song "Motorhead", which was written by Lemmy during his time with HAWKWIND and originally released as B-side of their single "Kings Of Speed" [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Mpire Of Evil - Hell To The Holy
The first version of the group was called "Prime Evil", inspired by the album title "Prime Evil" by VENOM. Later, the name was changed to "Mpire Of Evil" and then to "Venom Inc." [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Mr. Big - Mr. Big
The name was inspired by the song "Mr. Big" by FREE (album: Fire And Water), which they also covered on their album "Bump Ahead". |
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Naked City - Naked City
The name was inspired by the song "Naked City" by KISS (album: Unmasked). |
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Nanowar Of Steel - Into Gay Pride Ride
The band was initially called Nanowar as a pun on the band name MANOWAR. Later, they used the situation of RHAPSODY's name change to RHAPSODY OF FIRE to add "Of Steel" to their and name. |
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Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
The name was inspired by the song "Necrophobic" by SLAYER (album: Reign In Blood). |
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Nocturnus AD - Paradox
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "At Dawn The Sleep" (…"Nocturnal spectre hiding from the light"…) by SLAYER (album: Hell Awaits). |
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Northlane - Discoveries
The name was inspired by the song "North Lane" by ARCHITECTS (album: Ruin). |
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Obscura - Retribution
The name was inspired by the album title "Obscura" by GORGUTS. |
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Operation: Mindcrime - The Key
The name was inspired by the album title "Operation: Mindcrime" by QUEENSRŸCHE [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Overkill - Feel The Fire
The name was inspired by the album title "Overkill" by MOTÖRHEAD. |
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Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
The name was inspired by the song "Pestilence" by KREATOR (album: Pleasure To Kill). |
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Rage - Reign Of Fear
The name was inspired by the song "The Rage" by JUDAS PRIEST (album: British Steel). |
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Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
The name was inspired by a song that Zach de la Rocha had written for his former band INSIDE OUT (unreleased). [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Ripping Corpse - Dreaming With The Dead
The name was inspired by the song "Ripping Corpse" by KREATOR (album: Pleasure To Kill). |
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Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
The name was inspired by the song "Running Wild" by JUDAS PRIEST (album: Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)). |
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Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
The name was inspired by the song "St. Vitus`s Dance" by BLACK SABBATH (album: Black Sabbath Vol. 4). |
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Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
The name was inspired by the song "Sanctuary" by IRON MAIDEN (album: Iron Maiden). |
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Savage - Loose 'N' Lethal
The name was inspired by the song "Savage" by JUDAS PRIEST (album: Stained Class). |
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Sepultura - Morbid Visions
The name was inspired by the song "Dancing On Your Grave" by MOTÖRHEAD (album: Another Perfect Day). Sepultura is the Portuguese word for grave. |
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Silver Mountain - Shakin' Brains
The name was inspired by the song "Man On The Silver Mountain" by RAINBOW (album: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow). |
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Sinner - Wild 'N' Evil
The name was inspired by the song "Sinner" by JUDAS PRIEST (album: Sin After Sin). |
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Skid Row - Skid Row
The group bought the rights to the name from the Irish blues rock band SKID ROW. |
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Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty
The name was inspired by the song "One Thousand Days In Sodom" by VENOM (album: Welcome To Hell). |
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Soulfly - Soulfly
The name was inspired by lyrics of the song "Headup" (…"Soulfly / Fly high / Soulfly / Fly free"…) by DEFTONES (album: Around The Fur). |
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Spawn Of Possession - Cabinet
The name was inspired by the song "Spawn Of Azathoth" by GROTESQUE (album: Incantation) in combination with the movie titles "Possession" (1981) and "Amityville II: The Possession" (1982). |
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Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
The name was inspired by the song "Spiral Architects" by BLACK SABBATH (album: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) [Note: conflicting statements by band members]. |
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Spirit Adrift - Chained To Oblivion
The name was inspired by the combination of the song "Adrift In The Ocean" by YOB (album: Atma) and the album title "Adrift" by WINO. |
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Starbreaker - Starbreaker
The name was inspired by the song "Starbreaker" by JUDAS PRIEST (album: Sin After Sin). |
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Stratovarius - Fright Night
The name was not inspired by a contemporary music group, but by the work of instrument designers. It is a portmanteau of the Fender Stratocaster guitar (by LEO FENDER, 20th century) and the Stradivarius violin (by ANTONIO STRADIVARI, 17th/18th century). |
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Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
The name was inspired by the song "Suffocation" by MORBID ANGEL (album: Altars Of Madness). |
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Superjoint Ritual - Use Once And Destroy
The name was inspired by lyrics of the song "The Pagan Winter" (…"United by hate / The final superjoint ritual"…) by DARKTHRONE (album: A Blaze In The Northern Sky). |
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Tailgunner - Guns For Hire
The name was inspired by the song "Tail Gunner" by IRON MAIDEN (album: No Prayer For The Dying). |
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Taking Dawn - Time To Burn
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "Fade To Black" (…"Growing darkness taking dawn"…) by METALLICA (album: Ride The Lightning). |
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Tanzwut - Tanzwut
The name was inspired by the album title "Tanzwut" by CORVUS CORAX [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Textures - Polars
The name was inspired by the song "Textures" by CYNIC (album: Focus). |
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The Devil's Blood - The Time Of No Time Evermore
The name was inspired by the song "Devil`s Blood" by WATAIN (album: Casus Luciferi). |
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The Halo Effect - Days Of The Lost
The name was inspired by the song "Halo Effect" by RUSH (album: Clockwork Angels). |
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The Iron Maidens - Worlds Only Female Tribute To Iron Maiden
The group started as an IRON MAIDEN tribute band. |
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The Troops Of Doom - Antichrist Reborn
The name was inspired by the song "Troops Of Doom" by SEPULTURA (album: Morbid Visions). |
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Therion - Of Darkness
The name was inspired by the album title "To Mega Therion" by CELTIC FROST. |
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Through The Eyes Of The Dead - Bloodlust
The name was inspired by the song "Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead" by CANNIBAL CORPSE (album: The Bleeding). |
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Thulcandra - Fallen Angel's Dominion
The name was inspired by the demo/song title "Thulcandra" by DARKTHRONE (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). |
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Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies
The name was inspired by the song "After The Holocaust" and the band name of NUCLEAR ASSAULT (album: Game Over). |
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Trapped Under Ice - Stay Cold
The name was inspired by the song "Trapped Under Ice" by METALLICA (album: Ride The Lightning). |
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Týr - How Far To Asgaard
Not the band name itself but the rune logo style on the cover art was inspired by the album "Tyr" by BLACK SABBATH. |
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Veil Of Maya - All Things Set Aside
The name was inspired by the song "Veil Of Maya" by CYNIC (album: Focus). |
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Venom Inc. - Avé
The band was formed by former members of VENOM [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Vision Divine - Vision Divine
The band name is a combination of the original name of Olaf Thörsen`s band LABYRINTH ("Vision") and the title that was supposed to be given to his first solo album ("Divine") [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Volbeat - The Strength/The Sound/The Songs
The name was inspired by the album title "Vol.Beat" by DOMINUS [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Watain - Rabid Death's Curse
The name was inspired by the song "Watain" by VON (demo: Satanic Blood). |
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Weakling - Dead As Dreams
The name was inspired by the song "Weakling" by SWANS (album: Filth). |
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Whitesnake - Snakebite
The name was inspired by the song "Whitesnake" by DAVID COVERDALE (album: White Snake) [Note: partial lineup overlap]. |
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Winds Of Plague - A Cold Day In Hell
The name was inspired by the lyrics of the song "Endless" (…"Growing wings of sorrow/Have brought you to the winds of plague"…) by UNEARTH (album: The Oncoming Storm). |
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Wine From Tears - Through The Eyes Of A Mad
The name was inspired by the song "Wine From Tears" by THY SERPENT (album: Forest Of Witchery). |
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Winter - Into Darkness
The name was inspired by the song "Winter" by AMEBIX (released as single in 1983 and re-released on compilations, e.g. No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings). |
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Zakk Sabbath - Vertigo
The name of Zakk Wylde's supergroup is a combination of his forename and the interest in BLACK SABBATH (e.g. album: Black Sabbath). |
