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Founded in 2009, this Brussels based Groove Rock quartet brought us a first sample of their musical prodigy with the demo The Nightmare Before, recorded in April (at Noise Factory ) and released in September of that formation year.

Sweet Apple is band of rockers from groups you've mostly heard before if you listen to music besides metal.

Germany's Ibbenbüren based Hardcore act was founded in 2007 (which makes it the oldest still remaining act in the genre from that area), and the outfit released a well-received  EP entitled Sin a year later.

Although the beginning of existence of the San Francisco based Psychedelic Rock band is generally set at 2007, the actual origins of the band go a little further back in time.

This Athens based Greek Melodic Death Metal/ Djent band was founded in 2007 by current members Al Sinnik (lead guitar, occasional keyboardist, and backing vocalist; also active in Dimeyes, Versus Heaven, and as live musician of Seduce The Heaven, with former tenures with God.Fear.None and I Bow Candles), Chris 'CRS' Nanos (rhythm guitarist and owner of Athens based Growl Studios) and Stelios Nanos (bassist and responsible for most

This Köln based German Indie Punk Rock act [not to be confused by the '90s German Power Metal band (left us only demos in 1991 and 1994), or one of the other acts by that name : the now defunkt Thrash/ Power Metal band from Alaska (founded in 1996, they left us a 2000 demo and have since disappeared), or the still existing Dutch Death Metal outfit (founded in 2004, they have so far a 2006 demo and a self-titled 2000 full-length) and the Doom/ Thrash/ Stoner act from New Zealand (who released a self-titled full-length in 2012)] was founded in late 2012 by 4 childhood friends whom, in spite o

Revontulet is a female fronted Symphonic Metal band from Russia. The band was formed somewhere in 2008, when the future core of the band, Alexandra Revontulet (songwriting, vocals) and Sergey Zorg (drums), found each other in the Internet. During the next two years the line-up changed many times, until 2010 when they finally found a steady line up.

This Danish duo (consisting of Mats Damsgaard Kristiansen and Esban Valloe) was formed in 2009, first operating under the monicker Reptile & Retard. They soon changed their name because they preferred to be seen as a “movement” which would allow them to work in a frame within which many stylistic changes could happen, rather than be pigeonholed at any time!

Following my review of this Amsterdam & North of Holland based “Latin” Stoner Rock/Metal outfit's debut full-length (review posted 08/12/2010 serves as history of the band up to that point) Cantos A La Vida, the quartet continued their musical career with a pace which is very in tune with the Latin antecedents of some of its members, playing short tours and some separate shows [among the short tours, a Dutch one at the end of March 2012, another short one through South America (Argentine, Peru and Paraguay) in July 2012, and a 4-day Spanish stint in early Nov.

This Utrecht based Dutch ElectroPop band originally started out life as the “solo” project of singer/ keyboardist Anne Broekmans, who collaborated with her husband Maarten Besseling (known from In A Cabin With – taking on production) and Anne's brother Jesse (whom added bass and guitar to the whole) to create the self-titled Minus The Tiger [name came from the couple's cat Meines, which got killed by a car rather early in its life – hum...and if it was a “tiger” cat (you kn