Band: Looking For Medusa
Album: Perseus
Genre: Progressive Rock

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French bands don't always get the recognition they deserve. Well, Looking For Medusa will get it from me, as this is a musical highlight. The vocals, however, do take some getting used to. I succeeded in doing so, so I will gladly listen to this time and time again.

Year Of Formation: 2012
Label: Rock City Music Label

No. 09

Band: Carmen Sea
Album: HISS
Genre: Progressive Violin Metal

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Ever thought which album you could use to drive your parents/neighbours/housemates nuts? Look no further, as the Metal band with a violinist at its centre has produced just that! Impressive.

Year Of Formation: 2020 (?)
Label: Independent

No. 08

Band: Kaipa
Album: Urskog
Genre: Progressive Rock

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Soft, gentle, but oh so impressive. Progressive Rock of the highest order, packed into absolute gems of songs.

Year Of Formation: 1974
Label: Inside Out Music

No. 07

Band: Midnight Rider
Album: Beyond The Blood Red Horizon
Genre: Old School Heavy Metal

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If you love the Heavy Rock/Metal of the early seventies, you can't go wrong with the Germans of Midnight Rider. Take a bit of early Black Sabbath and mix it with very young Judas Priest before adding some high quality Depp Purple, and you're done. Beautiful!
Year Of Formation: 2004
Label: Massacre Records

No. 06

Band: Blood God / Debauchery
Album: Demons Of Rock 'n Roll
Genre: Heavy Metal / Death Metal

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How do you make an AC/DC inspired recording sound interesting? Well, first off you need to make sure the songs are up to scratch. Check! Next you have to make sure that the vocals will remind people of the right singers. Check! What these guys have done is add a second album with exactly the same songs, accompanied by Death Metal vocals. Masterfully done!

Year Of Formation: 2012
Label: Massacre Records

No. 05

Band: Bark
Album: Rambler Of Aeons
Genre: Death 'n' Roll

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Bark is a Belgian band that mixes the best of Entombed style Death 'n' Roll with some Thrash and Groove Metal/ On this, their fourth full length album, they achieve perfection.

Year Of Formation: 2014
Label: Listenable Records

No. 04

Band: Shamblemaths
Album: Shamblemaths II
Genre: Progressive Metal

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If you are not afraid to let weird noises enter your brain, plus have a proper adventurous disposition, you can't go wrong with this one. Amazing!

Year Of Formation: 2004
Label: Apollon Records

No. 03

Band: Star One
Album: Revel In Time
Genre: Heavy Metal

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Arjen Lucassen is good in one thing: making people happy musically. This time he's done it again, with Star One, his Heavy Metal project. But whether it is Ayreon, a solo project or this, it all his top notch.

Year Of Formation: 2002
Label: Inside Out Music

No. 02

Band: Brotality
Album: The Woods Will End You
Genre: Extreme Metal

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The youth has the future. Well, that is definitely true for these Americans, because at the ages of 18, 17 & 15 years young they have made an album which is the perfect mix between Mastodon and Opeth, in addition to their own influences.

Year Of Formation: 2016
Label: Rottweiler Records

No. 01

Band: Crisix
Album: Full HD
Genre: Crossosver

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These Spanish crossover artists have been good before, but this year they have made my life so enjoyable. It is impossible to sit or stand still with Full HD. Brilliant.

Year Of Formation: 2011
Label: Listenable Records