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Loma Vista (Region: International)
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[Album]
18 April 2025
Grunge Rock
'Thunderball' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins.
Melvins are an American alternative rock band formed in 1983, in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Primarily a trio, they have also performed as a quartet, with either two drummers or two bassists. Since 1984, vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been constant members.
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Buzz Osbourne - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Mike Dillard - Drums [Member]
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Ipecac Recordings (Region: International)
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[Album]
14 February 2025
Doom Metal
'Affliction Vortex' is the fourth studio album by Dawn Of Solace.
Dawn Of Solace is a doom metal band from Finland. It was started in 2005 by Tuomas Saukkonen as a side-project to his main bands Before The Dawn and Wolfheart.
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Noble Demon (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
31 January 2025
Thrash Metal
'Scenes Of Agony' is the second studio album by Black Talon.
Black Talon is a thrash metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
[Album]
28 January 2022
Doom Metal
'Flames Of Perdition' is the third studio album by Dawn Of Solace. The album debuted at number 27 on the Finnish official album chart and number 9 on the physical album chart.
Dawn Of Solace is a doom metal band from Finland. It was started in 2005 by Tuomas Saukkonen as a side-project to his main bands Before The Dawn and Wolfheart.
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Noble Demon (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
11 May 2025
Thrash Metal
'Endless Realities' is the debut studio album by Black Talon.
Black Talon is a thrash metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
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Wasted State Records (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
23 April 2010
Alternative Rock
'Nobody's Daughter' is the fourth and final studio album by Hole. The album was initially conceived as a solo project and follow-up to Hole frontwoman Courtney Love's first solo record, America's Sweetheart (2004). At the urging of her friend and former producer Linda Perry, Love began writing material while in a lockdown rehabilitation center in 2005 following a protracted cocaine addiction and numerous related legal troubles. In 2006, Love, along with Perry and Billy Corgan, began recording the album, which at that time was tentatively titled How Dirty Girls Get Clean. Following a number of live performances of the new songs between 2006 and 2007, Love decided to scrap the project, and began writing new material with guitarist Micko Larkin, who had joined her backing band in 2007. In mid-2009, it was announced that the album, retitled Nobody's Daughter, would be released as a Hole record, with guitarist Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey, and drummer Stu Fisher as members. Before the album's release, former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson publicly disputed Love's use of the Hole name, claiming it violated a previous agreement between the two, which Love contested. On its release, Nobody's Daughter received generally mixed reviews from music critics, with some praising its instrumentation and lyrics, while others criticized it for its folk rock elements as well as production issues and Love's vocals. Despite this, Love said in 2010 that she considered it the best record she had made.
Performer(s): |
Courtney Love - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Linda Perry - Guitar [Guest]
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Jack Irons - Drums [Guest]
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Linda Perry - Production [Producer]
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Linda Perry - Engineering [Producer]
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Mercury Records (Region: International)
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Cherry Forever Records (Region: International)
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[Album]
23 February 2009
Black Metal
'Memoria Vetusta II, Dialogue With The Stars' is the seventh album by Blut Aus Nord. The album demonstrates more traditional black metal songwriting and structure than previous album MoRT 2006), with critics noting that stylistically this album represents a balance between the band's more experimental work and the band's earlier, more traditional black metal releases.
Blut Aus Nord is a French black metal band from Mondeville, Calvados, from in 1994. The band often incorporates avant-garde and industrial elements into its music.
[Album]
26 May 2006
Doom Metal
'The Darkness' is the debut album by Dawn Of Solace, The album and project spawned from the writing sessions for the third Before The Dawn album, The Ghost (2006), in which many songs were written but some of the material was slower, more melodic and darker than the songs chosen for The Ghost and frontman Tuomas Saukkonen wanted to take things further without any limitations that Before The Dawn might create. After the album's release, problems with the Dead Air label caused Dawn Of Solace to be put on hold until 2019.
Dawn Of Solace is a doom metal band from Finland. It was started in 2005 by Tuomas Saukkonen as a side-project to his main bands Before The Dawn and Wolfheart.
[Album]
27 February 2006
Thrash Metal
'Out For Blood' is the fifth album by Sadus.
Sadus is an American thrash metal band from Antioch, California, U.S.A., active from 1985 to 2015, and reunited in 2017. Originally a quartet, the band's sound fuses thrash metal with death metal, featuring highly technical musicianship. They are known for the unique death growl of vocalist Darren Travis, and bassist Steve Di Giorgio.
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Steve DiGiorgio - Bass Guitar [Member]
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[Album]
10 June 2005
Progressive Metal
'Octavarium' is the eighth studio album by Dream Theater. Recorded between September 2004 and February 2005, it was the last album recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City. The album takes its creative concept from the musical octave.
[Album]
10 February 2004
Alternative Rock
'America's Sweetheart' is the debut studio album by Courtney Love. Her first official release after her former band Hole's break-up, the album's sound diverged significantly in musical and lyrical content to Hole's three previous studio albums. The recording process of the album began in summer 2001 in Los Angeles, California, however, was affected drastically by a number of personal and legal issues by Love; including her drug problems, the disbandment of Hole, the controversy surrounding Nirvana's upcoming box set, and legal problems with various record labels. Following recording, America's Sweetheart was further delayed due to Virgin's insistence on multiple changes to the songs and artwork. Upon its release, it received little promotion, and received mixed reviews. It was a commercial failure, selling 86,000 copies in its first three months, and with Love further citing the album as 'a mistake'.
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Courtney Love - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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[Album; Compilation]
5 June 2001
Progressive Rock
'The Very Best Of' is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull. It includes some of the band's biggest hits from 1969 to 2001. Frontman Ian Anderson selected the tracks himself, approving edits of some songs necessary for timing purposes.
[Album]
?? February 2001
Gothic Metal
'Sombre Romantic' is the debut studio album from Virgin Black.
[Album]
8 September 1998
Alternative Rock
'Celebrity Skin' is the third studio album by Hole. It was the last album released by the band before their dissolution in 2002. Hole intended for the record to diverge significantly from their previous noise and grunge-influenced sound as featured on Pretty On The Inside (1991) and Live Through This (1994). The band hired producer Michael Beinhorn to record Celebrity Skin over a nine-month period that included sessions in Los Angeles, New York City, and London. It was the band's only studio release to feature bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. Drummer Patty Schemel played on the demos for the album but was replaced by session drummer Deen Castronovo at the suggestion of Beinhorn. This issue created a rift between Schemel and the band, resulting in her dropping out of the tour and parting ways with the group, though she was still credited. Unlike Hole's previous releases, the final songs on Celebrity Skin featured instrumental contributions from several musicians outside the band, primarily Billy Corgan, who co-wrote the musical arrangements on five songs. Auf der Maur's former bandmate Jordon Zadorozny, as well as Go-Go's guitarist Charlotte Caffey, also contributed to the composition of one track. It is Hole's most commercially successful album. It peaked at number nine on the US Billboard 200, number four on the Australian Albums Chart, and number 11 on the U.K. Albums Chart. To date, it has sold over 1.4 million copies in the United States alone, has been certified as double-platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and platinum in Canada by Music Canada (MC) and the United States by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Critical reaction to the album was very positive and it was listed on a number of publications' year-end lists in 1998, including those by Time and The Village Voice. The album was named the 265th greatest album of all time by a 2013 poll by NME magazine and was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
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Courtney Love - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Billy Corgan - Bass Guitar [Guest]
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[Album]
?? April 1996
Black Metal
''Memoria Vetusta I, Fathers Of The Icy Age' is the second studio album by Blut Aus Nord.
Blut Aus Nord is a French black metal band from Mondeville, Calvados, from in 1994. The band often incorporates avant-garde and industrial elements into its music.
[E.P.]
?? September 1995
Black Metal
'Dreams Like Deserts' is the debut E.P. by Aura Noir.
[Album]
12 April 1994
Alternative Rock
'Live Through This' is the second studio album by Hole. Recorded in late 1993, it departed from the band's unpolished hardcore aesthetics to more refined melodies and song structure. The album was produced by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie and mixed by Scott Litt and J Mascis. The lyrics and packaging reflect Love's thematic preoccupations with beauty, and motifs of milk, motherhood, anti-elitism, and violence against women, while Love derived the album title from a quote in Gone With The Wind (1939). It was met with critical acclaim, and charted in nine countries before being certified platinum in the U.S. in April 1995. Despite this, it was also the subject of some public discussion regarding unsubstantiated rumors that Love's husband, Kurt Cobain - who died by suicide one week before the album's release - helped ghostwrite the album. This claim has been disputed by the band members, producers, as well as music biographers, though the band confirmed that Cobain sang additional backing vocals on two tracks during a visit to the studio. It was also the only Hole album to feature bassist Kristen Pfaff, and the final album to be released during her lifetime, as she died two months after the album's release. In critical circles, Live Through This is considered a contemporary classic, and was included in Rolling Stone's 2020 updated list of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time at number 106. It has also been featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and was ranked number 84 on NME's The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list. As of 2010, it has sold over 1.6 million copies in the U.S.
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Courtney Love - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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[Album]
12 October 1992
Death Metal
'Acts Of The Unspeakable' is the third album by Autopsy. The album was self-produced by the band, was the only album to feature Josh Barohn on bass.
Autopsy is an American death metal band formed in Contra Costa County, California, in 1987 by drummer Chris Reifert and guitarist Eric Cutler, shortly after Reifert's departure from Death. The group disbanded in 1995 but reunited in 2009. Along with fellow Bay Area band Possessed and Reifert's previous group Death, Autopsy have been considered a pioneering band in the death metal genre. Early bands such as Entombed, Dismember, Gorefest, Immolation, Cannibal Corpse and Deicide have all credited Autopsy as an influence in their sound.
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Chris Reifert - Vocals / Drums [Member]
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[E.P.]
?? March 1992
Death Metal
'Fiend For Blood' is the second E.P. by Autopsy.
Autopsy is an American death metal band formed in Contra Costa County, California, in 1987 by drummer Chris Reifert and guitarist Eric Cutler, shortly after Reifert's departure from Death. The group disbanded in 1995 but reunited in 2009. Along with fellow Bay Area band Possessed and Reifert's previous group Death, Autopsy have been considered a pioneering band in the death metal genre. Early bands such as Entombed, Dismember, Gorefest, Immolation, Cannibal Corpse and Deicide have all credited Autopsy as an influence in their sound.
Performer(s): |
Chris Reifert - Vocals / Drums [Member]
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[Album]
23 August 1991
Alternative Rock
'Pretty On The Inside' is the debut studio album by Hole. Produced by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, and Gumball frontman Don Fleming, the album was Hole's first major label release after the band's formation in 1989 by vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.
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Courtney Love - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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[Album]
11 July 1975
Classic Rock
'Fleetwood Mac' is the tenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac. It is the band's second eponymous album, the first being their 1968 debut album, and is sometimes referred to by fans as The White Album. It is the first Fleetwood Mac album with Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as a vocalist, after Bob Welch departed the band in late 1974. It is also the band's last album to be released on the Reprise label until 1997's The Dance. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart on 4 September 1976, 58 weeks after entering the chart, and spawned three top-twenty singles. It has been certified 7? platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over seven million copies in the United States. Peaking at number 23 on the U.K. Albums Chart, it was the start of a run of hugely successful albums for the band in Britain, with six number ones, Fleetwood Mac being followed by Rumours (1977), Tusk (1979), Mirage (1982), Tango In The Night (1987), and Behind The Mask (1990).
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by ex-Bluesbreakers members guitarist and singer Peter Green and drummer Mick Fleetwood. Primarily a British blues band in their early years, the band achieved their first U.K. number one single in 1968 with the instrumental 'Albatross'.
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Reprise Records (Region: International)
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[Album]
1 March 1974
Rock
'Get Your Wings' is the second studio album by Aerosmith. The album was their first to be produced by Jack Douglas, who also was responsible for the band's next three albums. Three singles were released from the album, but none reached the singles charts. The album has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA.
Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums), and Brad Whitford (guitar). Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has also incorporated elements of pop rock, heavy metal, glam metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. Aerosmith is sometimes referred to as 'America's Greatest Rock And Roll Band'. The primary songwriting team of Tyler and Perry is sometimes referred to as 'The Toxic Twins'. The band is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide, including over 85 million records in the United States. With 25 gold, 18 platinum, and 12 multi-platinum albums, they hold the record for the most total certifications by an American group and are tied for the most multi-platinum albums by an American group. They have achieved twenty-one Top 40 hits on the US Hot 100, nine number-one Mainstream Rock hits, four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards.
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Jack Douglas - Production [Producer]
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Jack Douglas - Engineering [Producer]
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Columbia Records (Region: U.S.A.)
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CBS Records (Region: Europe / Australia)
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14 February 2025
Doom Metal
'Affliction Vortex' is the fourth studio album by Dawn Of Solace.
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Noble Demon (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
25 April 2025
Rock
'Skeleta' is the sixth studio album by Ghost.
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Loma Vista (Region: International)
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[Album]
18 April 2025
Grunge Rock
'Thunderball' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins.
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Buzz Osbourne - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Mike Dillard - Drums [Member]
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Ipecac Recordings (Region: International)
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[Album]
18 April 2025
Grunge Rock
'Thunderball' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins.
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Buzz Osbourne - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Mike Dillard - Drums [Member]
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Ipecac Recordings (Region: International)
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[Album]
28 January 2022
Doom Metal
'Flames Of Perdition' is the third studio album by Dawn Of Solace. The album debuted at number 27 on the Finnish official album chart and number 9 on the physical album chart.
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Noble Demon (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
11 May 2025
Thrash Metal
'Endless Realities' is the debut studio album by Black Talon.
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Wasted State Records (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
26 May 2006
Doom Metal
'The Darkness' is the debut album by Dawn Of Solace, The album and project spawned from the writing sessions for the third Before The Dawn album, The Ghost (2006), in which many songs were written but some of the material was slower, more melodic and darker than the songs chosen for The Ghost and frontman Tuomas Saukkonen wanted to take things further without any limitations that Before The Dawn might create. After the album's release, problems with the Dead Air label caused Dawn Of Solace to be put on hold until 2019.
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14 February 2025
Doom Metal
'Affliction Vortex' is the fourth studio album by Dawn Of Solace.
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Noble Demon (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
25 April 2025
Rock
'Skeleta' is the sixth studio album by Ghost.
Label(s): |
Loma Vista (Region: International)
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[Album]
18 April 2025
Grunge Rock
'Thunderball' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins.
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Buzz Osbourne - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Mike Dillard - Drums [Member]
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Ipecac Recordings (Region: International)
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[Album]
18 April 2025
Grunge Rock
'Thunderball' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins.
Performer(s): |
Buzz Osbourne - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Mike Dillard - Drums [Member]
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Ipecac Recordings (Region: International)
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[Albums; Boxed Set; Reissue]
22 November 2024
Classic Rock
'The Beatles 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono' is an albums boxed set by The Beatles. It contains all The Beatles U.S. mono albums released by Capitol Records in 1964, and one from 1965.
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John Lennon - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Paul McCartney - Vocals / Bass Guitar [Member]
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George Harrison - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Ringo Starr - Vocals / Drums [Member]
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[Albums; Boxed Set; Reissue]
22 November 2024
Classic Rock
'The Beatles 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono' is an albums boxed set by The Beatles. It contains all The Beatles U.S. mono albums released by Capitol Records in 1964, and one from 1965.
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John Lennon - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Paul McCartney - Vocals / Bass Guitar [Member]
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George Harrison - Vocals / Guitar [Member]
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Ringo Starr - Vocals / Drums [Member]
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[Album]
28 January 2022
Doom Metal
'Flames Of Perdition' is the third studio album by Dawn Of Solace. The album debuted at number 27 on the Finnish official album chart and number 9 on the physical album chart.
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Noble Demon (Region: Europe)
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[Album]
11 May 2025
Thrash Metal
'Endless Realities' is the debut studio album by Black Talon.
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Wasted State Records (Region: Europe)
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[Album; Live; Official Bootleg]
2008
Thrash Metal
[Album]
26 May 2006
Doom Metal
'The Darkness' is the debut album by Dawn Of Solace, The album and project spawned from the writing sessions for the third Before The Dawn album, The Ghost (2006), in which many songs were written but some of the material was slower, more melodic and darker than the songs chosen for The Ghost and frontman Tuomas Saukkonen wanted to take things further without any limitations that Before The Dawn might create. After the album's release, problems with the Dead Air label caused Dawn Of Solace to be put on hold until 2019.
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