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Hundred Reasons

• Colin Doran - vocals
• Paul Townsend - vocals, guitar
• Larry Hibbitt - guitar
• Andy Gilmour - bass
• Andy Bews - drums

2000 proved to be one hell of a year for Hundred Reasons. It all started off the back of a 4-track demo landing on the desk of the Kerrang! bods. They then landed the main support slot to Kittie at the Garage in March (their 3rd ever live show), which brought them to the attention of independently hip Fierce Panda Records. They then went on to release their debut single "Cerebra" (through Fierce Panda) in July. They completed their first Kerrang! sponsored tour and then performed with plethora of up and coming talent from the US and the UK including The Get Up Kids, The Crocketts, Miocene, Boy Sets Fire and Garrison as well as a slot at the Lost Weekend held at the London Arena.

Not satisfied with being one of the most talked about new bands in the UK with a gaggle of A&R men hotly in persuit of band, they promptly marched off with the Best New British Band Award at the Kerrang! Awards in August and firmly planted themselves into the minds of many.

One would be fooled into thinking that they are now resting firmly on their laurels. You'd be wrong. They spent most of December in the studio writing and recording new material in-between the various tours and one-off shows since the Summer. This outcome of these sessions has left the guys armed with an arsenal of new material, ready to storm into 2001. Since January the band have played an Evening Session tour in Scotland, supported Idlewild and played with US outfit Rival Schools. They have recently signed a worldwide record deal with Sony Music off-shoot - Columbia Records.

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Sick Of It All

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Hatebreed

Hatebreed are a hardcore band from across the pond. Founded 1994, it was not until 1997 that their debut album Satisfaction Is The Death of Desire nestled on music shop shelves thanks to Victory Records.

In the five years that followed between their debut and its successor, Hatebreed toured with Slayer and Slipknot amongst others, and re-released their pre-Satisfaction EP, entitled Under The Knife, in 2000. Second album Perseverance saw the light of day in March 2002, with a third (The Rise of Brutality) following eighteen months later.

Fast forward to August of 2006 for their forthcoming fourth long-player on legendary label Roadrunner Records. The album is Supremacy, and the band are:

Sean Martin - guitar
Matt Byrne - drums
Chris Beattie - bass
Jamey Jasta - vocals
Frank 3 Gun - guitar

DiS FACT: You might also know Jamey Jasta for being the host of the metaltastic MTV show Headbanger's Ball.

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The Prodigy

• Keith Flint - vocals
• Maxim Reality - vocals
• Liam Howlett - keyboards
• Leeroy Thornhill - vocals

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God Forbid

MEEEETTTTTAAAAAAAL!!

Formed in New Brunswick, NJ back in 1998, God Forbid are a metalcore band and they are five in number. These five, in fact:

Byron Davis - vocals
Dallas Coyle - guitar
Doc Coyle - guitar
John Outcalt - bass
Corey Pierce - drums

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Guns N Roses

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Skindred

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In Flames

Hooray for Swedish melodic death metal!! In Flames, whilst they may not have created said genre, certainly have had a giant influence on it since their inception in 1990, when i was just nine. They have managed to get through fifteen band members in their history, and the five that survived are:

Björn Gelotte - Guitars
Daniel Svensson - Drums
Peter Iwers - Bassguitar
Jesper Strömblad - Guitars
Anders Fridén - Vocals

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Cradle of Filth

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36 Crazyfists

36 Crazyfists are...

• Brock Lindow - vocals
• Steve Holt - guitar, vocals
• Mick Whitney - bass
• Thomas Noonan - drums

Named for a Jackie Chan film, Alaska's 36 Crazyfists have battled six-month winters, a non-existant local scene, and the death of their bassist to get where they are today. Now based in Portland, Oregon, and signed to Roadrunner Records, they are steadily building a reputation as one of the strongest live bands in the US.»

Viking Skull

For Raging Speedhorners Gordon Morison (drums), Frank Regan (guitar) and Darren Smith (guitar) with Roddy Stone (vocals) and Waldie (bass), Viking Skull provides a chance to take a break from the heavy-duty pounding metal and play some sleazy, laid back rock.»

Fightstar

• Alex Westaway - vocals, guitar
  
• Charlie Simpson - vocals, guitar
  
• Dan Haigh - bass
  
• Omar Abidi - drums

A Nirvana-esque four-piece from London. Have been known to play a cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' live. Contain a certain member of Busted. Usually found ripping up London toilet venues, which they have now been selling out in advance.»

Breed 77

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From First To Last

From First To Last, originally known as pop-punk high-school kids First Too Last until they learnt to spell, are an American post-hardcore band with very, very neatly preened hair.

Sonny Moore - Vocalist
Matt Good - Guitarist/Vocalist
Travis Richter - Guitarist and Screaming
Derek Bloom - Drummer

From First To Last's homepage home page.

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Alexisonfire

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Bullet For My Valentine

Bullet For My Valentine are made special for you by these lovely looking chaps:

• Matthew (Matt) Tuck - Vocals, Guitar
• Michael (Padge) Paget - Guitar
• Jason (Jay) James - Bass, Vocals
• Michael (Moose) Thomas - Drums

Bullet For My Valentine come from Wales, and no jokes please, because they're angry. They won't take any shit from you ponces, as vocalist Matt Tuck sings:

'I scream into your face, I scream into your face until my veins are bursting through'

Scary. That's not to say that you should lock up your daughters though, as they show a much gentler and romantic side:

'The clock is ticking, My heart is bursting through my chest, And now I’m crying, (these tears are falling off my face)'

Beautiful. They have been heard saying that they are the new Metallica. Whether or not you believe this is down to opinion, but 100,000 emotionally scarred teenagers can't be wrong.

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Bring Me The Horizon

Bratty, scream-riddled hardcore. Old-school, mind - none of this sing/scream post-fartcore bollocks.»

Dragonforce

• ZP Theart - vocals
• David Mackintosh - drums
• Vadim Pruzhanov - keyboards
• Herman Li - guitar
• Sam Totman - guitar

Recently signed to Roadrunner, Dragonforce are a multi-national London-based outfit, with members hailing from South Africa, the Ukraine, New Zealand and Hong Kong. They have a website y'know:

Dragonforce's home page.

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Mendeed

• Dave Proctor – Vocals
• Chris Lavery – Bass, Vocals
• Steven Nixon – Lead Guitar
• Steph Gildea – Guitar
• Kevin Matthews – Drums

Scottish 5-piece metal band, straight outta Glasgow since 2000. Rising from the shadows to create furious modern metal, Mendeed have been compared to metal titans like Metallica and Slayer.

Meneed's home page.

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Aiden

Aiden are:
wiL Francis - vocals
Angel Ibarra - guitar
Nick Wiggins - bass
Jake Wambold - guitar
Jake Davison - Drums

Straight outta Seattle, Aiden are a young band. A very young band. Named after that whiny child from the piss-poor Hollywood remake of Ring, they released their debut when two of them were still in "high school", before catching the attention of Victory Records. They're punk, they're post-hardcore and they're a bit goth. Check them out on the links below.

yah, they have a myspace
and an official site

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I-(def)-I

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Lacuna Coil

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Betty Curse

Have you ever seen the film 28 Days Later? You HAVE? Well then you'll already know Betty Curse for her teenage lead role in it. Yep, that's right, Betty Curse is really just actress Megan Burns' solo musical project. People are calling it "goth-pop". As if you needed any more proof of the riduculousness of this venture, here's a quote from Betty herself:

"I like dressing up. I like drinking wine. I enjoy loneliness. I like romance. I like being in control. I like being submissive. I like reading poetry aloud. I like absinth. I like Parisian prostitutes from the early 1900s, true ladies. I like tattoos. I'd like Nick Cave to sing to me as I bled to death. I like making up stories. I like to lie, it makes life more interesting. I kill people and sell the bodies. I'm in a band, but then who isn't?".

Er.. right on, sister.

Not content with being a total nutter AND having no real ability to write her own songs, she had a lot of help from Eugene Kelly, Davey from the Crimea and Andy Huxley from the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. God knows how the album will turn out.

Betty's MySpace page is here.

Photo, from MySpace page, by Paul Harries

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The Zico Chain

Sussex rock/metal trio The Zico Chain consist of:

Chris Glithero - Vocals, Bass
Paul Frost - Guitar
Ollie Middleton - Drums

They have a myspace so you suckers can listen to them. Oh hell yeah.

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Lordi

• Mr. Lordi (Tomi Putaansuu) - Vox
• Amen (Jussi Sydänmaa)
• Ox (Samer el Nahhal)
• Awa (Leena Peisa)
• Kita (Sampsa Astala)

Lordi hail from Finland, and are apparently very popular over there. Recent exposure came from winning The Eurovision Song Contest, where they sung their latest single 'Hard Rock Halleluja'.

Lordi's home page.

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