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Black Metal of Death from Denmark. The idea of Ogdru Jahad have been present for many years now. The original goal was to form a temporary band, record a few songs, spread them in the underground and play some live shows and then dissapear again. Nothing happened for a long time, but while Sadomator was touring around with a line-up, composed mainly of session members, the idea of Ogdru Jahad finally took form and became a reality. After the very first rehearsal a lead guitarist was added and the line-up was complete. A rehearsal tape was recorded and home dubbed...

1) Yggdrasil is a Swedish folk metal band. At the turn of the year 2000-2001 Magnus Wohlfart and Gustaf Hagel decided to create a musical project combining the dark and mysterious atmosphere of traditional Scandinavian folk music with the powerful force of metal. And so YGGDRASIL was brought to life. After having released two demos, YGGDRASIL recorded the debut album “Kvällningsvindar Över Nordrönt Land” (“Evening Winds Over Northern Lands”) in 2005, which was released via German record label Det Germanske Folket in late 2007. In 2008 the follow-up album, “Vedergällning” (“Vengeance”), was recorded and subsequently released in the summer of...

Groop Dogdrill were a rock band formed in the early 1990s in the Northern English town of Doncaster, UK, by Damien "Damo" Fowkes (bass), Pete Spiby (vocals/guitar) and Hugh "Hug" Kelly (drums). They achieved modest success, releasing a number of singles and two albums in between numerous tours of the UK, before finally splitting up in 2001. The band were originally called Dogdrill, until they played a show with The Wedding Present at The Tunbridge Wells Forum, on 24 August 1994. Darren Belk (friend of the band and frontman/guitarist with Beachbuggy) was playing bass guitar at the time for The...

The group Ygdrassil consists of mainly two female lead singers, Linde Nijland and Annemarieke Coenders, two Dutch female singers - known for their beautiful, clear harmonies. Both their live-performances and recordings are compelling and pure. Ygdrassil belongs to the top of Dutch folk scene. They began to compose and make music in 1993 by winning the Dutch art- & music contest "Pop = prima". Since then five albums have been made. The latest album - Easy Sunrise. Since 2004 Ygdrassil is accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Bert Ridderbos. Both their own songs and the choice of covers (among those are 'Trees' with...