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And so it was that from the ashes of the Warrior there was formed a mighty Battleaxe… So runs the ancient legend. Sometimes legends can be true. Sometimes legends can be modern. From the ashes of a band called Warrior there came Battleaxe. Back in the early 1980s in the north-east of England four young men joined forces to embark on a heroic quest – to be one of the best heavy metal bands around. In 1980 when Dave King (vocals) Brian Smith (bass), Steve Hardy (guitar) and Ian Thompson (drums) went into Durham’s Guardian studios to record the single,...

White Flag is an American punk band based in Los Angeles, California (actually 70 miles east of Hollywood, a town once called Sunnymead, now the City of Moreno Valley). Its members include Pat Fear - guitar, vocals; Doug Graves - bass, vocals; Kim Crimson - guitar, organ, vocals; El Swe - guitar, vocals; Victor M. Surrounded - drums, vocals. Hailed as "The Beatles of Punk" in Europe since the early 80's, mainly due to their use of tight well arranged harmony vocals over fast aggressive but still tuneful music. Other monikers bandied about by promoters and reviewers include "The Godfathers...

Formed in 2001, with their unconventional, hard-to-pigeonhole mixture of rough, heavy guitars and experimental, multi-layered electronic music, “Battle Scream” have already gained a loyal fan base extending beyond their home city of Dresden. In September 2007 they released their album “Suffering”, a remarkable reflection of the band's rapid progress over the last two years. While the electronic influence is unmistakeably greater, there is no lack of the usual catchy, heavy guitar riffs. But these are no longer in the foreground of the Dresden band's sound – instead they provide the right thrust and round off the overall impression of every...

Kathleen Battle (geb. 13. August 1948 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA) wurde als jüngstes von sieben Geschwistern geboren und wuchs in relativ einfachen sozialen Verhältnissen auf. Durch ihre Mutter wurde sie bereits früh an die traditionelle afroamerikanische Gospelmusik herangeführt und studierte schließlich am College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati, Ohio, das sie 1971 mit dem Master's Degree verließ. Sie arbeitete danach als Musiklehrerin und debütierte 1972 als professionelle Sängerin beim Spoleto Festival unter der Leitung von Thomas Schippers. Fünf Jahre später sang sie an der Metropolitan Opera in Richard Wagners Oper Tannhäuser. In der Folgezeit sang sie u. a. mit den Wiener Philharmonikern,...