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Stratovarius is a power metal band from Finland. They became more popular in the '90s, and throughout their career have inspired upcoming power metal bands with their baroque arranged keyboard solos & Ritchie Blackmore-like guitar portions. Stratovarius was founded in Finland in 1984 from former members of the band Black Water. They went through a number of personnel and musical changes before the band found its own voice. In 1984, the name was changed to Stratovarius (a portmanteau of Stratocaster and Stradivarius), an idea of Stråhlman's. By 1984, Timo Tolkki entered the band, replacing Stråhlman in the guitar. He took...

Strata (formerly known as Downside) was a four-piece from Campbell, California. Strata released two independent EPs before their major-label debut. In 2001, under their previous name Downside, they released a 9 track disc entitled "Sleep," and in 2003 a 7 track disc under the Strata name entitled "Now the Industry is Outnumbered. Their Factories are Burning Down." In 2004 they released their self-entitled debut album on Wind-Up Records. The album featured on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, where it peaked at #41.[1] Their song "Piece By Piece" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie "The Punisher"[2], and the video...

Orkestrated is an electro duo consisting of Dean Paps and Adam Bartas (real names; Dean Papoulis, Adam Bartolotta respectively) from Melbourne Australia. They frequently dj at venues such as Two Floors Up in Melbourne. .

The Carter Administration is a dedicatedly independent rock band from Nashville, TN. Formed in 1998, they are now older than they were at first. Fortunately, they are also better at their instruments. The Carters have released somewhere around twelve records between 1998 and 2010. The Carters are Ryan Ervin on guitar and Todd Kemp on drums with Sam Powers on another guitar and Andy Willhite on bass. .

The Demonstration and KILLWHITNEYDEAD share all of the same band members (except their vocalists), but not the same sound. In The Demonstration, you will find technical, talent-ridden harmories and melodies accompanied by ferocious and scathing breakdowns as is the norm for similar bands in the area. However, Trevor's unique and gritty growls and the band's tech-metal flavor make them stand out amongst the crowd. Many people seem to believe that The Demonstration were signed to Tribunal Records because they were also in KWD, but that is not the case. Founder, Matt, discovered them and wanted to sign them before ever...