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Ketum was founded in 2002 by Ulas Gursoy and Taner Tarhan in Izmir-Turkey. Roots of band had came from their old death-hardcore and industrial bands called Autumn, Dogfight and Sterile Noiz Klan. Sterile Noiz Klan released their debut (and last) album 'Fix' from Hammer Music label after Taner's joining, with his electronic music influences brought a different taste whereas for some circumstances the SNK disbanded after a while. The following years, Ula and Taner gathered and found KETUM - it is another tale that the band's name emerged from being secretive to a person not to be mentioned till to...

BatAAr was formed 2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden. BatAAr has five members; Seb on vocals, Patrik and Simon on guitar, Felix on bass and Tobias on drums. On December 29th, 2010 BatAAr announced they're releasing "ABSORB" (including four new tracks), scheduled to be released in first quarter of 2011. Official homepage: http://www.bataar.com .

Kawabata Makoto (河端一) is the guitarist and leader of Acid Mothers Temple. Kawabata is chiefly famous for his leadership of Acid Mothers Temple and its variants; however, he has also played in many other bands since the start of his career in the late 1970s (Baroque Bordello, Mothers of Invasion, Floating Flower, etc), and has an extensive solo discography. In 2000, Kawabata wrote "Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and...