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There is more than one artist using this name: 1) Influence was a heavy metal band from the tip of North Holland. Since the band was founded in 1996, Influence has increasingly developed its own style, which could be described as melodious, energetic and powerful. From the very start, the band has written its own numbers, drawing inspiration mainly from Iron Maiden, but also from Metallica, Primal Fear, Judas Priest and Queensryche. Influence brings a modern style to the classic heavy metal mould. In the past years the band wrote a lot of songs: from classics as 'Riders of the...

There are, at least, four artists known as Atmosphere: 1) An American alternative rap band. 2) A Polish rock band. 3) An Italian disco group. 4) A Vietnamese metal band. 1) The Minnesota underground hip-hop group was formed around 1994. At its creation, the group was called "Urban Atmosphere". Unlike many hip hop groups, Atmosphere provides its own live instrumentation, usually consisting of bass guitar and drums. Atmosphere originally consisted of Spawn (MC), ANT (producer) and Slug (DJ, at the time). After Spawn left the group (now rapping under the name Rek The Heavyweight) the line up was set, with...

M-Sphere was born in 1970. From 84 he was Bass Guitarist with the Gothicrockband "Psychic Attack". Since 95 he has been on the Road as Ambient DJ M-Sphere, playing at numerous Parties and Festivals in the World. In 1996 he began building his own studio and he has recorded many songs since then. His Music is influenced by the musical beginnings of the Independent and Underground bands of the early 80s. (Bauhaus, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk...........) It has developed into a slow and grooving Sound whitch is made by melodic Hooklines conveying a...

Memories of exploding buildings, gunfire, and threats of violence followed Matthew Archer Stephenson long after his return from El Salvador to Virginia Beach. Growing up during the peak of the Salvadoran Civil War and its aftermath makes for an uniquely traumatic childhood, but it also provides context for the themes of fear, rage, love and longing found in the lyrics of one of the East Coast’s premier rock bands, The Influence. Will Clarke, the band’s lead guitar player, and John Zontini, the original rhythm guitar player, befriended Matt in high school (Matt returned from El Salvador in time for their...

Old School Death Metal band from Belgium which released one album, "Rest in Peace", one of the first Osmose Production releases (OP003) in 1992. After the split vocalist/bassist Dan Vanderplas joined the Belgian Black Metal Horde Enthroned as Cernunnos on drums in 1993 until he commited suicide in 1997. From 1998 another Blasphereion member, Fabrice Depireux also moved to Enthroned as Namroth Blackthorn to replace Dan on drums. .