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Hugo Matthysen (Ekeren, January the 30th 1956) is a Belgian singer, columnist, writer, graduated philosopher and actor. In 1978 he played in the cover band Beri Beri, together with Bart Peeters and Jan Leyers. In 1984 he appeared frequently in Bart Peeters’s program Villa Tempo, together with Bart Peeters and Marcel Vanthilt, as “De Hermannen”. De Hermannen were three men with sunglasses, blond wigs, black coats and white sweaters. They played absurd sketches. Matthysen started writing for Humo, a Belgian weekly magazine. He started the humoristic rock band “Hugo Matthysen & De Bomen” (Hugo Matthysen and the trees). In 1989...

The Twelfth Amethyst was formed in 2007 by original members Zak Walters (Vocals) Justin Morrison (Guitar) and Tim Snyder (Drums). This passionate three piece broke onto their local metal scene with their first ep "A Beautiful Death". Now with more fan support they began writing their first full-length album. The highly anticipated release of "To Davy Jones Locker" was a success, nearly selling out in the first week of their self-financed album. Now with the addition of two new members Evan Gettig (Guitar) and Jimmy Coonan (Bass) this genre bending powerhouse are working on a new ep entitled "Welcome to...

South African born, sings in Afrikaans, English, and some Dutch songs (in a very Dutch dialect). He was introduced to the guitar by his father at the age of fourteen (according to his web site), but he has been playing the piano since early chilfdhood; however, he only got to stage and studios in the 'nineties. Influenced by artists like Koos du Plessis (South African philosopher-singer), Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens. As he says, he sings the songs he loves, and he let the listener love them too, for his rich, mellow voice and soulful capturing. A great singer who, if...

There are at least two artists with this name: 1: Amethys is a French power progressive metal band which has released 2 albums since 2003. 2: Amethys is a Japanese breakcore and gabba producer. .

Bathyscaphe are part of the new breed of post-rock band atmospheric instrumentalists like Godspeed You Black! Emperor, Tortoise and Set Fire To Flames, promoting a musical aesthetic that focuses more on actual performance than cute programming tricks. Hailing from Paris, France, the band got their start by doing soundtrack work for film directors such as Lionel Delplanque, Georges Zsiga and Dan Salzmann, and have now released a debut full length which takes this soundtrack concept one step further. On the aptly titled Road Movie, they have indeed constructed a soundtrack to a film of the imagination. Kicking off with an...