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Soulsister is a Belgian music band consisting of musicians Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. SoulSister (also known as the Soul Sisters and Leyers, Michiels, and SoulSister) ran from 1986 until 1995 and performed a mix of pop and soul. They will reunite at The Night of the Proms in 2007. Jan Leyers had previous experience in the rock group Beri-Beri, while Paul had experience in the British-Belgian rock group Octopus and as a solo artist. The group formed in 1986 after Jan and Paul met each other in Paul's hometown of Heist-op-den-Berg (Jan, for his part, is a native of...

The Hall of Souls is a Gothic Rock band from Germany formed in 1991. According to the Hidden Pleasures blog the band's line-up consists of Crowley, Ravenwood, and Fate. The band self-released two audio cassettes in 1991, and was then signed onto Alice In... in 1995. The band has had tracks appear on numerous compilation cd's, and has released a few hard-to find albums. Discography: 1991 - Always & Forever (EP) (Cassette) 1991 - Transmission Ends - The Radio Sessions (EP) (Cassette) 1995 - Hope 1996 - Exit 1996 - The Sea (EP) 1997 - Desert Love 1998 - The...

Soulstorm was formed in May of 1991 by Nick Sagias (Bass/Vocals). Nick had just disbanded his previous band Overthrow and played in Holland’s Pestilence before realizing he needed to do something new and exciting. Soulstorm were early pioneers of death metal with industrial overtones, sounding like a cross between Ministry, Swans, Godflesh, Celtic Frost and Obituary. The band quickly recorded the “Control” demo (Epidemic, 1991). Four crushing songs, sounding like no other, quickly established the band as a force in the extreme metal music scene. After many impressive live shows it was time that Soulstorm was ready to release a...

Lamented Souls were doomed from the outset of their now 16-year long career. Disagreements on whether to play death, black or doom metal, and a bass player more concerned with American tractors than playing his bass were only a few of the obstacles the Kolbotn quartet faced during their formative years. The fact that they couldn’t agree on who were to play what and who would be the singer only clouded their vision furthermore, and it’s no wonder their debut demo ‘Soulstorm’ wasn’t the groundbreaking piece of art they had hoped for. Years of dormancy followed with the usual college...