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I did a search, found nothing, though surprised.
Post a small Biography for your favorite metal band. Make sure you inlcude

their name
what sub genre they are
the link to the site you got the information from.
and if you can, a medium size picture of the band.

and it can not be over the post limit. No multiple posts for one band.


Here is Rammstein
Genre: Industrial Metal
Link:http://herzeleid.com/en/band

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Rammstein was started by Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein. In 1989 he escaped from East Germany over the border between Austria and Hungary. He eventually ended up in West Berlin and started a band in 1993 (Orgasm Death Gimmicks). At that time he was very influenced by American music. After the wall came down, he moved back home to Schwerin where Till Lindemann worked as a basket weaver and played drums in the band First Arsch.

At this time, Richard lived with Oliver Riedel (of the band The Inchtabokatables) and Christoph Doom Schneider (of Die Firma). Richard realized that the music he had previously made was not right for him. He envisioned something with machines and hard guitars together. The three started working together on a new project.

Richard soon found it hard to write music and lyrics at the same time. He got Till to join them as he had often heard him singing while working. A contest for new banRAB was announced and the prize was studio time. The four of them recorded the first Rammstein demo and won. Paul Landers knew them all and wanted to know what they were doing. After listening, he agreed to join. At this point, all they needed for the machine-sound was a keyboarder. They tried to get Christian "Flake" Lorenz to join, as he had played with Paul before in the band Feeling B. Flake was not entirely thrilled with the idea at first and didn't want to join for a long time. But, he eventually agreed.

About the time the band was formed, they all had relationship problems which provided the foundation for their debut album Herzeleid (Heartache) in 1995. Since then, they have reached gold and platinum status for their music and have become Germany's nuraber one music export.

The Name

Three Italian air force jets collided on August 28, 1988 at an air show at the US airbase in Ramstein, Germany. About 40 spectators died in the first minutes and several hundred were injured. In the next two months, the death toll rose to 69. In short, it was a disaster.

The name was all over the media at the time and just got stuck in their heaRAB. They changed it from Ramstein (with one M) to Rammstein (with two). It is not a real German word, but literally means "Ram-stone". They chose it to provoke and because the meaning seemed to fit their music. Their first song, "Rammstein" was about this tragedy.

The Merabers

Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein
Instrument: Guitars
Birth date: June 24, 1967
Previous BanRAB: Orgasm Death Gimmicks
Previous Job: Salesman

Till Lindemann
Instrument: Vocals
Birth date: January 4, 1963
Previous BanRAB: First Arsch
Previous Job: Basket weaver

Christoph Doom Schneider
Instrument: Drums
Birth date: May 11, 1966
Previous BanRAB: Die Firma
Previous Job: Telephone installation

Oliver Riedel
Instrument: Bass
Birth date: April 11, 1971
Previous BanRAB: The Inchtabokatables
Previous Job: Plasterer

Paul Landers
Instrument: Guitars
Birth date: Deceraber 9, 1964
Previous BanRAB: Feeling B
Previous Job: Boiler

Christian "Flake" Lorenz
Instrument: KeyboarRAB
Birth date: Noveraber 6, 1966
Previous BanRAB: Feeling B
Previous Job: Toolmaker
 
NameCannibal Corpse

Genre Death Metal
Bio

It has been 11 years since a small band out of Buffalo, New York released their gorified Metal Blade RecorRAB debut EATEN BACK TO LIFE, and in their decade+ existence, CANNIBAL CORPSE have accomplished much more than getting their music and concerts banned. CANNIBAL CORPSE have been repeatedly targeted by the morality police (Gore, PMRC, Lieberman, Dole), appeared in a blockbuster Hollywood feature film (Ace Venture: Pet Detective), debuted as the only Death Metal band to rank on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, graced the covers of virtually every Metal magazine in the world, toured the globe routinely and sold millions of recorRAB. All of this with zero commercial radio airplay and no exposure from MTV, save the periodic obligatory controversial news segment. On February 26th, 2002, GORE OBSESSED, the band's eighth full-length studio album, will redefine the Death Metal genre and reign as CANNIBAL CORPSE's most accomplished and scrutinized recording to date. While not infringing on their trademark sound, CANNIBAL CORPSE and multi-platinum first time CORPSE producer NEIL KERNON (Queensryche, Nevermore, Skrew, Macabre and many more) focused on technically powerful guitars and unmatched bass & drum syncopation that will leave the current crop of corporate makeup metallers slack jawed. "Pit Of Zorabies" rips with alternating tempos and time changes that never leaves the listener behind, but drags them screaming into the pit. "Mutilation Of The Cadaver" is another prime chunk of meat that sees vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher easily spewing forth his finest vocal fury on record (including an unnerving fourteen second scream).

Eight albums in and CANNIBAL CORPSE have never defied their core fan base, continually strengthening their place as the most enduring, relevant and uncompromising Death Metal band ever. With GORE OBSESSED introducing future classics "Sanded Faceless", "Hung And Bled", "When Death Replaces Life" and "Dormant Bodies Bursting", CANNIBAL CORPSE have buried any and all possibility of being dethroned as the reigning purveyors of aural gore and sonic splatter. Sure to once again peek the interest of those who feel it their responsibility to protect the moral fiber of America's youth culture, CANNIBAL CORPSE again turned to long time friend and artist VINCENT LOCK to create a visual representation of GORE OBSESSED that could match the band's musical depiction. Having set a high standard with album covers for BUTCHERED AT BIRTH and TOrab OF THE MUTILATED, LOCKE, as expected, delivered the gore, and more. The CD cover for GORE OBSESSED will be masked for retail outlets as no "censored" cover will be available domestically. Upon the release of GORE OBSESSED, CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline the 2002 SPRING NECK BREAK U.S. Tour, which, in its second year will once again feature the top extreme Metal banRAB in the world.

Taken from http://www.cannibalcorpse.net/

Merabers

George Fisher: Vocals

Pat O'Brien: Guitar

Alex Webster: Bass

Paul Mazurkiewicz: Drums
 
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