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Name: Iad
Year formed: 1981
Origin: Bucharest, Romania
Genres: Black metal, Death metal, Thrash metal
Lineup: Daniel Bălan (Lead vocals/Bass), Nicușor Albescu (Lead guitar), Costin Cojocaru (Rhythm guitar/Backing vocals), Liviu Negrescu (Drums)
Bio: Iad (Meaning 'Hell' and 'Inferno' in Romanian), an extreme metal band, formed in 1981 and is a well known band in the First Wave of Black Metal movement. Their style a well constructed combination of black metal, death metal, and thrash metal, creating a unique style of their own. They have toured with bands such as Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Venom, Mercyful fate, and Sarcofago.
Over the years the band members have formed bands of their own, though they are just with the bands on a temporary basis. Band frontman, Daniel Bălan has formed a death/thrash band as well as a studio based industrial black metal project. Lead guitarist Nicușor Albescu has formed a blackened thrash metal band, which combines the styles of old-scho

Name: Lesbian Gore Party
Year formed: 2001
Origin: Toronto, Canada
Genre: Slam death metal
Lineup: Casey Symons (Vocals), Leanna Forest (Guitar), Marcelyn Gladwin (Bass), Lorraine Stacey (Drums)
Bio: Imagine if you took a band like GirlSchool and made them sound like bands such as Devourment and Vulvectomy, then you would have Lesbian Gore party. This band is universally known as the first all-female brutal slamming death metal band. Their lyrics talk about things from gore to the absolutely sick. They have the reputation of creating more female brutal/slam death metal fans. They also have several animated music videos which visualize the lyrics throughout the song.
The members of the band have numerous side-projects. Vocalist Casey Symons has a solo slam death metal project called Blistered Fetus Dismemberment. It is a studio-only project where she uses all the instruments, vocals, songwriting, etc. Guitarist Leanna Forest's project is called Cumfest, which is a one-person Pornogrind

Name: Steel Messiah
Year formed: 1975
Origin: London, England
Genre: Speed metal
Lineup: Syd Hermanson  (Lead vocals, Bass), Alfred Gully (Guitars, Backing vocals), Gareth Granger (Drums)
Bio: Originally a NWOBHM band in their first three albums, Steel Messiah had been known as a household name in the speed metal genre, like Motorhead, Venom, Exciter, Anvil, and Agent Steel.