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Headbangers Symphony
Wolf Hoffman
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Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian
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Ride the Lightning
Metallica
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Ghostlights
Avantasia
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Anarchytecture
Skunk Anansie
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I Worship Chaos
Children of Bodom
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Rage for Order
Queensrÿche
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Ilussia
Mägo de Oz
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