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Slaughter
Slaughter
American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Rage
Rage
German heavy metal band
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Jameson Raid
Jameson Raid
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Steve Harris
Steve Harris
English musician, founder and bassist of Iron Maiden
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White Spirit
White Spirit
British heavy metal band
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Orden Ogan
Orden Ogan
German power metal band
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Turbo
Turbo
Polish heavy metal band
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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Poison
Poison
American glam metal band
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Scorpions
Scorpions
German rock band
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Kai Hansen
Kai Hansen
German musician
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Gillan
Gillan
English rock band
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Rollins Band
Rollins Band
American punk rock band
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Tankard
Tankard
German metal band
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Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
American musician
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Slik Toxik
Slik Toxik
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band
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Vardis
Vardis
English hard rock band
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Helloween
Helloween
Power metal band
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard
British rock band
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
rock band from the United States
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Show-Ya
Show-Ya
Japanese female heavy metal band
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Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker
German musician
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Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
German power metal band
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Alchemist
Alchemist
Australian progressive metal band
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Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
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Shining
Shining
Norwegian musical group; hard rock band
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Saxon
Saxon
British heavy metal band
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Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
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Airbourne
Airbourne
Australian hard rock band
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Night Ranger
Night Ranger
American rock band
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Be-Bop Deluxe
Be-Bop Deluxe
English progressive rock band
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Girlschool
Girlschool
British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978
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Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
American hard rock band
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Pantera
Pantera
American heavy metal band
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Queen
Queen
British rock band (1970-)
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Magica
Magica
Romanian power metal band
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Edguy
Edguy
German power metal band
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Balance of Power
Balance of Power
British metal band
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Living Colour
Living Colour
American rock band
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Masters of Reality
Masters of Reality
American rock band
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Deftones
Deftones
American alternative metal band
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Lance King
Lance King
American heavy metal vocalist
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Warlock
Warlock
German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982
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Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the band Deep Purple
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Master's Hammer
Master's Hammer
Czech black metal band
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Warrant
Warrant
rock band from the United States
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Neil Murray
Neil Murray
British musician
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Nelson
Nelson
American rock band
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Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
American rock band
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RC Succession
RC Succession
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AC/DC
AC/DC
Australian hard rock band
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Trust
Trust
French hard rock band
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Tuff
Tuff
American glam metal band
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Whitesnake
Whitesnake
British hard rock band
Intro
German heavy metal band
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Axxis is a German heavy metal band that was founded in 1988. Their debut album, Kingdom of the Night, became the best-selling debut album by a hard rock band in Germany in 1989.

Singer Bernhard Weiß and guitarist Stefan Weber at Rockharz 2016
Bassist Rob Schomaker at Rockharz 2016
Drummer Dirk Brand at Rockharz 2016