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Dennis Hayes
Dennis Hayes
American musician
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Tim "Ripper" Owens
Tim "Ripper" Owens
American heavy metal singer
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Beyond Fear
Beyond Fear
band
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Merauder
Merauder
band that plays thrash metal
4
Embalmer
Embalmer
American death metal
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Brendan Perry
Brendan Perry
British singer
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Hirax
Hirax
American thrash metal band
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Bane
Bane
band
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Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under
American death metal band
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Crimson Thorn
Crimson Thorn
American death metal band from Minnesota
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Patrick Lachman
Patrick Lachman
American musician
11
Craig Goldy
Craig Goldy
American rock musician
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Chris Caffery
Chris Caffery
American guitarist
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Seven Witches
Seven Witches
band
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Power Quest
Power Quest
British power metal band
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Antaeus
Antaeus
musical group
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Dissection
Dissection
black/death metal and later melodic death metal band
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Draconian
Draconian
Swedish band
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Defiance
Defiance
thrash metal band
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Cave In
Cave In
band
20
Straight Line Stitch
Straight Line Stitch
American metalcore band
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Annihilator
Annihilator
Canadian thrash metal band
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All For Nothing
All For Nothing
musical artist
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Crimpshrine
Crimpshrine
American punk rock band
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Persian Risk
Persian Risk
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Waylander
Waylander
northern Irish folk metal band
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Skinlab
Skinlab
band that plays groove metal
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Sponge
Sponge
alternative rock band from Detroit
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Streetheart
Streetheart
Canadian band
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Exciter
Exciter
Canadian speed metal band
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob
band
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Restless Heart
Restless Heart
American country music band
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David Reece
David Reece
American singer
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Possessed
Possessed
American death metal band
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Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph
American drummer
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The Murder Junkies
The Murder Junkies
American punk rock band
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Hatebreed
Hatebreed
American metalcore band
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The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks
American country and rock band
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Roy Z
Roy Z
American guitarist
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Last Days of Humanity
Last Days of Humanity
Dutch goregrind band
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Rough Cutt
Rough Cutt
band that plays heavy metal music
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Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
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James LaBrie
James LaBrie
Canadian vocalist
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ICS Vortex
ICS Vortex
Norwegian musician
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Rushlow
Rushlow
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Tim Armstrong
Tim Armstrong
American musician, songwriter, artist, director, poet, record producer and label owner
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Vital Remains
Vital Remains
band
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Only Crime
Only Crime
band
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Roxx Gang
Roxx Gang
American glam metal band
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Diabolic
Diabolic
American Death Metal Band
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Tony Levin
Tony Levin
American musician
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Chris Barnes
Chris Barnes
American singer
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Secrets
Secrets
American post-hardcore band
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Will Haven
Will Haven
band
54
René Berg
René Berg
British musician
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Necrophagist
Necrophagist
band
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Left Alone
Left Alone
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Cataract
Cataract
band that plays thrash metal
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Bonfire
Bonfire
German musical group; heavy metal band
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Pentagram
Pentagram
American heavy metal band
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Death by Stereo
Death by Stereo
American hardcore punk band
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The Toasters
The Toasters
American ska band
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Jaguar
Jaguar
band
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Shai Hulud
Shai Hulud
American metalcore band
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Goatwhore
Goatwhore
American extreme metal band
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James LoMenzo
James LoMenzo
American musician
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Willy Porter
Willy Porter
musician
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Anacrusis
Anacrusis
music band
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Vision of Disorder
Vision of Disorder
American metalcore band
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The Silencers
The Silencers
Scottish rock band
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The Casualties
The Casualties
American street punk band
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Cadaveria
Cadaveria
Italian extreme metal musician
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Derek Forbes
Derek Forbes
Scottish bassist, vocalist, and occasional guitarist
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Funeral
Funeral
Norwegian band
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Grace like Winter
Grace like Winter
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How Like a Winter
How Like a Winter
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Hagfish
Hagfish
American rock band
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DragonForce
DragonForce
British power metal rock band
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Hawaii
Hawaii
heavy metal band formed in 1982
Intro
American band

Winters Bane are a heavy/power metal band formed in 1990. They have gone through extensive line-up changes throughout their history with only guitarist and sometime-vocalist Lou St. Paul featuring as an ever-present.

In their first incarnation with Tim "Ripper" Owens (who would later join Judas Priest and Iced Earth), they released the Heart of a Killer album in 1993, a concept piece based on the murderous exploits of a character called Judge Cohagen. This album was re-released in 2000 by Century Media Records as a two-CD set, featuring a bootlegged live gig as a bonus disc.

After the departure of Owens, St. Paul took over the vocal duties for both the unreleased Season of Brutality and Girth, arguably Winters Bane's heaviest work to date.

Following the release of Girth, Winters Bane went into a period of semi-activity while searching for a full-time vocalist. By 2003, German Alexander Koch (ex-Spiral Tower, Powergod) was recruited and a demo was cut. Two years later St. Paul, Koch and veteran drummer Mark Cross entered the studio to record Redivivus, a full-length album released in 2006.

After the release of the album, Koch and Cross were replaced by locally based Jeff Zaigen and former touring drummer Jeff Curenton and there are plans for a sequel to Heart of a Killer to be released in 2007.

Former members Tim Owens and Dennis Hayes would later form their own band, Beyond Fear, and they released their debut album in 2006. The next year, Hayes would also join Owens in Iced Earth as their new bassist.

As early as December 2007, it was rumored that due to Matt Barlow's reunion with Iced Earth (thus the booting of Tim Owens), Tim Owens would return to Winters Bane as its vocalist. These rumors were confirmed, as it was announced that talks of said reunion are under way. "If the right conditions are met," said guitarist Lou St. Paul, "we would put forth our best effort, making of course a 'killer' album, and do a major tour." The rumors also state this follow-up would be a direct sequel to Heart of a Killer.