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"First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one."
...since I'm a bit of a newbie a lot were tied, but here goes! (Dunno if similar artists in my Top 20 don't count?)

1. Angelspit

Ayria
Helalyn Flowers
Zombie Girl
Pzychobitch
I:Scintilla
Hanzel und Gretyl
Combichrist
Psyclon Nine

2. Evanescence

Amy Lee
Within Temptation
Lacuna Coil
Ben Moody
Flyleaf
After Forever
Seether (feat. Amy Lee)
Avril Lavigne

3. Emilie Autumn

Hannah Fury
The Birthday Massacre
Helalyn Flowers
Angelspit
Ayria
Jack Off Jill
Rasputina
Zombie Girl

4. Combichrist

Panzer AG
Icon Of Coil
Suicide Commando
Grendel
Noisuf-X
Agonize
Aesthetic Perfection
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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

#1 Madonna
1 Kylie Minogue
2 Janet Jackson
3 Cher
4 Lady Gaga
5 Britney Spears
6 Danii Minogue
7 Cindy Lauper
8 Spice Girls

#2 Marilyn Manson
9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
10 Nine Inch Nails
11 Rob Zombie
12 Rammstein
13 Deathstars
14 John 5
15 KoЯn
16 Dope

#3 Crass
17 Flux of Pink Indians
18 Conflict
19 Subhumans
20 Rudimentary Peni
21 Zounds
22 Poison Girls
23 Dirt
24 Aus-Rotten

#4 Icon Of Coil
25 Combichrist
26 Rotersand
27 Panzer AG
28 Covenant
29 Assemblage 23
30 Seabound
31 Neuroticfish
32 Apoptygma Berzek

#5 Combichrist
Panzer AG
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Hi guys!

Let me introduce you three (not yet popular, but promising) dark electro bands!
I'm not related to anyone of them, I just enjoy their music very much and hope you also will. I will not try to describe their music, better to simply listen to 1 or 2 songs.

1) Control Alt Deus

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These guys are from Portugal and they play the best dark electro I've ever heard, and have a very bright future ahead of them. They have a demo, a live album, and some songs posted on myspace.

You can have a quick check here at last.fm or at myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/controlaltdeus
http://www.last.fm/music/Control+Alt+Deus

As these sites do not include all of their songs you should grab these:

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1. How did you get into 29? Diorama
In a compilation...

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Apoptygma Berzerk
Until the End of the World

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? The Dresden Dolls
My alcoholic friends. The party never ends

4. What is your favorite album by 46? Elegant Machinery
Feel The Silence

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Colony 5
0

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Carmilla
More Pleasure

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? 8MM
Forever And Ever Amen

8. What is your favorite album by 15? Terminal Choice
Menschenbrecher

9. What is your favorite song by 4? Britney Spears
Womanizer

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Ayria
Girl on the Floor

11. What is your favorite album by 40? Black Heaven
Negativ

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Montage
Bento XVI & Pedro Almodovar

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Theatre of Tragedy
My adolescence

14. What is your favorite song by 38? din a tod
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06.01. Planet Myer Day V (Cervello Elettronico, P.A.L, S.K.E.T., Haujobb), Leipzig Moritzbastei
05.02. Ben Folds (Support: Clem Snide), Berlin Postbahnhof
21.02. Deine Lakaien & Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, Leipzig Gewandhaus
02.03. Juli (Support: Beatplanet), Leipzig Haus Auensee
10.03. Kaya Yanar, Berlin Hochschule der Künste
29.03. Johann König, Halle Steintor Varieté
31.03. Die Happy (Support: Disgroove), Wilhelmshaven Pumpwerk
12.05. Backworld, Leipzig Schaubühne Lindenfels
24.05. Herbert Grönemeyer (Support: Clueso), Leipzig Zentralstadion
25.05. – 28.05. Wave Gotik Treffen (gesehen: NVMPH, Kosmic Horrör, Pzychobitch, In Strict Confidence, Dunkelschön, Lapis Serpentis, Des Teufels Lockvögel, Pink Turns Blue, Secret Discovery, Midge Ure (akustik), Tyske Ludder, All my faith lost, Lux Interna, Rome, Der Fluch, Kammer Sieben, :Golgatha:, Apoptose & Fanfarenzug Leipzig, Dernière Volonté), Leipzig
15.06. Die Form (Bachfest), Leipzig Werk II
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06.01. Trümmerwelten (Support: Ann Arbor), Oldenburg Amadeus
22.01. Fiddler’s Green, Bremen Tower
26.01. De/Vision (Support: Iris), Hannover Faust
30.01. Fink, Bremen Lagerhaus
10.02. Funny van Dannen, Bremen Schlachthof
13.02. Favez (Support: Jumbo Jet/The Aim of Design Is To Define Space), Bremen Tower
14.02. In Strict Confidence (Support: Pzychobitch), Hamburg Markthalle
24.02. Black Eyed Peas (Support: Blumentopf), Bremen Pier 2
28.02. Blumfeld (Support: Heinz Strunk), Bremen Schlachthof
09.03. Die Happy (Support: Christina Lux), Bremen Modernes
12.03. Wir sind Helden (Support: Tiger Tunes), Göttingen Stadthalle
14.03. Saltatio Mortis, Bremen Tower
19.03. Justin Balk (Support: Monohead), Bremen Tower (Bar)
26.03. Einstürzende Neubauten (Support: Boe), Bremen Schlachthof
27.03. HIM (Support: Eat the Gun/Zeraphine), Bremen Pier 2
02.04. Saltatio Mortis, Osnabrück N8
07.04. Icon Of Coil (Support: Solitary Experiments), Hannover Faust
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Listen people. Hardcore and all that emo pop punk crap is not underground anymore...its mainstream to the max and anyone thats into the "scene" full throttle is a hudge stuck up poser in my eyes. There are so many REAL genres that have underground music like Rap/Hip-Hop, Punk, and my personal favorite Industrial. Lets talk about industrial, Industrial is the most underlooked genre, some people never even heard of industrial. If you don't know what industrial is think of it as intelligent techno or talented electronica but much darker. Industrial itself has branched off into so many genres, like speedcore, hardstyle, industrial metal, coldwave, darkwave and etc. Now anyone thats into the darker prospective view on music...and is looking for something new PLEASE check out these bands. I promise you guys you will like most of them if not all of them.



Sunbomb
16volt
Acumen Nation
Combichrist
Pzychobitch
Icon Of Coil
Terrorfakt
Ayria
Angelspit
Crossbreed
1EON
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