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Arch Enemy - Sweden
In Flames- Gathenburg, Sweden
Soilwork - Sweden
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Nightwish- Kitee, Finland
Children of Bodom- Espoo, Finland
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Daath- Boston, US
Hatebreed- Connecticut, US
Killswitch Engage- Massachusetts, US
Machine Head- California, US
Chimaira- Cleveland, Ohio
Coal Chamber- LA, California
DevilDriver- CA, US
Fear Factory- CA, US
Iced Earth- Indiana, US
Symphony X - New Jersey, US
Demon Hunter- Washington, US
36 Crazy Fists- Anchorage, Alaska
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3 Inches of Blood- Vancouver, Canada
Into Eternity- Regina, Canada
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Iron Maiden- London, England
Cradle of Filth - Suffolk, England
DragonForce- London, England
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Blind Guardian- Krefeld, Germany

So, right; This was originally going to be a big post about how I'm sorry I'm such a huge American stud and how I feel bad that I'm entirely too narrow-minded when it comes to everything except the U.S.A. This idea came about today as I was thinking about how much Metal I like comes from other places, far, far away from my normal sphere of American-bound Rock & Roll...

Then I put together this list and I realized something:
While a lot of my favorite bands come from European places just look at the amount coming from the U.S. I guess you could argue quality over quantity but I'm American so go fuck yourself.