In the previous video, I talked about how gimmicks can use bands to elevate themselves. Now it’s time to show examples. This video looks at 10 bands with great gimmicks.
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Ice Nine Kills is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts who are signed to Fearless Records.
Ghost, also formerly known as Ghost B.C. in the United States, is a Swedish rock band that was formed in Linköping in 2006.
Powerwolf, often stylized as POWERWOLF, is a German power metal band founded in 2003 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim.
Starset is an American rock band from Columbus, Ohio, formed by Dustin Bates in 2013.
In This Moment is an American alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005.
Sleep Token are a British rock collective. Their second album This Place Will Become Your Tomb was elected by Loudwire as the 12th best rock/metal album of 2021.
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995.
Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal band from Falun, Sweden.
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray.
Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.