Originally calling themselves Sahara Dust Hollands Epica formed in early 2003 when After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen decided to break away from the group he had helped found in order to start an operatic metal project all his own After drafting tee…

The Belton TX-based heavy rock quintet Flyleaf formed in 2000 when frontwoman Lacey Mosley tried out a string of the dark hard-edged songs she consistently wrote as a brooding teen on drummer James Culpepper After a brief period of playing together t…