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Animal Alpha Bio Juli 2006 History: Norwegian five-piece Animal Alpha was formed in 2002. After spending a great deal of 2004 in a battered old van gigging around Norway, the band soon earned a growing fan base and interest from the music industry. This alongside performances at Oslo’s prestigious Øya Festival, earning them 8 of 10 points in British Metal Hammer Magazine, combined with an appearance on national TV program 'Lydverket' created a buzz around the band that led to two sold-out nights at Oslo’s 500-crowd-capacity John Dee club. Without any released material this is quite unique by any standards. From being one of Norway's best hidden musical secrets, the band rose from relative obscurity into the musical mainstream by the end of 2004. A bidding war between none less than 11 record-labels ensued, and the band chose the small indie label Racing Junior, penciling the release of their first EP and album spring 2005. Status: Animal Alpha spent year 2005 playing all ov...