There are several bands bearing the name Mandrake;

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1) Mandrake, Gothic Metal band from Germany:

The German Band Mandrake was brought to life by Lutz de Putter in the wastelands of northern germany ("Ostfriesland") in the late 90`s. In 1998, the self-produced album Forever was recorded, presenting the band as a mixture of slow death-metal and elements of the gothic-scene. Female vocals were rare and sung by a guest-vocalist. In 1999, Birgit Lau joined the band and her part became bigger and bigger. After several demos, in 2003, Mandrake signed a contract with the label Greyfall/Prophecy Productions.

The label-debut Calm the Seas was released at the end of 2003. For the first time, this record presents the current line-up with Garvin Bösch on Bass-guitar and Jörg Uken on drums. Live-keyboarder Julius Martinek also became a full member, but soon prefered electric guitars.

The music of Mandrake is voluptuous, sometimes epic, sometimes fragile, supported by "real" strings, low guitars and powered by pounding drums. Above all, the significant voice of Birgit. Lyrics and music often deal with the forces of nature, especially water, and the desire to reach distant shores and galaxies.

The term mandrake (mandragora) is taken from a poisonous plant which is a symbol for spiritual and supernatural powers.

2) Mandrake was an obscure progressive rock band from Japan. The band was formed in the mid-seventies by Susumu Hirasawa as one of the pioneers of native original progressive rock music in Japan.

Mandrake has little recorded history outside of Japan, and their two lone recordings were not released until the early nineties, well after the band's demise. These releases seem to be largely in response to the popularity of Hirasawa's work since Mandrake and in a renewed interest in early Japanese progressive recordings.

After Mandrake's demise in 1978 Susumu Hirasawa formed a new wave band under the name P-Model .

3) Mandrake: Experimental/Electronica producer, originally from Akaroa, New Zealand.

4) MANDRAKE: Another obscure and short-lived band, this time from US 70s. Hard rock and nice acid quitar solos.

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mandrake_f1/mandrake/

5) Czech Melodic Heavy Metal band MANDRAKE:

http://bandzone.cz/mandrake

6) Mandrake, Oakland based acoustic quartet

Mandrake is an Oakland-based acoustic quartet playing a very original take on indie/prog rock. The band line-up was solidified in 2004. Since then Mandrake has shared the stage with a string a great acts including Two Gallants, Rogue Wave, Audrye Sessions, Etienne de Rocher, Kelley Stoltz, Sean Hayes and many more.

Matt Herz : classical guitar

Owen Williams : trumpet, drums

Liam Carey : guitar, vocals

Jason Walker : double bass

From their website: http://mandrakeband.com/

7)Mandrake is a Dutch progressive rock band, formed in 2008.

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