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14 Jul 2004

SAXON - nab STRATOVARIUS drummer

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14 Jul 2004

ECLIPSE ETERNAL - sign to Galy Records

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10 Jul 2004

CATHEDRAL - new album details

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10 Jul 2004

DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - announced 5th album

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03 Jul 2004

ARCANA - the new album is updoors

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03 Jul 2004

DECEMBER - New Vocalist Revealed

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03 Jul 2004

THE CHASM complete recording

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03 Jul 2004

THE BERZERKER’s DVD is out now

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03 Jul 2004

MORBID ANGEL: Headbanger’s Ball Guest Hosts

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03 Jul 2004

CATHEDRAL unlock ’The Serpent’s Gold’

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03 Jul 2004

CULT OF LUNA studio report

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03 Jul 2004

DEICIDE quit Euro tour and head home

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03 Jul 2004

DECAPITATED: Entertainment Weekly debates scrapped USA tour

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03 Jul 2004

MUNICIPAL WASTE enter Earache’s roster

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22 Jun 2004

GRENOUER - re-releasing debut album

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19 Jun 2004

ACCEPT – a new blast from the past

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17 Jun 2004

BESTIAL - "Satanic Metal"

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17 Jun 2004

FESTERGUTS and TVANGESTE - soundtracks for "Sinners And Saints"

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01 Jun 2004

CHILDERMAS - ChilderMiss-2004 competition

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01 Jun 2004

EVERLOST - Bitterness Of The Triumph

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31 MAR

2017

On March 31, 2017, MASTODON released their seventh studio album "Emperor of Sand" through Reprise Records — a conceptual masterpiece exploring terminal illness, mortality, and the passage of time through the metaphor of a man sentenced to death by a desert emperor. The album was deeply personal: drummer Brann Dailor's mother had recently been diagnosed with cancer, guitarist Bill Kelliher's mother was battling the disease, and bassist Troy Sanders's wife had undergone treatment. This collective grief infused every note with devastating emotional weight. Musically, "Emperor of Sand" represented MASTODON at their most refined, balancing their progressive sludge metal roots with accessible songcraft on tracks like "Show Yourself," "Sultans Curse," and "Steambreather." The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for "Sultan's Curse" — a crowning achievement for one of the twenty-first century's most important metal bands.

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