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08 May 2004

ANOREXIA NERVOSA has left Osmose

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08 May 2004

THE CHASM in the studio

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04 May 2004

DISBELIEF have signed Nuclear Blast!

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04 May 2004

SADISTIK EXEKUTION - Fukk II

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04 May 2004

MALEVOLENT CREATION - a new cult of war

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04 May 2004

SINISTER split up!

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02 May 2004

NIGHTWISH step over to a new album

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30 Apr 2004

SAMAEL are back!

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30 Apr 2004

FREEDOM CALL are due to issue a live album

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22 Apr 2004

PUNGENT STENCH – have split ways with a guitarist

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22 Apr 2004

IMPIOUS – new album this Fall…

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22 Apr 2004

DEVILS WHOREHOUSE – death-rock investigators

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22 Apr 2004

CREMATORY – back from the dead!

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22 Apr 2004

New releases from CD-Maximum

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22 Apr 2004

ST. LUCIFER – ABIGOR’s mainman starts a new project

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19 Apr 2004

THE GREAT DECEIVER – new album is out!

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19 Apr 2004

TEXTURES – have found a new voiceman

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19 Apr 2004

ATROCITY – In search of Atlantis...

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18 Apr 2004

DARK FUNERAL - living dead

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15 Apr 2004

MISANTHROPIC ART - "Possessed by Bestiality"

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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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