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12 Apr 2004

STEEL PROPHET – have signed with Massacre!..

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12 Apr 2004

MYSTIC CIRCLE – opening the hell-gates again...

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10 Apr 2004

DARKTHRONE – «We are not changing anything…»

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10 Apr 2004

BLOODHEAD RECORDS – will issue the new coming from VINTERRIKET

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10 Apr 2004

PARADISE LOST – have parted company with their drummer

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10 Apr 2004

THORNS – Art fiends

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10 Apr 2004

STRATOVARIUS – future is under a question

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10 Apr 2004

RHAPSODY – now play the Film Score Metal

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10 Apr 2004

KUWALDA – delicious again...

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10 Apr 2004

DRAGONLAND – have signed a new deal

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10 Apr 2004

FOREFATHER – Ours is the kingdom...

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06 Apr 2004

CRADLE OF FILTH - quench lack of ’nymphetamine’

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04 Apr 2004

CD-Maximum’s most recent issues

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04 Apr 2004

BESEECH – animation problems

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04 Apr 2004

VINTERRIKET – a postcard from the kingdom of frost

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03 Apr 2004

BORKNAGAR - long-awaiting album in June

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03 Apr 2004

KING DIAMOND - participating in side-projects

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03 Apr 2004

BETHLEHEM - working on 6th album

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03 Apr 2004

NEUROSIS - upcoming album details

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03 Apr 2004

SKYCLAD - “A Semblance Of Normality”

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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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