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22 Mar 2004

TURISAS - part ways with bassist

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17 Mar 2004

HOSTILE BREED - two new songs for downloading

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17 Mar 2004

ARDA - debut album in stores!

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17 Mar 2004

CITADEL - "Transition" for CIS

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15 Mar 2004

SONATA ARCTICA - started the recording of new album

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15 Mar 2004

DIMMU BORGIR - won Norwegian grammy

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15 Mar 2004

NIGHTWISH - new album

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15 Mar 2004

DEATH ANGEL - "The Art Of Dying"

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12 Mar 2004

PAGAN REIGN - new album in next few days

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07 Mar 2004

CD-Maximum - deal with Blackend Records

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07 Mar 2004

KRUGER - re-release of second album

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07 Mar 2004

VENIN NOIR - "Rainy Days Of October"

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07 Mar 2004

IMPETIGO - brrrutal for CIS

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07 Mar 2004

THEATRES DES VAMPIRES - "Vampyrisme..." for CIS

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23 Feb 2004

HOSTILE BREED - cover and tracklist of upcoming album

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20 Feb 2004

EINHERJER - Split!

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20 Feb 2004

AYREON - "The Human Equation" cast of characters

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19 Feb 2004

MANTAS - Jeff Mantas and Tony Dolan new group

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16 Feb 2004

NOCTURNAL DOMINIUM - line-up changes

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16 Feb 2004

PECCATUM - complete work on "Lost In Reverie"

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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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