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15 Nov 2003

KOROZY - ANCIENT manager as producer

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13 Nov 2003

AFTER FOREVER - name new album

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13 Nov 2003

STRATOVARIUS - line-up changes

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13 Nov 2003

NOVEMBERS DOOM - new album

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13 Nov 2003

BEHEMOTH - contract extension

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07 Nov 2003

IN FLAMES - new album details

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07 Nov 2003

DIMMU BORGIR - soundtrack to “Hellboy” movie

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07 Nov 2003

DEW-SCENTED - re-issue of their early albums

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07 Nov 2003

CREMATORY - comeback album

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07 Nov 2003

BAL-SAGOTH - details about new album

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01 Nov 2003

SOLSTAFIR

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01 Nov 2003

Varg Vikernes - capture

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01 Nov 2003

IRON MAIDEN - "Rainmaker" video online

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01 Nov 2003

LEAVES' EYES - "Lovelorn" as the title for their debut album

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01 Nov 2003

THE GATHERING - have replaced bassist

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01 Nov 2003

LACUNA COIL - finished filming a new video

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01 Nov 2003

VADER - have posted a live performance video

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28 Oct 2003

CENTINEX

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28 Oct 2003

CANNIBAL CORPSE

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28 Oct 2003

SHAITAN MAZAR

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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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