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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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28 Oct 2003

KATAKLYSM

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28 Oct 2003

DECAPITATED

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28 Oct 2003

SCARVE

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28 Oct 2003

ETERNIA

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26 Oct 2003

MIND ECLIPSE - new album news

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26 Oct 2003

DAWN OF DEFIANCE

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26 Oct 2003

Napalmed

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26 Oct 2003

APOCRYPHAL

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26 Oct 2003

MORBID RECORDS

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16 Oct 2003

TUMULUS - joined original drummer Ottar

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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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