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29 Oct 2004

New BURZUM’s interview!

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27 Oct 2004

Who’s this world’s a brighter star...

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27 Oct 2004

ENSLAVED go fishing...

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27 Oct 2004

A Cologne Court refused English QUEEN

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27 Oct 2004

IN FLAMES are working on new material

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27 Oct 2004

PAIN CONFESSOR paint us their lake of regret

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27 Oct 2004

ENFORSAKEN - a new video posted online

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27 Oct 2004

WAYSTED reunion and hit with a new album

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27 Oct 2004

MESMERIZE completed making of a new album

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26 Oct 2004

MY FATE - is happiness fiction?

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26 Oct 2004

SCORNGRAIN - "cyber" + "war" + "machine" = ?

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26 Oct 2004

SOUL SIRKUS will play for the world

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25 Oct 2004

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT - accused in racism

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25 Oct 2004

ANDROMEDA - "Final Extension"

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25 Oct 2004

ANATHEMA - a DVD release is pushed back

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25 Oct 2004

Bard "Faust" Eithun will not join HELVETE

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25 Oct 2004

BEHEMOTH make Robbie Williams

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25 Oct 2004

KISS - School Of Rock!

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25 Oct 2004

THE PROVENANCE - new album’s to be out

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22 Oct 2004

USURPER - Announce details of their new album "Cryptobeast"

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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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