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03 Jul 2004

CULT OF LUNA studio report

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03 Jul 2004

DEICIDE quit Euro tour and head home

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03 Jul 2004

DECAPITATED: Entertainment Weekly debates scrapped USA tour

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03 Jul 2004

MUNICIPAL WASTE enter Earache’s roster

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22 Jun 2004

GRENOUER - re-releasing debut album

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19 Jun 2004

ACCEPT – a new blast from the past

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17 Jun 2004

BESTIAL - "Satanic Metal"

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17 Jun 2004

FESTERGUTS and TVANGESTE - soundtracks for "Sinners And Saints"

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01 Jun 2004

CHILDERMAS - ChilderMiss-2004 competition

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01 Jun 2004

EVERLOST - Bitterness Of The Triumph

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31 May 2004

EVERLOST – «Bitterness Of The Triumph»

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31 May 2004

THERION – widen the borders of metal music once more

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31 May 2004

ALONE IN THE DARK – the ghosts will howl familiar

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31 May 2004

SYMPHONY X are going to enter the studio…

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31 May 2004

EXMORTEM do onslaught again…

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27 May 2004

CANDLEMASS – «the magic is gone…»

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26 May 2004

SKYCLAD – the new album is delayed

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20 May 2004

INEXIST have finished a new album

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20 May 2004

FOREST STREAM will work with Dan Swano

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16 May 2004

INSISION have forged a new album

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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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Thrash Metal · Napalm

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