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Exumer ‘Hostile Defiance’ Album Review
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A New Revenge ‘Enemies & Lovers’ Album Review
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Reternity ‘Facing The Demon’ Album Review
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Danko Jones ‘A Rock Supreme’ Album Review
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Thenighttimeproject ‘Pale Season’ Album Review
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Brightlight City ‘The Harmony & The Chaos’ Album Review
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Texas Hippie Coalition ‘High In The Saddle’ Album Review
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Fractal Universe “Rhizomes of Insanity” Album Review
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Death Angel ‘Humanicide’ Album Review
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