Demon Solar Totem – THE DEATHTRIP Anything or anyone that encourages people to listen to more interesting forms of heavy music has got to be a good thing. That seems to be the theory that motivates Mat McNerney — also…
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A Pyrrhic Existence – ESOTERIC
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