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"These pot-smoking musical maniacs in the grindcore band Cephalic Carnage are responsible for some of the most complex…"

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"Bands as one-dimensional as Crowbar usually don't deserve much recommendation, but when stylistic imperatives are mas…"

"You can be a jazz player and be respected by musicians, but the rest of the world doesn’t care. [...] We’re going to …"

"Hirax became a fixture in the Los Angeles metal community before they achieved broader recognition, beginning with 19…"

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"Celtic Frost took the riffing ethos of Tony Iommi and applied it to their slightly thrashy nature and whole-hearted m…"

"We’re playing the 80s. Other bands are still playing the 70s."

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