MAATH - No Survivors For The New World CD € 12
Based upon the concept of coma, sleep and suspended animation, "No survivors for the new world" gently brings you through a dormant world, where dreams flow freely around you, leaving a coloured trace in the cold and dark void. Melodic dark ambient of the finest kind, and one of the most impressive debuts I've heard in a long long while. Round, deep, mesmerizing.
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MAEL MÓRDHA - Manannán CD € 8
The third album from Ireland's Mael Mordha continues their trend of producing good folksy doom metal. Describing their sound is very hard since I haven't heard many bands that sound like this one. Their music features mid-paced songs with big, epic riffs that are mixed with Celtic influences to create a unique sound. But really what this band offers is an atmosphere that very few groups can match. The record features many foreign instruments, from flutes, whistles to pianos and they all make a difference in their songs, creating that folksy sound. If you like groups like Primordial, then you'll be right at home when listening to this.
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MAGNUS - Alcoholic Suicide CD € 8
Cult Thrashing metal with a hint of Death Metal from Poland. 3rd album from 1993 finally on CD for the first time. Magnus were one of the pioneers of the Thrash/ Death scene in Poland in the late 80's.
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MAKE A CHANGE...KILL YOURSELF - Make A Change...Kill Yourself CD € 11
"This self-titled album by the magnificently named Make A Change... Kill Yourself is what I consider to be the epitome of suicidal, dreary, misanthropic, funeral doom black metal." 100% - Metal Archives
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MALVEILLANCE - Just Fuck Off CD € 8
Anti-misanthropy D-beat based grim Black Metal from Quebec; in the raw vein of BONE AWL, albeit more 'melodic', and presenting comparably more 'memorable' hooks..
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MANDATORY - Exiled In Pain CD € 8
Known to be one of the best active death metal demo bands in the underground, Mandatory have gone all the way to please their deprived (one way or the other) fans by offering a demo anthology disc containing all their famous demos released in the past along with some unreleased tracks, which is kind of like getting a chance to have sex with all your ex-girlfriends you pine so much for at the same time.
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MANIAC - LILES - CZRAL - Det Skjedde Noe Når Du Var I Belgia CD € 11
A thirteen year time warp and the bizarre narrative of a humble Norwegian discussing 'topical Belgian issues' from the very edge of West Yorkshire makes this a very strange recording indeed. Former Mayhem front man Maniac (Skitliv, Sehnsucht, Bomberos) has teamed up with Andrews Liles and Czral (Virus, Ved Buens Ende, Aura Noir, Dødheimsgard) to release an album that he and Czral began working on in 1996.
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MANTAK - Diabolical Psycholust CD € 8
Newest fucking full-length desecration from the Borneo tyrants of virgin-raping psychopathic Black Metal sleaze!! The most vile and fucking punishing Mantaksex crime to date, essential degradation. Hail the Borneo Chaosmakers!!! Ltd. 1000 copies.
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MANTICORE - For Rats And Plague CD € 8
Too brutal to be called "Black Metal", too Satanic to be called "Death Metal"! This is an absolute must for fans of ARCHGOAT, BLASPHEMY, PROFANATICA, REVENGE, old BEHERIT, BLACK WITCHERY, CONQUEROR, etc.
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MARE - Spheres Like Death MCD € 10
Those who heard the call of the Nidrosian moon sabbath, come forth and wander deep into these spheres like death, mysteries and darkness... Some call it Black Metal, some call them Nachtmahrwaltzer. but we call it life. A life that that reaches it's worth only when the offerlams blood fills the chalice...
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MARTYRVORE - Possessed By Mayhemic Slaughter CD € 8
The complete demography of those U.S. warmongers. The U.S. answer to BLASPHEMY and HELLHAMMER. A fatal strike of pure underground might.
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MASSACRE - Tyrants Of Death CD € 9
True death metal cult! This cd compiles the legendary Massacre demos, and also includes a bonus live shows, lots of early photos, concert flyers, interviews etc. A must for anyone interested in the origins of death metal!
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MASSACRE - The Second Coming CD € 8
The mysterious recording so many fans have talked about, and so many others never knew existed, the long lost MASSACRE 1990 studio demo with previously UNRELEASED songs is now unveiled! Kam Lee (original voice of DEATH/MANTAS) together with NunSlaughter Records and Hells Headbangers have unearthed this long buried casket originally not for the public. Written during 1989 - 1990 and recorded with Massacre's temporary "SECOND COMING" line-up before the "FROM BEYOND" album. These songs retain the classic MASSACRE sound and horror appeal as expected from this genre defining band! Enter this tomb and revel in The Second Coming.
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MASTICATION / EXHUMED - Wicked Material Insanity CD € 9
Obscure Death Metal from the Classic 1st Generation of Swedish Death Metal ..From 1990 + 1991 " Cd Contains The Demo Recordings of each band includes members who also made the darkness known as EXCRUCIATE , UNANIMATED , NECROPHOBIC , DISMEMBER and NIFELHEIM ....Exhumed ( sweden ) formed in 1990 and made a single Demo "Obscurity " , Later band members formed MASTICATION with the intent to finish the mission of Death Metal !!! This release contains bonus tracks from side band EGYPT who were the final chapter before members concentrated on thier next ( main) acts...Such as MORPHEUS ( swe) and later GRAVE...
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MAYHEM - Of Lord Satans Mysteries CD € 13
EXCELLENT sounding rehearsal from Spring 1989 featuring one of the very few non-live appearances with DEAD on vocals. Audio source is taken DIRECTLY from one of the 11 (eleven!) copy rehearsal tapes Dead sent out to close contacts back in the day. Also featured straight from the hard-copy source (in a package from Dead), rare photos and much unseen/exclusive artwork hand-drawn by DEAD. A definite collectors item worth every cent.
THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL - The Mill Hill Sessions CD € 6
Previously unreleased / demo versions and one exclusive 23 minute epic from these UK rivetheads.
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MEGAPTERA - Disturbance Ritual CD € 10
"Disturbance Ritual" brings the Megaptera live experience screaming and kicking into your living room / kitchen / bedroom… wherever. Those unfamiliar to the Megaptera sound will relish the sample heavy dark atmospheres that are conjured up with a glee and relish to be admired. The music that accompanies the grade A samples, mostly culled from a variety of films, is of the thoroughly disturbing electronic kind with additional drum effects highlighting the overall aural experience. A sound cut from the blackest coal and shaped into innumerable nightmarish forms. The walls are closing in but we don’t care. Crush us for we welcome your deadly embrace. The electronics scream at you. They throw turmoil in your face. And still we smile. No-one gets out of here alive… like we give a fuck." - Aural Pressure
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MËKANÏK - Der Mëkanïk Grööves MCD € 8
This project has been trapped under ice for several years and is a one-off recording by members of Lydia Laska/ex-Dismal Euphony, Gehenna etc. Imagine black metal taking acid with 70s proggers like Van Der Graaf Generator and having sex with Black Sabbath, this may well have been the result. ‘Der Mëkanïk Grööves’ is a trip into uncharted territories of BLACKENED SPACE DOOM. Ltd. 1000
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MELENCOLIA ESTATICA - Letum CD € 8
Letum hits off strongly with an Ulver inspired song that sets the mood convincingly. The melodies have an authentic nineties black metal feeling, an era rightfully revered by many. Melencolia Estatica avoids clichés gracefully and therefore keeps it relevant. The melancholic mood is preserved throughout the album even though the blast-beat is the dominant rhythmic backbone.The result is an emotionally engaging black metal album of high quality.
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MENTAL FUNERAL - Mental Funeral MCD € 5
Old school Death Metal... the way it was meant to be! True Death Metal IS alive in the United States. This is the long awaited CD debut from Mental Funeral featuring 5 tracks of sick, repulsive, pus-filled hymns of rotting death. Includes a cover of Autopsy's classic "Twisted Mass Of Burnt Decay". Essential for fans of Abscess, Autopsy, Cianide, Coffins, Death, Dismember, Divine Eve, Impetigo, Lord Gore and other gods!!!
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MEPHIZTOPHEL - For My Your Blood For Satan Your Soul CD € 8
Long awaited second full-length album of this old South American horde formed back in 1993! Expect only maniacal, occult and deviant old styled Black Metal inspired by Parabellum, Ancient Rites, early Emperor, Sarcofago, Venom, Necromantia and Mortuary Drape!
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MERCA - Chup Amela CD € 8
Dutch MERCA emerges from the ashes of magnificent underground legend SHYLOCK. After producing two of the genre's most outstanding demos so far, they're now back with a female drummer, and the band is heavier than ever! Merca are old-school doomsters heavily influenced by St. Vitus, Pentagram, and The Obsessed. Excellent guitar-work, clean vocals in Saint Vitus style, this is high quality slow traditional doom metal.
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MERCY OF DEVIL - Sodomy Attack MCD € 8
Oldschool thrash metal from this now defunct Italian band.
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MIDIAN - Thrashology 2xCD € 13
Solid thrash band from Saddle Brooke, NJ, USA somewhere in the late 1980s that -in spite of their excellent music. The music is solid, technical aggressive and yet melodic. If you are into thrash bands such as Forbidden, Vio-lence, sacred Reich, Testament, or even early Overkill (concerning the vocals style), then, Midian won't disappoint you. High tech guitars work, precise and sharp drumming and a singer that stands above many others of the time. Unfortunately the band never received any records deal, due to the boom of grunge in late 80s-early 90s and they soon faded apart after less than 3 years of existance. full discography include 3 demos and unrelease live and demo tracks in high quality, tons of rare pic and videos, 16 pages booklet and long interview with original band member. Fans of technical and aggressive thrash won't be disappointed. Forget all the new retro-thrash bands that are mushrooming today, and listen to the real 80's thrash metal! Ltd. 1000
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MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY - Firmament CD € 10
Apparently based on primitive structures and melodies, "Firmament" combines black metal with doomy and ambient music, building itself on layers upon layers of monumental guitars, enchanting keys, hypnotic rhythms, and burzumish vocals. Epic and symphonic without being self-indulgent, Midnight Odyssey enshroud the listener in a mystic and mesmerizing sonic fog, involving him in an exalting ritual of night-adoration. This is the 'majesty of the nightsky renewed, a spiritual and dark observation on the mystery of existence while searching for a higher truth.
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MIN KNIV - Av Aske MCD € 10
Min Kniv executes Black Metal in pure hateful spirit! Hypnotic, cold and repetitive hymns invoked with total devotion! Raw sound and noble presentation well fitting this demo previously only available on cassette format through Fossbrenna Creations! REMASTERED BY KARK FROM DØDSENGEL! NEW LAYOUT!
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MISERY'S OMEN - Hope Dies CD € 9
Melancholic, slightly torturous black metal along the vein of Bethlehem with a slight progressive touch, “Hope Dies” is just one of those albums. Not only can I say that this is 2008’s best album already, I can say that this is the best album in many, many years. Sometimes an album comes along and just shocks you in its perfection. “Hope Dies” is not just a “good” album or an album that is “great for it’s time”. No, “Hope Dies” is a true underground classic, a true metal classic. This is a triumph for all that metal stands for. Unique, daring, yet well based and damn right beautiful.
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THE MIST AND THE MORNING DEW - The Mist And The Morning Dew MCD € 8
The Mist and The Morning Dew, featuring members of The Seventh Planet (Mikael Karlbom & Henri Tuomi), Shape Of Despair (Jarno Salomaa), Finntroll (Sami Uusitalo), Shaman (Jaakko Lemmetty) and Unholy (Veera Muhli) together create a Finnish folk metal style that is very distinct from most acts labelled similarly. This release includes a bonus track Jarno found while assembling the mcd. Tuoni Vie could be considered the birth of TMATMD. Ltd. 1000.
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MITOCHONDRION - Parasignosis CD € 12
Western Canada’s Mitochondrion belongs to an elite group of death metal bands throughout the world—among them Portal, Dead Congregation, Grave Miasma, Vasaeleth, Disma and Stargazer—who are pushing the boundaries of the genre, moving forward into uncharted realms of darkness. Parasignosis, takes that signature sound even further into the otherworldly depths. An epic death metal invocation, the eleven-track album stirs up a whirlwind of warped rhythms, surreal riffing, guttural vocals and occult lyrics. With a style like no other band, Mitochondrion is breaking new ground and solidifying death metal as a true art form.
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MOLESTED SENSES - No Friends Here CD € 5
Ultra heavy bonecrushing Death Metal from U.S., heavier than ten pound testicles! Probably one of the greatest Death/Grind releases in years!!!
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MONARCH! - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2 x CD € 12
Hailing from the picturesque Northern Basque Country of France, MONARCH! unleash a slow motion avalanche of impossibly glacial, blackened sludge and hypnotic feedback, each song a series of epic tarpit riffage stretched out eternally over lumbering drums and the cavernous rumble of speaker cabinets. Over these yawning expanses of black void appears the demonic, throat-shredding shrieks and ghostly singing of Emilie, whose petite appearance belies one of the harshest throats in the underground Doom spectrum. Beyond heavy. MONARCH!'s mega-crawling ambient doom/drone/sludge follows in the grand tradition of fellow tarpit adventurers Melvins, Corrupted, Noothgrush, and Black Sabbath, and accompany their music with an iconoclastic design style that decorates their material with deceptively cute imagery drawing from the collective influence of Sanrio, Japanese animation, European graffiti, weirdo hardcore, and skateboard culture.
This double CD set contains both MONARCH!'s newest album Die Tonight, and the now out-of-print Speak Of The Sea LP, both released in limited vinyl editions as European imports, with additional unreleased songs exclusive to this release. The North Amercian version of Dead Men Tell No Tales is presented in an offset-printed, 4-panel case printed by Stumptown Printers, with all new original artwork in the band's unique design style.
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MONOLITHIC - Black Science CD € 10
Colossal, experimental juggernaut math metal. Like being run over by a rhinosaurus stuck in reverse. Hell has a new name - Monolithic.
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MONSTRARE - Isfet CD € 5
From the frozen lands of Minnesota come, this bleak and desolate creation of haunting occultish sounds. Monstrare travels were few truly dare mixing soothing and harsh all on a minimal backdrop. Cordell Klier, best known for the ritualistic industrial project Vedisni, brings us to our knees with this assault of the mind and the senses. We warn you; with one listen you will never be the same. With this project Mr. Klier focuses on the dirtier ends of underground music. Ghostly voices, droning, swelling textures, mixed with uncomfortably low frequencies.
MONUMENTUM - In Absentia Christi CD € 9
Finally reissued classic avantgarde Doom Metal album by Monumentum. Remastered with completely redone artwork and a never before released bonus track. A must have for anyone into avantgarde and Doom Metal.
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MONUMENTUM - Museum Hermeticum MCD € 8
Legendary demo from the italian avantgardists.
MORBID MACABRE - Hell And Damnation CD € 8
South American Old School Death Metal featuring Alex of MASACRE. For SARCOFAGO, MASACRE Fans! Re-issue incl. SARCOFAGO cover.
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MORBID SCREAM - The Signal To Attack - 1986-1990 CD € 9
Morbid Scream was best known as one of the first death/thrash metal bands to emerge from Dallas/Fort Worth area, alongside Rigor Mortis, Gammacide and Sedition. This anthology features two songs made notorious by occult metal tyrants ABSU: "the coming of war" and "morbid scream". "The Signal to Attack: 1986-1990" is the only official Morbid Scream release featuring their 1st two demos, an unreleased track and 12 live songs- the latter never properly captured in the studio.
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MORPHOSIS - Rise Of The Bastard Deities CD € 8 -
MORPHOSIS finally unleash their debut album. Ten tracks of vicious, aggressive hammer to the head Death Metal. 30 minutes of modern Death Metal with a strong old school feel, drawing on two decades of influences. Recorded in Trackmix Studios, Dublin. Featuring guest vocals from PRIMORDIAL'S Nemtheanga.
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MORTE INCANDESCENTE - ...Relembrando Um Túmulo Esquecido CD € 9
After 5 years in the tomb Morte Incandescente comes back with the most intense and obscure album they have done so far. Necro, grim, hurtful, a true tribute to Death and the fallen Era. Pure Satanic Black Skull Crushing Metal!!!
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MORTEM (Nor) / MORBID - Split CD € 10
Mortem's Slow Death demo/ep, both Morbid demos and a Morbid live show from 1988 on one cd.
MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI - Imis Avernis CD € 9
Thankfully Mortuus Infradaemoni didn't succumb to the ‘difficult' 2nd album syndrome with Imis Avernis that many a band do. The entire album is deeply ingrained with a bleak, grim fortitude that powers on continuously via hypnotically repetitive riffs, inescapable drum bombardment and gravelly echoing vocal trauma. It's great to see that the malevolent flame of the Black Metal underground continues to burn even stronger than ever when bands like Mortuus Infradaemoni come your way. For those whose jaded ears may be questioning the longevity of the genre amongst these days of bedroom one-man bands that release umpteen worthless demos every month, Mortuus Infradaemoni are an elixir from the dark side to rejuvenate even the most devoted of naysayers.
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MOSE / HOG MOUNTIN - Split CD € 6
After mighty outputs by NYC sludge kings Negative Reaction, and a V/A sampler, we dig out US based Hog Mountin, a pissed off sludge band that lies somewhere inbetween Grief, Crowbar and Eyehategod. You can expect pretty heavy "scream the lungs out" sludge throughout most of the music. On the other side of the split you get a couple of killer tunes by the Belgian Mose, a misanthropic sludge-metal outfit that released a killer 7" in the past. Raw, energetic material like you might got to hear live on their European shows.
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MOURNER - Still MCD € 4
Self-financed debut mini from Nashville based doomsters Mourner. Over 30 minutes of arcane and nihilistic DOOM.
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MOURNING BELOVETH - The Sullen Sulcus CD € 9
The sophomore release from the emerald isles' best (only?) Doomdeath Metal band is by far the best album out of their first three releases. This album is drenched in depression and woe. These craftsmen of the desolate weave a bleak and haunting tapestry of suffering and loss; filled with intricate melodies and thunderous rhythms. This isn't an easy listen in the least. This is something for only diehard Doomsters as this is literally the epitome of "DOOMDEATH" heavy on the DOOM more so than the DEATH. This is truly a work of genius and highly recommended to those who have the fortitude to take it.
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MOURNING BELOVETH - The Murderous Circus 2xCD € 13-
The third release from these bearers of Irish Doom is yet another spectacular album chock full of pain and anguish. The writing style on this album is slightly more adventurous than on the previous release yet hardly progressive. The guitars are heavy and threatening on this album from the get go. They have an incredibly menacing feel that bodes well with the slow rhythms and bleak landscape. A Murderous Circus once again brings back the nostalgia of the good old days of death/doom metal and that alone should make it worthy of praise.
Deluxe digipack edition featuring a bonus disc of unreleased and live material.
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MOURNING BELOVETH - A Disease For The Ages CD € 9
Mourning Beloveth have created a truly ghastly, monumental piece of music that really excels in its field without having to resort to experimentation or genre-splicing...and it will really scare you. Don't expect any violins or romantic lyrics, but if you, like me, have an ongoing love affair with such bands as My Dying Bride and early Anathema, this album will have possessed you after one, maybe two spins. If you're already a follower of the Irish kings, you know what you have to do.
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MURDER CORPORATION - One Life By Murder CD € 6
A new chapter in the sick MURDER CORPORATION crusade against false, relaxing, soft, easy-listening music.A sonic excursion in the realms of noise, conceptually based upon the “work” of the sadly famous russian serial killer Andrej Chikatilo. Deranging, decomposing, disgusting, disturbing, disharmonic. A wall of white noise shaped by a cruel mind. Comes in an A5 folder sleeve. Ltd. 500.
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MURDER RAPE - Evil Shall Burn Inside Me Forever CD € 9
Murder Rape's third album is miles away from its predecessors. While the demo, the first and second albums were more doom-oriented, with slow, dragging songs; this one features rispid, straight-to-the-point songs that are fast and aggressive as hell. Lyrically it's the same as the band's first attempts, focusing on the hatred for christianity and the intention of seeing it and its followers destroyed, eliminated. The music is not just endless, pointless blasting, but ferocious black metal that grabs your attention with its harsh, catchy melodies.
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MURKRAT - Drudging The Mire CD € 10
Beautifully enchanting, yet tortuous, misanthropic dark harrowing - primitive, raw, monotonous doom of highest quality.
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MURKRAT - Murkrat CD € 9
A great, strange doom release. Definitely for fans of weird doom like Esoteric, seek this one out, you will not regret it. The disk produces a cold, strange atmosphere of unexplained anxiety with great chanting female vocals soaring above the effects swamp in the black sky.
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