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      <title>Why Cliff Burton Was Metallica’s Secret Weapon</title>
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      <title>Best Metal Album Ever Made? – These Iron Maiden Risks REALLY Paid Off for ‘Number of the Beast’</title>
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      <title>The Saddest Metal Song of All Time?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Not one, but two, devastating losses. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/saddest-metal-song-slipknot-snuff/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Not one, but two, devastating losses. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/saddest-metal-song-slipknot-snuff/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Why Are System of a Down So Popular?</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&apos;s the answer. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/why-system-of-a-down-so-popular/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Accidents, riots and massive egos. <a href="https://wgrd.com/most-disastrous-tour-metallica-guns-n-roses/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&apos;s the story of two &apos;Black Album&apos; classics. <a href="https://wgrd.com/metallica-james-hetfield-childhood-trauma/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[When the metal world was mellowing out, Pantera got more vicious. <a href="https://wgrd.com/heaviest-album-number-one-pantera-far-beyond-driven/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When the metal world was mellowing out, Pantera got more vicious. <a href="https://wgrd.com/heaviest-album-number-one-pantera-far-beyond-driven/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Avenged Sevenfold – The Tragic Story of The Rev’s Final Song</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three days after The Rev turned in 'Fiction,' he passed away. <a href="https://wgrd.com/avenged-sevenfold-the-rev-final-song/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Three days after The Rev turned in &apos;Fiction,&apos; he passed away. <a href="https://wgrd.com/avenged-sevenfold-the-rev-final-song/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The BEST Stage Names in Rock + Metal</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Here's where their names came from. <a href="https://wgrd.com/best-stage-names-rock-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&apos;s where their names came from. <a href="https://wgrd.com/best-stage-names-rock-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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