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      <title>A Huge First-Ever Achievement for Death Metal Just Happened – See Photos</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A woman in Three Rivers, Michigan wrote an unusual and jarring obituary about her mother. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-woman-posts-scathing-obituary-about-mother/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[See what happened and how it impacts their current tour. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-tour-bus-hit-car-scotland-band-update/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[See what happened and how it impacts their current tour. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-tour-bus-hit-car-scotland-band-update/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Brutal and groovy! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/grooviest-death-metal-albums-chosen-by-kataklysm/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Brutal and groovy! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/grooviest-death-metal-albums-chosen-by-kataklysm/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:33:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Open up this f--king pit! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/death-metal-bands-best-mosh-riffs-chosen-trey-pemberton-creeping-death/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Open up this f--king pit! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/death-metal-bands-best-mosh-riffs-chosen-trey-pemberton-creeping-death/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Keep up with all the new music right here every Friday with Loudwire's rock and metal playlists on Spotify. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/best-new-rock-metal-songs-weekly-playlist/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Six Feet Under’s Chris Barnes Names His Favorite Death Metal Albums, Includes One of His Own</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[He was asked for three albums and named six! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/six-feet-underchris-barnes-favorite-death-metal-albums/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[He was asked for three albums and named six! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/six-feet-underchris-barnes-favorite-death-metal-albums/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:35:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Read the full interview with Jon Tardy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-jon-tardy-interview-dying-of-everything/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Read the full interview with Jon Tardy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-jon-tardy-interview-dying-of-everything/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:03:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[See where and when they are playing. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-immolation-2023-north-american-tour-dates/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[See where and when they are playing. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-immolation-2023-north-american-tour-dates/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The legendary death metal drummer takes us through the music of his youth. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-don-tardy-favorite-albums-when-teenager/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Best Death Metal Album of Each Year Since 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Almost 40 years of brutality. <a href="https://wgrd.com/best-death-metal-album-each-year/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[An invite to reunite during W.K.'s Ozzfest set time got the ball rolling. <a href="https://wgrd.com/obituary-donald-tardy-andrew-w-k-credit-2003-reunion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An invite to reunite during W.K.&apos;s Ozzfest set time got the ball rolling. <a href="https://wgrd.com/obituary-donald-tardy-andrew-w-k-credit-2003-reunion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Vote For the Best Death Metal Vocalist Ever</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Chris Barnes says everyone sucks except him. Here's your chance to weigh in! <a href="https://wgrd.com/vote-best-death-metal-vocalist/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three decades of excellence! <a href="https://wgrd.com/50-rock-metal-albums-turning-30-2022/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Black Label Society Announce Fall 2021 North American Tour With Obituary + Prong</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:44:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[See who's joining them on the 43-date run. <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-fall-2021-north-american-tour-obituary-prong/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[See who&apos;s joining them on the 43-date run. <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-fall-2021-north-american-tour-obituary-prong/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Power Trip Members Join Obituary Livestream to Play ‘Executioner’s Tax’</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:09:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In honor of the late Riley Gale. <a href="https://wgrd.com/power-trip-obituary-executioners-tax-livestream-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In honor of the late Riley Gale. <a href="https://wgrd.com/power-trip-obituary-executioners-tax-livestream-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe DiVita]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Legendary Investor Michael Burry Leaves Twitter, Lists 8 Metal Bands in Bio</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The movie 'The Big Short' was made about him. And apparently he loves metal. <a href="https://wgrd.com/investor-michael-burry-leaves-twitter-lists-metal-bands-bio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The movie &apos;The Big Short&apos; was made about him. And apparently he loves metal. <a href="https://wgrd.com/investor-michael-burry-leaves-twitter-lists-metal-bands-bio/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan Bowling Alley Owner Writes Obituary for Dying Business</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 02:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Support is rolling in for a Michigan bowling alley after the owner shared an obituary for his business online. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-bowling-alley-owner-writes-obituary-for-dying-business/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Support is rolling in for a Michigan bowling alley after the owner shared an obituary for his business online. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-bowling-alley-owner-writes-obituary-for-dying-business/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>This Obituary For An Idaho Witch Is Guaranteed To Make You Smile</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The unorthodox obituary for Holly Blair went viral a few weeks ago, and it's for good reason too!
Holly Blair from Hailey, Idaho, passed away on August 17, 2020 after she, "exploded into glitter and bats".
It seems that Holly had a pretty full house, as the obituary states that she left behind, "four spoiled cats ,two stinky dogs, three bad birds, a turtle and an utterly useless fro <a href="https://wgrd.com/this-obituary-for-an-idaho-witch-is-guaranteed-to-make-you-smile/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The unorthodox obituary for Holly Blair went viral a few weeks ago, and it's for good reason too!
Holly Blair from Hailey, Idaho, passed away on August 17, 2020 after she, &quot;exploded into glitter and bats&quot;.
It seems that Holly had a pretty full house, as the obituary states that she left behind, &quot;four spoiled cats ,two stinky dogs, three bad birds, a turtle and an utterly useless fro <a href="https://wgrd.com/this-obituary-for-an-idaho-witch-is-guaranteed-to-make-you-smile/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The 40 Best Metal Albums of 1990</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 14:42:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Extremity was being pursued at exhaustive lengths. <a href="https://wgrd.com/best-metal-albums-1990/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Extremity was being pursued at exhaustive lengths. <a href="https://wgrd.com/best-metal-albums-1990/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe DiVita]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Black Label Society Reschedule Tour Dates With Obituary + Lord Dying</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:10:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Check it out. <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-rescheduled-tour-dates-2020/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Check it out. <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-rescheduled-tour-dates-2020/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Black Label Society Reschedule 2020 Tour With Obituary + Lord Dying</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:16:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Let's try this again. <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-2020-tour-obituary-lord-dying/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Let&apos;s try this again. <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-2020-tour-obituary-lord-dying/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Chris Condon</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Death Metal Acts Morbid Angel + Obituary Appear as ‘Jeopardy!’ Clues</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/jeopardy-morbid-angel-obituary-death-metal-question/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Possibly the most mainstream action this genre has ever seen. <a href="https://wgrd.com/jeopardy-morbid-angel-obituary-death-metal-question/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Possibly the most mainstream action this genre has ever seen. <a href="https://wgrd.com/jeopardy-morbid-angel-obituary-death-metal-question/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Trapp]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Black Label Society Tour Cancelled Minutes After Being Announced</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-tour-cancelled/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What? <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-tour-cancelled/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What? <a href="https://wgrd.com/black-label-society-tour-cancelled/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Hartmann]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Hatebreed Announce 25th Anniversary 2019 North American Tour</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/hatebreed-25th-anniversary-2019-north-american-tour/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[With Obituary, Cro-Mags, Terror and Fit for an Autopsy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hatebreed-25th-anniversary-2019-north-american-tour/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With Obituary, Cro-Mags, Terror and Fit for an Autopsy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hatebreed-25th-anniversary-2019-north-american-tour/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe DiVita]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Former Deicide + Obituary Guitarist Ralph Santolla to be Taken Off Life Support [Update]</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/former-deicide-obituary-guitarist-ralph-santolla-heart-attack-coma/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 20:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Santolla's son has revealed his father will be taken off life support, while his mother stated that he is an organ donor and therefore will live on. <a href="https://wgrd.com/former-deicide-obituary-guitarist-ralph-santolla-heart-attack-coma/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Santolla&apos;s son has revealed his father will be taken off life support, while his mother stated that he is an organ donor and therefore will live on. <a href="https://wgrd.com/former-deicide-obituary-guitarist-ralph-santolla-heart-attack-coma/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Exodus, Obituary + Power Trip Crushed Brooklyn and Our Photographer Ended Up a Bloody Mess</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 20:26:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Exodus, Obituary and Power Trip punished the crowd at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday night (Sept. 19), none more so than our photographer. <a href="https://wgrd.com/exodus-obituary-power-trip-brooklyn-photographer-bloody-mess/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Exodus, Obituary and Power Trip punished the crowd at Brooklyn&apos;s Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday night (Sept. 19), none more so than our photographer. <a href="https://wgrd.com/exodus-obituary-power-trip-brooklyn-photographer-bloody-mess/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Obituary Find Room to Smile in Death Metal, Talk New Album + Early Tampa Scene [Exclusive Interview]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:54:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We sat down with Don Tardy and Terry Butler of Obituary to discuss the band's self-titled album and a lot more! <a href="https://wgrd.com/obituary-smile-death-metal-new-album-tampa-scene-interview/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We sat down with Don Tardy and Terry Butler of Obituary to discuss the band&apos;s self-titled album and a lot more! <a href="https://wgrd.com/obituary-smile-death-metal-new-album-tampa-scene-interview/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe DiVita]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:43:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier we shared with you the obituary of 24-year-old Holland man, Dennis Saycocie. Dennis passed away February 21 after a two year battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
It's such a sad, hard thing... but his friends and his girlfriend Natalie wanted honor him in an honest way that would have made Dennis laugh, and would abide with his sarcastic personality: They wrote him a badass obituary.
Read Mor <a href="https://wgrd.com/explicit-version-of-holland-mans-honest-sarcastic-a-hole-obituary-is-even-more-awesome/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier we shared with you the obituary of 24-year-old Holland man, Dennis Saycocie. Dennis passed away February 21 after a two year battle with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
It's such a sad, hard thing... but his friends and his girlfriend Natalie wanted honor him in an honest way that would have made Dennis laugh, and would abide with his sarcastic personality: They wrote him a badass obituary.
Read Mor <a href="https://wgrd.com/explicit-version-of-holland-mans-honest-sarcastic-a-hole-obituary-is-even-more-awesome/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Photo Courtesy Natalie Vander Ark</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>West Michigan Man’s Honest ‘Sarcastic Jerk’ Obituary is Pretty Great</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:36:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm sure we've all been to a funeral where all anyone did was say wonderful, nice things about the deceased and you were secretly thinking, &quot;Well... he could be kind of a tool sometimes...&quot; Well, we all can!
An obituary for a Holland man who recently passed away is refreshingly honest in this way and will make you chuckle. <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-mans-honest-sarcastic-jerk-obituary-is-pretty-great/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I&apos;m sure we&apos;ve all been to a funeral where all anyone did was say wonderful, nice things about the deceased and you were secretly thinking, &amp;quot;Well... he could be kind of a tool sometimes...&amp;quot; Well, we all can!
An obituary for a Holland man who recently passed away is refreshingly honest in this way and will make you chuckle. <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-mans-honest-sarcastic-jerk-obituary-is-pretty-great/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Don't miss Full Metal Jackie this Sunday night at 10pm! Why? She will be joined by Donald Tardy of Obituary!
More metal for your f***in' eardrums! 10pm on 97.9 WGRD!
 <a href="https://wgrd.com/donald-tardy-of-obituary-joins-full-metal-jackie-this-sunday/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Don't miss Full Metal Jackie this Sunday night at 10pm! Why? She will be joined by Donald Tardy of Obituary!
More metal for your f***in' eardrums! 10pm on 97.9 WGRD!
 <a href="https://wgrd.com/donald-tardy-of-obituary-joins-full-metal-jackie-this-sunday/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ned]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>What Do You Want Your Obituary Photo to Be? I Want Mine to Be Fun!</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:56:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I know this will probably seem kind of mean, and wrong, but a friend sent me a link to an obituary, and the photo seems a bit weird.
Maybe it makes sense if you knew the guy, but for those of us that don't, it seems like a very odd photo to post as your obituary photo.  I mean, was it a Joker costume or something he always wore?
This has given me an idea, though... <a href="https://wgrd.com/what-do-you-want-your-obituary-photo-to-be-i-want-mine-to-be-fun/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I know this will probably seem kind of mean, and wrong, but a friend sent me a link to an obituary, and the photo seems a bit weird.
Maybe it makes sense if you knew the guy, but for those of us that don&apos;t, it seems like a very odd photo to post as your obituary photo. &nbsp;I mean, was it a Joker costume or something he always wore?
This has given me an idea, though... <a href="https://wgrd.com/what-do-you-want-your-obituary-photo-to-be-i-want-mine-to-be-fun/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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