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      <title>65 Bands That Only Have One Original Member Left</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title> Best Metal Album Openers of the '80s - Ranked</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 15:17:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Legendary songs! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/best-album-opening-metal-songs-1980s-ranked/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Obituary’s Don Tardy – My 10 Favorite Albums When I Was a Teenager</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Classic Venom Members Reignite Feud + Diss Each Other in New Interviews</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Stand up and be counted! ...Just don't count on a reunion, is all. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/classic-venom-members-feud-diss-no-reunion/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>25 Bands Whose Singer Is the Only Original Member Left</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The lead vocalist stands alone. <a href="https://wgrd.com/bands-singer-only-original-member-left-rock-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The lead vocalist stands alone. <a href="https://wgrd.com/bands-singer-only-original-member-left-rock-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Trapp]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>GoFundMe Launched to Help Venom Legend Abaddon With Cancer Treatment + Other Expenses</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:11:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>10 Funniest + Most Clever ‘Metalocalypse’ References to Metal Bands + Culture</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Reference anything for Dethklok. <a href="https://wgrd.com/metalocalypse-funniest-references-metal-dethklok-adult-swim/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Reference anything for Dethklok. <a href="https://wgrd.com/metalocalypse-funniest-references-metal-dethklok-adult-swim/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Watch a Christian TV Host Warn Against Metal Bands’ ‘Satanism’ in 1988</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Satanic panic was in full swing. <a href="https://wgrd.com/watch-christian-tv-host-warn-against-metal-band-satanism-1988/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Satanic panic was in full swing. <a href="https://wgrd.com/watch-christian-tv-host-warn-against-metal-band-satanism-1988/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Trapp]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>15 Rock + Metal Christmas Songs That Actually Don’t Suck</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Because Christmas music needs more four-letter words. <a href="https://wgrd.com/rock-metal-christmas-songs-dont-suck/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Avengers Fought Thanos and Venom In a Wrestling Match Last Weekend</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Venom was involved too.) <a href="https://wgrd.com/marvel-lucha-libre-wrestling/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>‘Venom’ Eats Up $80 Million For the Biggest October Opening Weekend Ever at the Box Office</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 21:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[‘Venom’ beat ‘A Star Is Born’ at the box office and broke a couple records on the way to the top. <a href="https://wgrd.com/venom-box-office/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>‘Venom’ First Reviews Say It’s Somewhere Between a Classic and a Turd in the Wind</title>
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