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Alongside contemporaries Slayer, Megadeath and Anthrax, Metallica came to prominence in the eighties as one of the 'big four' of thrash metal. Metallica were to...
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These are the stories of fifty countries that once existed – however briefly – but have now have been erased from the map. Varying vastly...
Freedom is not just an absence of evil but a presence of good. The moment you believe freedom is given, it is gone. There is...
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