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my experience with them has been somewhat poisoned, much as I love IE, much as I love Schaffer as a musician. Seems like he might have his conviction thrown out pretty soon, but the damage has already been done.

16:34 - ScreamingSteelUS

@Metren: I feel similarly. It's a fantastic composition but the last time I listened to it I started hearing the lyrics in a different way. Now there are some Iced Earth songs that just draw me back to Schaffer's ideology and

16:31 - Auntie Sahar

Aiyo, and a happy Roadburn to all attending! Will be trying to get back next year...

16:30 - Auntie Sahar

Varg is and will forever be a major dingus, but yes, his writings and videos were both hilarious simply for the sake of morbid curiosity if nothing else

16:28 - Boxcar Willy

Did you guys see people are trying to cancel Electric Wizard for Nazi imagery?

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1	(EchO) - Omnivoid Demo Psychedelic doom	2008	Demo	Psychedelic doom
2	(V.E.G.A.) - Alienforest - A Sick Mind's Hologram Industrial black	2008	Studio	Industrial black	7 (2)	2
3	36 Crazyfists - The Oculus EP Alternative, Melodic metalcore	2008	EP	Melodic metalcore	3.3 (3)	3		3
4	36 Crazyfists - The Tide And Its Takers Alternative, Melodic metalcore	2008	Studio	Melodic metalcore	6.9 (40)	40		11
5	3rd Machine - Urban Madness EP Industrial	2008	EP
6	5ive - Hesperus Sludge, Post-metal	2008	Studio		8.6 (9)	9
7	7 H. Target - Slamseason Vol. 2 VA	2008	VA
8	A Dream Of Poe - For A Glance Of The Lost Lenore Live Doom, Gothic	2008	Live		7 (3)	3
9	A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth Atmospheric black	2008	Studio	Atmospheric black	8 (137)	137	1	4
10	A Loathing Requiem - Demo 2008 Demo Technical death	2008	Demo	Technical death
11	A Lower Deep - Black Marys Progressive, Thrash, Power	2008	Studio				1
12	A New Dawn - Hindsight 2005-2007 DVD Gothic, Symphonic	2008	DVD
13	A New Dawn - Promo 2008 Demo Gothic, Symphonic	2008	Demo
14	A New Dawn - Falling From Grace Gothic, Symphonic	2008	Studio		7 (1)	1
15	A Sorrowful Dream - The River That Carries My Loss Single Gothic doom	2008	Single	Gothic doom
16	A Storm Of Light - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within Post-metal	2008	Studio		6.1 (7)	7		10
17	Aarni - Tohcoth Avantgarde	2008	Studio		6.9 (14)	14
18	Aarni - Omnimantia EP Avantgarde	2008	EP		5.3 (4)	4		7
19	AATHMA - Woods Demo Stoner, Doom	2008	Demo		6 (1)	1
20	Abacinate - Ruination Deathcore	2008	Studio
21	Abazagorath / Blood Storm - Ancient Entities Arise Split Black	2008	Split
22	Abbas Taeter - Infernalia Demo Atmospheric black	2008	Demo	Atmospheric black
23	Abigail (JPN) / Barbatos - Street Metal Alcoholocaust Split Blackened thrash	2008	Split	Blackened thrash
24	Abigail (JPN) / Evil Damn - Apocalyptic Necroholocaust Split Blackened thrash	2008	Split	Blackened thrash
25	Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns Symphonic black	2008	Studio	Symphonic black	7.9 (137)	137	1	10
26	Aborted - Strychnine.213 Melodic death	2008	Studio	Melodic death	7 (108)	108	1	10
27	Abortion / Mesrine - Deeper & Darker / Era Idiots Split Death, Grindcore	2008	Split
28	Abriosis - Abriosis EP Technical death	2008	EP	Technical death
29	Abruptum - Maledictum EP Black, Noise	2008	EP	Noise	4 (2)	2
30	Abscess / Bonesaw - Abscess / Bonesaw Split Death	2008	Split		6 (1)	1