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1304:Shawn Jonas
1300:Jesse Smith
1290:Eric Reeder
1274:Martin Lunn
1263:Dan Weyandt
1132:February 1,
826:October 12,
551:Self-Titled
487:Discography
433:miscarriage
384:Iron Monkey
358:heavy metal
285:Self-Titled
244:Brett Detar
240:Jesse Smith
188:Solid State
127:May 9, 1981
84:Dan Weyandt
50:introducing
1503:Categories
1318:Rob Horner
1279:Jeff Gretz
1176:. AllMusic
1075:October 5,
869:MusicMight
777:References
686:'s album,
374:Black Flag
352:Influences
158:Occupation
123:1981-05-09
108:Birth name
58:March 2015
33:references
1471:Legendary
1446:Xenophobe
1293:Roy Goudy
599:Xenophobe
327:Xenophobe
208:metalcore
147:Metalcore
1307:Ron Gray
1211:March 6,
1180:July 22,
1158:April 3,
1106:June 29,
1038:July 22,
1032:Exclaim!
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1006:AllMusic
981:April 9,
953:July 22,
948:Bandcamp
928:July 22,
902:July 22,
879:July 22,
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734:Islander
712:Symmetri
708:Metavari
450:agnostic
443:Religion
424:Liberate
388:Neurosis
366:Overcome
319:. After
161:Musician
1296:Mic Cox
998:"Zao -
975:Decibel
795:Last.fm
764:Unearth
461:Current
379:Damaged
372:split,
254:debut,
218:History
153:(early)
46:improve
1396:Awake?
1153:Theprp
772:(2008)
760:(2006)
756:Zao -
753:(2005)
749:Zao -
632:(2021)
618:(2017)
610:(2016)
602:(2015)
594:(2009)
591:Awake?
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500:(1996)
477:Former
410:Lyrics
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396:, and
321:Awake?
316:Awake?
264:split
210:band,
192:Ferret
184:Labels
143:Genres
135:Origin
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492:Sower
456:Bands
268:with
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1182:2015
1160:2022
1134:2018
1108:2021
1077:2017
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983:2021
955:2015
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724:and
524:See
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117:Born
1251:Zao
849:Zao
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