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observed that the band had been gradually moving away from its initial heavy metal style, and that this album signaled a complete break. Upon debuting the track "The
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magazine as a "weed-themed deluxe edition", featuring a "wooden 'stash box,' wood grain dugout, grinder card and rolling papers", all of which are known to be commonly used when
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2459:Live albums
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2428:Warp Riders
1164:engineering
1099:"Ghost Eye"
554:album cover
465:heavy metal
365:New Orleans
270:heavy metal
202:Low Country
123:stoner rock
2651:Categories
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2435:Apocryphon
2379:Kyle Shutt
2232:August 25,
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1858:August 29,
1798:MetalSucks
1690:August 10,
1623:High Times
1542:August 29,
1369:References
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1169:J. Robbins
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1077:"Buzzards"
914:Apocryphon
855:normalized
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618:Metacritic
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497:Thin Lizzy
473:MetalSucks
469:doom metal
411:High Times
337:Apocryphon
333:J. Robbins
324:Apocryphon
295:Apocryphon
290:J. Robbins
246:2015-07-17
184:Apocryphon
173:chronology
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2361:The Sword
2321:Billboard
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2285:Billboard
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1830:August 3,
1777:August 7,
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1470:The Sword
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161:Producer
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