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was made for the song "The Rising End (The First
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667:Russ Cogdell – guitar
1207:2000s concept albums
1088:The Crimson Corridor
678:Additional Musicians
673:Stephen Peck – drums
529:"In Times Gone Past"
225:Professional ratings
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952:Martin Lunn
941:Dan Weyandt
803:"Chorus.fm"
659:Dan Weyandt
361:music video
357:Jesse Smith
258:(not rated)
60:Trax East,
1181:Categories
996:Rob Horner
957:Jeff Gretz
846:12 January
760:References
714:Ryan Clark
691:Production
367:Title note
353:Roadrunner
128:chronology
106:Roadrunner
62:New Jersey
1149:Legendary
1124:Xenophobe
971:Roy Goudy
341:metalcore
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985:Ron Gray
886:July 13,
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787:July 13,
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113:Producer
57:Recorded
49:Released
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1074:Awake?
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726:– logo
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