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Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature!  I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday (IO5M), where I come up with a new “top 5″ list on a quad-yearly basis. I can sometimes sail some dark waters in […]

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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 57: Blasphemy – Blood upon the Altar (1989)
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September 1, 2014

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