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1536:Monotheist
1266:29 January
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1041:References
1028:Production
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464:Martin Ain
415:Darkthrone
408:Hellhammer
178:chronology
168:Martin Ain
1618:Triptykon
1522:Cold Lake
1410:1557-2137
1125:18 August
976:Personnel
452:Prototype
444:Necrolust
417:'s album
115:(Mini-LP)
41: and
1404:: 5–11.
1204:Loudwire
1119:Loudwire
1065:AllMusic
667:Side two
601:Side one
520:Side two
476:Side one
313:AllMusic
158:Producer
140:(Europe)
63:Recorded
55:Released
45: by
1608:Coroner
1596:Related
1397:Decibel
1293:22 June
1255:Decibel
429:Bathory
402:placed
399:Decibel
392:ranked
263:mini-LP
204:(1985)
195:(1984)
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1147:7 June
1070:13 May
924:Length
758:Length
680:Length
614:Length
533:Length
489:Length
425:Fenriz
362:Legacy
307:Rating
304:Source
267:Enigma
253:band,
144:Enigma
123:50:02
118:32:09
102:Length
71:Studio
921:Title
900:50:02
755:Title
734:32:09
677:Title
611:Title
587:24:51
530:Title
486:Title
439:Vader
261:as a
137:Noise
132:Label
80:Genre
1406:ISSN
1367:link
1331:link
1295:2016
1268:2017
1212:2017
1178:ISBN
1149:2023
1127:2019
1072:2003
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957:4:14
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935:3:41
890:4:36
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802:4:37
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780:3:39
769:0:41
724:3:36
713:3:52
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691:4:04
658:3:29
647:4:37
636:4:49
625:3:39
577:3:35
566:3:51
555:4:05
544:4:02
511:4:49
500:4:46
437:and
378:and
366:The
355:5/10
151:(US)
120:(LP)
1394:".
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