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has denied it, affirming that they only heard about Coven after the release of their debut album and certain details were mere coincidence. It has been theorized that this refusal to admit their influence, which other important heavy metal pioneers such as
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for some examples). Also included inside the album was Coven's infamous Black Mass poster, showing members of the group displaying the sign of the horns as they prepared for a
Satanic ritual over a nude Dawson lying on an
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