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Vreid unveil new single “Kraken” as official soundtrack to upcoming film
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Textures breakdown new album ‘Genotype’ with track-by-track guide
Dutch progressive metal veterans Textures are back with Genotype, their long-awaited new album, out today (23rd). Serving as a conceptual counterpart to 2016’s Phenotype, Genotype isn’t a continuation so much as a reset, written entirely from scratch and self-produced...
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