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Thursday, 21 May 2015

The Sludgelord News: LISTEN TO "DEAD ACTORS" FROM KEN MODE'S BOLD NEW ALBUM, SUCCESS

(photo credit: Brenna Faris)

  KEN mode have shared brand new track "Dead Actors" taken from their upcoming album, Success (to be released June 15th via Season Of Mist)

  In the band's own words, "Dead Actors is our tribute to both 90's indie rock and to the duality of the meaningfulness of conscious existence; it's self aware almost to a fault. We were trying to take the feeling of Slint, June of 44, maybe a dash of Dazzling Killmen, Engine Kid, and even Soundgarden and filter it through Manitoban wheat grass. For some reason it feels very 'Canadian Prairies' to me, and I really like that."

TAKE IN THE SMOULDERING KEN MODE TRACK "DEAD ACTORS"

  Read on for more info about Success and the band's upcoming live shows...
   
  Rock, noise, math, indie – KEN mode offer a root to it all on Success, locating a common ancestor that's behind all that they do and have done as a band. It's one seriously fermented sound that pervades these recordings, a goldrush of skewed rhythms, corrosive riffs and scorching pickup abuse, so diligently pulled off and inherently important to the band. Their path first appears to be one of complex inspiration, but a lineage soon becomes clear, lighting up a way through concentric circles of legacy that encompasses Revelation Records, Dischord, Touch And Go, Sub Pop – the full spread of inventive heavinesses that fed in to the grunge estuary, and out in to the open sea of independent labels in the final decade of the last century, where KEN mode first appeared. 

  Success is a funny concept; in its rawest, most pure form, it is entirely relative, and this was the subject KEN mode chose to approach their new album with. Sonically, and lyrically, a shift has been made from the classic spitting of metallic hardcore tinged vitriol, that the band has become known for, to a rawer, more mature, even humourous indie rock aesthetic. In April 2014, the band set out to pay tribute to where they've come from: a salute to both their Canadian Prairie roots, and a time when they first started to care about making music; the burgeoning 'grunge' and Touch & Go/Dischord scenes of the late 80s/early 90s, with bands like Nirvana, Big Black, Cop Shoot Cop, The Cows, Circus Lupus, and Drive Like Jehu warping their teenage minds. Lyrically, the band's fascination with comedy spirals around classical western concepts of 'success' - from employment, sex, marriage, religion, socioeconomic standing, and particularly the many perceptions people have of how they, and those around them, happen to fit into the world. 

  Recorded with legendary engineer Steve Albini (Nirvana, the Jesus Lizard, PJ Harvey and so many more) to capture the material in a fully live and analog session in the band's hometown in November 2014, brought to fruition is the most raw, rock and roll sound the band has ever put forth.

  Artwork from acclaimed Winnipeg based fine artist Randy Ortiz can be viewed below, along with the track listing for the album.



TRACK LIST:


1. Blessed
3. The Owl
4. I Just Liked Fire
6. A Passive Disaster
7. Failing At Fun Since 1981
8. A Catalog Of Small Disappointments

KEN MODE LIVE DATES

May 25, 2015 – La Louviere, Belgium @ Taverne Du Théâtre – Facebook
May 27, 2015 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Kb18 – Facebook
May 28, 2015 – Hamburg, Germany @ Astra Stube – Facebook
May 29, 2015 – Paris, France @ OTB Festival – Facebook
May 31, 2015 – Bristol, UK @ Temples Festival – Facebook
June 1, 2015 – London, UK @ Macbeth – Facebook
June 2, 2015 – Lille, France @  La Peniche – Facebook
June 3, 2105 – Sint, Belgium @ Jeugdhuis Job – Facebook
June 6, 2015 – Poitiers, France @ Less Playboy Is More Cowboy Festival – Facebook
June 7, 2015  – Clermont-Ferrand, France @ Raymond

All dates with FIGHT AMPUTATION

June 16, 2015 – Toronto, ON @ The Shop (Parts & Labour) w/The Great Sabatini – Facebook
June 17, 2015 – Montreal, QC @ Turbo Haus w/The Great Sabatini, Fashion Police – Facebook
June 18, 2015 – Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus w/Pyrrhon, Couch Slut – Tickets – Facebook
June 19, 2015 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie – Tickets  – Facebook
June 20, 2015 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups w/Lo-Pan – Tickets – Facebook
June 21, 2015 – Chicago, IL @ The Burlington w/The Swan King – Facebook
June 25, 2015 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club w/Zebulon Pike, Buildings *no Fight Amp
June 26, 2015 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Goodwill w/Pop Crimes, Teethmarks *no Fight Amp – Tickets – Facebook

ALBUM TRAILER

PRE-ORDER LINK

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The Sludgelord News: PALLBEARER PREMIERES FIRST MUSIC VIDEO EVER FOR "WATCHER IN THE DARK" + ON TOUR THIS MAY, JUNE AND JULY

(photo by Diana Lee Zadlo)

Watch Pallbearer's epic and cinematic new video for "Watcher in the Dark"


The video was directed, shot and edited by Adam Heathcott (Hometapes) and produced by Adam Heathcott and Sara Padgett Heathcott and marks the first ever official music video for the band.  

  Formed in 2008 by Joseph D. Rowland (bass) and Brett Campbell (vocals/guitars), Pallbearer grew from the fertile underground metal scene of Little Rock, AR.  A year after their formation, the band released their first three-song demo (with guitarist Devin Holt), which garnered well-deserved attention.  Pallbearer went on to release Sorrow & Extinction in early 2012 on well-respected Canadian indie label Profound Lore, and instantly made waves among listeners and critics who found the band’s compositional paradox of vulnerability and might unparalleled in the metal world.  Sorrow & Extinction proved to be an unequivocal masterpiece in any genre of music and compelled Pallbearer to reach even further creatively for what would come next.  In August of 2014, the band released the monumental and acclaimed,Foundations Of Burden; an album that delves even deeper into Pallbearer’s melodic contexts, adding a new and compelling dimension to music which has long since proven itself to be inexorably captivating. 

   Check out the band’s rigorous Spring/Summer European touring schedule below with Bast in support. 

PALLBEARER - ON TOUR
May-20 - Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
May-21 - Prague, CZ @ Klub 007
May-22 - Koln, DE @ MTC
May-23 - Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who
May- 24 - Brussels, BE @ AB Club
May- 25 - Paris, FR @ Social Club
May-26 - Schorndorf @ Club Manufaktur
May-27 - Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik
May- 29 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Festival
May-31 - Bristol, UK @ Temples Festival
June-1 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
June-2 - Birmingham, UK @ The Oobleck
June-3 - London, UK @ 100 Club
June- 5 - Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
 June- 30 - Oslo, NO @ BLÅ
July- 1 - Gothenburg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska
July- 2 - Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
July- 3 - Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
July- 4 - Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof Wiesbaden
July- 6 - Milano, IT @ Lo Fi Club
July- 7 - Bologna, IT @ Freakout Club
July- 8 - Roma, IT @ Traffic Live
July- 9 - Padua, IT @ Radar Festival
July- 10 - Vienna, AT @ Mind Over Matter Festival
July- 11 - Erfurt, DE @ Stoned from the Underground - Festival  

Keep up with Pallbearer on TwitterFacebook, and Instagram.

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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

The Sludgelord News: GOATSNAKE SHARE NEW JAM, "GRANDPA JONES"

(photo credit: Samantha Muljat)

   Goatsnake are sure to get your motor running with their latest jam "Grandpa Jones", a celebratory rock 'n' roll affair all about the life and times of a standout elder gentleman that Team Rock are premiering today. Pete Stahl's vocals cruise with ease alongside those of backing singers, Dem Preachers Daughters, while almighty riffs lurch forward with the rumbling horsepower singularly linked to Greg Anderson's guitar work. Says Anderson of the track; "Grandpa Jones: One of the first of the new songs we wrote.  Channeling Flag and Sabbath (that ole’ moldy chestnut!).  Lyrics about keeping the yout juice flowin’!”
  

  You can also listen to "Black Age Blues" and "Elevated Man" ahead of Black Age Blues' release date in just over a week and a half. The inner layout of the artwork can be viewed on the band's webpage
 
  Black Age Blues will be released through Southern Lord Recordings June 1st, and preorders for the album are now live. In addition to physical preorders, the record is also available via iTunes, offering the tracks “Black Age Blues”, “Elevated Man” and "Grandpa Jones" for instant download, which are now available to purchase individually. Check out the preorder options at the new Goatsnake store, via BandCamp and iTunes.

  Following a sold-out performance in secluded Pioneertown, California and a record listening party in Los Angeles this past weekend, Goatsnake now prepares for their hometown record release show for Black Age Blues with Southern Lord brethren Bl’ast and Eagle Twin on the 20th. Just days later, the band makes its cross-country voyage to Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, marking the band’s first East Coast performance ever. Less than a week later, Goatsnake will hit Europe for a week-long tour which kicks off at Temples Festival in Bristol, and includes a headlining set at Siegen, Germany’s Freakvalley Festival. Upon their stateside return, they’ll headline Crucialfest in Salt Lake City, Utah, with additional tour dates being scheduled.

  With nearly fifty minutes of Goatsnake’s most soulful and boisterous material to date, the quartet expands their already mammoth tones and pummeling rock riffs with a variety of additional influences and elements on Black Age Blues, an instant classic, with each one of the nine songs an anthem, and each of its members — vocalist Pete Stahl (Scream), drummer  Greg Rogers (The Obsessed), bassist Scott Renner and guitarist Greg Anderson (Sunn O))), Southern Lord Recordings) — all in top form. With guest contributions from David Pajo (Slint, Aerial M, Papa M) and soul vocal trio Dem Preacher’s Daughters, comprised of Wendy Moten, Gale Mayes and Andrea Merrit, the album was recorded and mixed at Rock Falcon Franklin, Tennessee by Nick Raskulinecz (Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Rush) and mastered by Brian Big Bass Gardner (N.W.A., Stevie Wonder, Parliament).

Goatsnake live shows:
5/20/2015 Complex – Glendale, CA *Black Age Blues Record Release Show w/ Bl’ast, Eagle Twin [info]
5/24/2015 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD [info]
5/30/2015 Temples Festival – Bristol, UK [info]
6/01/2015 De Kreun – Kortrijk, BE
6/02/2015 Melkweg – Amsterdam, NL
6/03/2015 SO36 – Berlin, DE
6/04/2015 Freakvalley Festival – Siegen, DE [info]
6/07/2015 AN Club – Athens, GR
6/20/2015 Crucialfest – Salt Lake City, UT [info]

For more information:
  

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Tuesday, 3 March 2015

The Sludgelord News: UFOMAMMUT Releases Track From New LP And Interview Through Several Global Branches Of Noisey; Fifth Making-Of Ecate Video Released + Preorders Posted


[photo by Andrea Tomas Prato]

In a multi-nation takeover, multiple international branches of Vice Magazine's music channel, Noisey, have cooperatively premiered "Plouton," the gargantuan second movement on UFOMAMMUT's impending seventh LP, Ecate. In addition to leak of the new track, the fifth installment of short videos documenting the mammoth undertaking of the Ecate recording sessions has been posted, focusing on the album's vocals being harnessed, and preorder packages for the mighty record have also been activated.

As with the rest of Ecate, "Plouton" is a bit varied from the majority of UFOMAMMUT's vast recorded catalog, the album unloading a more dense and upbeat percussive and riffage attack, taking the band's cosmic, psychedelic tones to some of their most devastating capabilities in the band's now decade-and-a-half-long mission. At just over three minutes in length, "Plouton" consumes only a fractional amount of time compared to most of their extensive doom/sludge anthems, but helps create a distressing amount of tension early in the album which uncoils and consumes everything in earshot over the subsequent tracks. Spearheaded by Noisey's Brazilian sect, the magazine's American and Italian branches have also joined the mission to help disseminate the premiere of "Plouton" to as much of the globe as possible. The track is joined by an interview with the band on the creation of Ecate and their upcoming international tour plans following the album's release, once again through Neurosis' mighty label cult, Neurot Recordings, in conjunction with the band's own Supernatural Cat Records.

Endure "Plouton" and the interview with UFOMAMMUT now at Noisey Brazil HERE, US HERE and Italy HERE.

Scope the fifth of seven mini-documentaries on Ecate's recording process at THIS LOCATION and stand by for the final episode to leak in the coming days. Also catch up with part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.

Preorders for Ecate including limited edition vinyl, CD, shirt, and bundle deals are now available. In North America stop by the Neurot Recordings store HERE and internationally click to Supernatural Cat's store HERE.

UFOMAMMUT's massive international tour in support of Ecate begins directly after its release, with several Italian shows preceding their two-week European tour with the UK's Conan, and including appearances at both of this year's Desertfest events in London and Berlin. And May and June will see the band on their first-ever tour of North America. Initiated by their anticipated performance at this year's Maryland Deathfest with lablemates Yob, Neurosis and countless others, UFOMAMMUT's month-long North America Spring 2015 will run from May 13th through June 13th, with direct support from Relapse Records' Usnea.

UFOMAMMUT Ecate European Tour Dates:
4/04/2015 e20 Underground - Montecchio Maggiore IT
4/10/2015 Bloom - Mezzago IT
4/18/2015 Impetus festival - Delemont CH
4/19/2015 Glazart - Paris FR w/ Conan
4/21/2015 Forum - Bielefeld DE w/Conan
4/22/2015 Schlachthof - Wiesbaden DE w/ Conan
4/23/2015 Feierwerk - Munich DE w/ Conan
4/24/2015 Desertfest - Berlin DE w/ Conan
4/25/2015 AB - Brussels BE w/ Conan
4/26/2015 Desertfest - London UK w/ Conan
4/28/2015 Vortex - Siegen DE w/ Conan
4/29/2015 Kellerclub - Stuttgart DE
4/30/2015 Weekender Club - Innsbruck AT

UFOMAMMUT North America Spring 2015 w/ Usnea:
5/13/2015 Reggies - Chicago, IL
5/14/2015 Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH
5/15/2015 Bug Jar - Rochester, NY
5/16/2015 Mod Club - Toronto, ON
5/17/2015 Le Ritz - Montreal, QC
5/19/2015 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
5/20/2015 Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
5/21/2015 Maryland Death Fest - Baltimore, MD [no Usnea]
5/22/2015 King's - Raleigh, NC
5/23/2015 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
5/25/2015 Siberia - New Orleans, LA
5/26/2015 Walter's - Houston, TX
5/27/2015 Red 7 - Austin, TX
5/29/2015 Sister - Albuquerque, NM
5/30/2015 Flycatcher - Tucson, AZ
5/31/2015 Complex - Los Angeles, CA
6/02/2015 Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
6/03/2015 Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA
6/04/2015 Press Club - Sacramento, CA
6/05/2015 WOW Hall - Eugene, OR [no Usnea]
6/06/2015 Rotture - Portland, OR
6/07/2015 Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
6/08/2015 Neurolux - Boise, ID
6/09/2015 Bar Deluxe - Salt Lake City, UT
6/10/2015 Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
6/12/2015 Turf Club - St Paul, MN
6/13/2015 Metal Grill - Milwaukee, WI

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Friday, 27 February 2015

The Sludgelord News: GHOLD REVEAL THEIR SECOND SINGLE FROM OF RUIN, PLUS TOUR TRAILER UNVEILED


PRE-ORDERS NOW AVAILABLE VIA RITUAL PRODUCTIONS

RELEASE DATE: 16 MARCH



(credit: Daniel Ali)

Ghold, volume-clad summoners of low end esotericism and chopped-and-screwed rhythmic ferocity today release the second single from their upcoming album, Of Ruin . "All Eyes Broke" (personal favourite) is the perfect example of Ghold's progressive songwriting prowess. Haunted vocal incantations rise and fall to a whisper, lurching bass lines and cascading drums drop in and out at surprising intervals, all the while, mischievous and unpredictable sounds prevail before the whole song erupts to reach its climatic finale.

LISTEN TO "ALL EYES BROKE"

WATCH THE TRAILER FOR THE UPCOMING TOUR

GHOLD LIVE SHOWS:

Fri March 20th London, UK - The Black Heart - ALBUM LAUNCH (with Henry Blacker and Meadows)
Mon March 30th Nottingham, UK – Chameleon, supporting Oozing Wound (also with Nadir)
Tue March 31st Glasgow, UK – Nice N Sleazy, supporting Oozing Wound
Wed April 1st Leeds, UK - Key Club, Supporting Oozing Wound
Thu April 2nd Bristol, UK – The Exchange, supporting Oozing Wound (also with Pohl)
Sun April 5th Milton Keynes, UK – The Craufund Arms, supporting Oozing Wound

The two components of bass and drums are bound together so tight on Of Ruin that they resemble a singular gnarled entity, kneading together groove and melody like putty in the palm of their hands, with explosive results. Intrinsically heavy and elastically supercharged, Ghold create a strain of viscous rock that is as plainly devastating as it is capricious, pushing down the scales in a myriad of manners to achieve an ever heavier outcome. The riffs of the bass approach a murky mysticism, likely to crumble in landslides of overblown fuzz, before snapping in to strict rigidity comparable to what Motörhead would sound like if you isolated the rhythm section. The wealth of ideas presented by Paul Antony and Aleks Wilson on Of Ruin surpass the imaginations of the majority.

Of Ruin, mastered by James Plotkin, shall be available on CD and LP formats via Ritual Productions on 16th March. Pre order the CD via Ritual Productions.

For interview and review requests, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Don't forget you can still enjoy the sounds of Ghold via their previous single "Partaken Incarnate"


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Tuesday, 24 February 2015

The Sludgelord News: GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - ASUNDER, SWEET AND OTHER DISTRESS, NEW FULL LENGTH UPCOMING ON 31 MARCH VIA CONSTELLATION


  Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GYBE) returns with its first single LP-length release since the group's earliest days in 1997-99. Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress clocks in at a succinct 40 minutes and is arguably the most focused and best-sounding recording of the band’s career. Working with sound engineer Greg Norman (Electrical Audio) at studios in North Carolina and Montréal, GYBE slowly and steadily put the new album together through late 2013 and 2014, emerging with a mighty slab of superlative sonics, shot through with all the band’s inimitable signposts and touchstones: huge unison riffage, savage noise/drone, oscillating overtones, guitar vs. string counterpoint, inexorable crescendos and scorched-earth transitions.

Listen to: "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!" (excerpt)

 
  Following Godspeed’s return from a long hiatus at the end of 2010 to begin playing live shows again, and with the hugely acclaimed Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! release in 2012 marking their first new release in a decade, the group continued to perform regularly on their own headlining tours (and as headliners at many leading festivals), often including a new multi-movement piece in concert over the past couple of years. Known to fans and through live show recordings by the sobriquet “Behemoth”, GYBE has gradually distilled this new work down to a fastidious and uncompromising essence in the studio, with the swing-time swagger of the opening unison riff in “Peasantry or ‘Light! Inside of Light!’” giving way to increasing microtonal divergences and an exhilarating immersion in the harmonic power of massed amplified instruments, before collapsing into some of the most visceral and unalloyed noise/drone the band has yet committed to tape on “Lambs’ Breath” and “Asunder, Sweet”. The album closes with “Piss Crowns Are Trebled”, a 14-minute piece of vintage Godspeed, where ascending and descending guitar and violin melodies intertwine over gut-rattling distorted bass in 3/4 time, segueing into a pummeling four-on-the-floor series of sparkling, soaring crescendos.

  Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress finds Godspeed in top form; a sterling celebration of the band’s awesome dialectic, where composition, emotion and ‘note-choice’ is inextricable from an exacting focus on tone, timbre, resonance and the sheer materiality of sound.

TRACKLIST:
1 Peasantry or ‘Light! Inside of Light!’
2 Lambs' Breath
3 Asunder, Sweet
4 Piss Crowns Are Trebled

LIVE SHOWS:
17.04.15 Manchester, UK, Albert Hall
18.04.15 Dublin, IE, Vicar Street
19.04.15 Glasgow, UK, ABC
20.04.15 London, UK, Shepherds Bush Empire


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Wednesday, 18 February 2015

The Sludgelord News: LISTEN TO THE TITLE TRACK FROM ZU'S UPCOMING ALBUM CORTAR TODO, DUE FOR RELEASE VIA IPECAC, MARCH 23RD


(Photo credit: Sara D'Uva)

ZU are preparing to release their first new full-length in five years, titled Cortar Todo and due out via Ipecac Recordings on the rapidly approaching release date of March 23rd. The Quietus have revealed the title track, an intensely rhythmic beast that seeps industrial fluid and volatile flames of brass-bending static, and is symptomatic of the roaming, alien sounds of the album. 

LISTEN TO "CORTAR TODO" 


 About Cortar Todo...

  For over fifteen years, ZU's modus operandi of straddling and abusing musical genres has resulted in over fifteen unique album releases across labels such as Ipecac, Atavistic and Headz (Japan). Their experimental amalgam of metal, math, no-wave, noise and electronics, led acclaimed composer John Zorn to describe their sound as "a powerful and expressive music that totally blows away what most bands do these days".  

  In the running for the title of 'the world's hardest working band', ZU have performed over 2000 shows throughout Europe, US, Canada, Asia, Russia, Mexico and even Africa, touring with the like of Mike Patton (as the Zu/Patton quartet), also sharing the stage with Faith No More, Fantomas, The Melvins, Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth, The Ex, and countless others. They have also collaborated with a vast number of musicians including Mike Patton, The Melvins, Dälek, Jim O' Rourke, FM Einheit (Einsturzende Neubauten), Peter Brötzmann, Nobukazu Takemura, Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Steve MacKay (The Stooges), The Ex, Thurston Moore, Stephen O Malley, Damo Suzuki (Can), Mats Gustafsson, NoMeansNo, Joe Lally (Fugazi). 

  Five years since their last full length on Ipecac, the critically acclaimed Carboniferous, and following a three year hiatus, ZU returned in May 2014 with the release of a brand new EP, Goodnight Civilization (Trost Records) and with a line up change that introduced the mighty Gabe Serbian, best known as the drummer for the legendary Californian band, The Locust.
  Recorded in the countryside near Bologna, Italy, in the summer of 2014, the album features some very special guests including keyboard player Joey Karam (The Locust), Italian guitar maverick Stefano Pilia (who plays regularly with the likes of Mike Watt, David Grubbs and Rokia Traore) and perhaps most unexpectedly, a field recording of an indigenous Shipibo medicine man recorded by Massimo during his travels around the Amazon. 

  Cortar Todo reveals new dynamics from the band, the album is more direct, sharp, focussed, and more intense and musical than anything we have heard from ZU so far. Check out the artwork and track listing below.



TRACK LIST:

1. The Unseen War
  2. Rudra Dances Over Burning Rome
    3. Cortar Todo
    4. A Sky Burial
    5. Orbital Equilibria
    6. Serpens Cauda
    7. No Pasa Nada
    8. Conflict Acceleration
    9. Vantablack Vomitorium
    10. Pantokrator



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