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Launch Radio Networks reports: Metallica has written about 25 songs for its ninth studio effort and is now concentrating on trimming that list to one album's worth of material, which it will begin recording in January. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Launch on Tuesday (December 5) that the band's summer European tour, on which Metallica played its classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" in its entirety, paved the way for the sound of the new album. "What I hear sounds very lively, very spunky, got a lot of energy," he said. "I think that the shows we played over the summer, we were definitely leaner and kind of in better shape than we've been in a long time. I mean, having to deliver 'Master of Puppets' for three months this summer definitely revitalized some of that stuff in us, and it's been kind of fun having that in the back of our mind as we've been going through this process. I don't know what else to say.
Referring to the controversial, low-fi production on 2003's "St. Anger", Ulrich said that he's "taken the drums out of the cardboard boxes" this time, and that lead guitarist Kirk Hammett will lay down guitar solos on this record.
The new disc will be produced by Rick Rubin and is expected out by late 2007.
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James Hetfield was interviewed by Swedish TV channel SVT on Thursday (July 12) prior to the band's headlining performance at Stadion in Stockholm. Watch the seven-minute unedited question-and-answer session at SVT.se. A transcript of the interview follows:
Q: What will the new Metallica [album] sound like?
Hetfield: "As good as we can right now, I would say, and that's all it ever has been. [Producer] Rick Rubin is extremely good at getting the best out of any artist he's worked with, whether it's BEASTIE BOYS, NEIL DIAMOND, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT& he does all, he does rap& anything! Somehow he taps in. He's got a good vibe, and a good ear, and we think we do too. So sometimes there's a little bit of this we like our things the way we like them, he likes his things the way he likes them but with two great powers putting something together, I think we'll come up with something pretty amazing. He's having us focus a lot on the feeling around 'Master of Puppets' what was going through our minds? what was it like? the hunger around 'Master of Puppets'."
Q: You played at Live Earth. What are your thoughts on the climate crisis. What can Metallica contribute to [the whole process]?
Hetfield: "I really avoided the press around the Live Earth day. I didn't quite agree with what was going on there. Politics drive me crazy, and I don't like talking politics. Politics get in the way of things; they get in the way of getting things done, and getting our music across is what we wanna do we don't wanna cloud it with 'Democrat, Republican,' whatever. Our philosophy is 'think for yourself' at the end of the day do what you think feels right. I really believe that humans will survive. I have a lot of faith in mankind that we will overcome and adapt whatever it is; whether it's man-made or God-made, or Earth/Mother Nature we have a lot of smart people on this planet that will make something good out of bad."
Q: You guys have been a band for 25 years. What is the plan for the next 25 years?
Hetfield: "Yeah, to make it to 26, 27, 28& you know, it's one day at a time. Something exciting that's up for us is being eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in America, which is a pretty big deal. We played it last year for BLACK SABBATH, who chose not to perform, and we said we would. [Laughs] That was a lot of fun. You know, it's this historic landmark. A lot of bands get inducted, [but] not many bands are there to play all together to say 'Hi' and 'Thank you.' If you made it to 25 years, you either hate each other or you're broken up or you didn't make it that far, or something. So we're pretty proud. There's a not a whole lot of bands that can say that, so we're very grateful."
Q: You had a little bit of a difficulty on the last record. How are you guys functioning now on the new record?
Hetfield: "Well, one thing that someone said on the last record going through all of the cleansing, the therapy, the talking, the breaking down the falls& you know, from one extreme to the other from hating each other to not talking to hugging and crying over every note& It's crazy one to the other. They're both unrealistic. Somewhere in the middle is where we need to live, and balance is difficult at times, especially for myself, who likes the extremes, or thinks I like them. All the work that we went through on 'St. Anger', it was said that it was not for 'St. Anger', it was for the next record, and that makes total sense. 'St. Anger' was pretty much a statement it felt like a purging of a feeling. And this record is more us working together in harmony, in friction, in happiness, in sadness& all of that put together. And we're able to get through it we've walked though fire; we know how hot it can get, and we don't need to go through there again."
NME TV sat down for a chat with Kirk Hammett on Sunday, July 8 prior to the band's sold-out concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Watch the 10-minute interview at YouTube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=msAqZfun60o
When asked how work is progressing on METALLICA's long-awaited new album, Hammett said, "It's coming along fairly well. We wrote 22 songs with the intention of recording 12 or 14, with the intention of putting maybe nine or ten on the new album, depending on how they all turn out once they're all finally recorded and mixed and done. The music is really heavy surprise, surprise very, very progressive; different from anything we've ever done before again. Yes, there are guitar solos. Yes, the production will be slightly better. We're using [producer] Rick Rubin [SLIPKNOT, AUDIOSLAVE, SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS]. We're not recording in HQ [the band's rehearsal studio/headquarters in San Rafael, California]; we're recording down in L.A. at a place called Sound City. And we're just about to finish the drums, the drumming aspect of it. And when we get back to the States, that's when Rob [Trujillo, bass], James [Hetfield, guitar/vocals] and I start playing our instruments and building tracks. We're all pretty psyched about it. The material, we feel, is very, very strong. I like that to think that it sits somewhere between '&And Justice For All' and the 'black' album that little niche right there. And like I said, again, it's very, very different.
"We're actually shooting for an early 2008 release. I would be extremely surprised if it comes out sooner than that. But I would be extremely disappointed if it came out later than that, let's just say."
Sweden's TV4 interviewed Lars Ulrich on Thursday (July 12) approximately two hours before the band's headlining performance at Stadion in Stockholm. Watch the 12-minute unedited question-and-answer session at this location. http://tv4nyheterna.se/2.139?videoId=1.139167
When asked about METALLICA's upcoming CD, Ulrich replied, "It's the first time in almost 20 years that we're working with a producer other than Bob Rock. We're working with Rick Rubin, who's made records with everybody from the CHILI PEPPERS to JOHNNY CASH to SLIPKNOT to whatever& So we're excited to be working with a different producer. It's interesting, it's stimulating. The stuff that I've heard& [Laughs] & which is pretty much all of it, is very heavy, a little more dynamic than the last record, 'St. Anger', and I think that what he's really trying to do is capture an excitement and capture kind of a moment and trying to get us away from spending too much time thinking about what we're doing so he's trying to get us just to play in the studio. It sounds like it has a lot of energy and a lot of kid of good, energetic moments. But James [Hetfield] is gonna start singing in August and [we'll] do some overdubs. We're gonna spend another couple of months in the fall to finish the overdubs and we should hopefully mix the record by November and have it out in the early spring."
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Author and journalist Joel McIver spoke with James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo before their spectacular Wembley Stadium show.
McIver has released the following excerpts from the conversation to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:
Q: A lot of long-time Metallica fans are asking one simple question. Is your new album going to be old-school thrash metal?
Trujillo: "There's a lot of everything, man. There's speed on this. There's a couple of tracks where you're gonna go 'Wow!' and I know you're gonna like it because it has the flavor of the old. But it has this kind of groove and power behind it that I think is us today. And then there's stuff that I think is pretty progressive. Sometimes, when you're in the thick of it, when we're all creating it together, it's hard to get the feel of an outside perspective. But then you get someone like Scott Ian from Anthrax, who is in the lounge waiting for us to go to dinner or something, and he's like 'Rob, man! That riff fuckin' ruled, bro! What song is that? Is that on the album?' and stuff like that — and you go, I think we're doing the right thing. I gotta say, the attitude and the conviction of the old school is there, the speed is there and the power, there's an element of groove there that's really strong."
Q: Are you contributing to the songwriting, Rob?
Trujillo: "Yes. This is a collaborative journey for us, and everybody's contributed riffs. There are some of my ideas in there, and there are a ton of James' ideas, and a lot of Kirk's ideas. Kirk was away a lot because his wife was having a baby, so often it was just me and James and Lars — so for me to witness the collaborative spirit between James and Lars was so motivating. It's kind of mindblowing. It was really neat and inspirational to see them both going back to the old-school method. The general spirit of a lot of these arrangements and ideas is taken from what it must have been like back in 1982."
Q: Does producer Rick Rubin make suggestions about the songs?
Trujillo: "Yes, he does. He actually makes suggestions, and you try them: some of them are great, and some of them aren't gonna work — but that's OK. Some of his words of wisdom were very inspirational in bringing this band back to the old school, and getting James and Lars to step back in time. It's pretty exciting, although it's not like there haven't been any headbutting contests: there's been a little bit of that, but sometimes that little bit of tension is good for the tracks."
Q: James and Kirk, you both played bass alongside Rob with Spinal Tap at the Live Earth concert, also at Wembley Stadium, on Saturday. Did you enjoy it?
Hetfield: "Dude, I'm telling you, I told 'em yesterday, "Don't plug me in!" No, it was fun. He [points to Trujillo] ripped into this solo that was fuckin' unbelievable. I was like, 'Dude, why don't you do that with our shit? Come on!'"
Hammett: "I woke up this morning, and I'd been playing bass with my fingers — and my whole muscle all the way up my arm was sore. I just shook it out and it got better, but it's never happened to me before."
Trujillo: "When you're playing with your fingers in cold climates, and you're playing with these guys, your fingers want to cramp. Playing with Metallica in cold temperatures is a taboo, man!"
Hetfield: "Metallica give you the cramps!"
Trujillo: "We have a chiropractor guy who's with us."
Hetfield: "He's a voodoo doctor."
Hammett: "He's my personal assistant!"
Trujillo: "He's there and he makes things better. He gets in there and works it out in the forearm, and also in the bicep. It's like acupressure."
Hetfield: "He makes everything else hurt, so your arm doesn't hurt as much!"
Q: Robert, you've been a member of Metallica for four years now. Do you remember much about your audition for the band back in late 2002?
Trujillo: "Oh yeah! [Therapist] Phil Towle was there and the cameras were all there, so it was kinda crazy. I didn't really know how to handle myself. At 11 o'clock on the first night, Lars said, 'Hey man, let's go get a beer,' and I was thinking, this guy could potentially be my boss, so I'd better go and have a cold one with him. I'm not a big drinker, but we ended up drinking until five in the morning. This guy's a crazy Viking, right? People talk about hazing — like the hazing that went along with Jason [Newsted] — and I felt in a way that this would be the beginning of their new version of hazing. I slept maybe three hours, and I literally had the worst hangover of my life — and then we went to the studio and I had to play. So on the DVD footage that you see of me doing my audition, I was pretty hammered!"
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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Launch Radio Networks reports: Metallica has written about 25 songs for its ninth studio effort and is now concentrating on trimming that list to one album's worth of material, which it will begin recording in January. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Launch on Tuesday (December 5) that the band's summer European tour, on which Metallica played its classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" in its entirety, paved the way for the sound of the new album. "What I hear sounds very lively, very spunky, got a lot of energy," he said. "I think that the shows we played over the summer, we were definitely leaner and kind of in better shape than we've been in a long time. I mean, having to deliver 'Master of Puppets' for three months this summer definitely revitalized some of that stuff in us, and it's been kind of fun having that in the back of our mind as we've been going through this process. I don't know what else to say.
Referring to the controversial, low-fi production on 2003's "St. Anger", Ulrich said that he's "taken the drums out of the cardboard boxes" this time, and that lead guitarist Kirk Hammett will lay down guitar solos on this record.
The new disc will be produced by Rick Rubin and is expected out by late 2007.
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With the inspiration of 'Master of Puppets' and the fun they had on the tour, the boys will return fully motivated to the studio in L.A! They will deliver another masterpiece
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Launch Radio Networks reports: Metallica has written about 25 songs for its ninth studio effort and is now concentrating on trimming that list to one album's worth of material, which it will begin recording in January. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Launch on Tuesday (December 5) that the band's summer European tour, on which Metallica played its classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" in its entirety, paved the way for the sound of the new album. "What I hear sounds very lively, very spunky, got a lot of energy," he said. "I think that the shows we played over the summer, we were definitely leaner and kind of in better shape than we've been in a long time. I mean, having to deliver 'Master of Puppets' for three months this summer definitely revitalized some of that stuff in us, and it's been kind of fun having that in the back of our mind as we've been going through this process. I don't know what else to say.
Referring to the controversial, low-fi production on 2003's "St. Anger", Ulrich said that he's "taken the drums out of the cardboard boxes" this time, and that lead guitarist Kirk Hammett will lay down guitar solos on this record.
The new disc will be produced by Rick Rubin and is expected out by late 2007.
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definitely, they will for sure create another masterpiece of heavy metal...can't wait 'til the new album is comming out!!
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James Hetfield has told Kerrang! magazine that producer Rick Rubin wants them to make an album as good as "Master of Puppets".
"On 'St Anger', [producer] Bob Rock did everything," says Hetfield. "He was producer, engineer, bass player, babysitter, father figure and Rick Rubin is pretty much the opposite, he's not there to babysit. When he first came in, his opening statement was 'I want you guys to impress me: I want you to feel like you're starting out again'. He really wants us to get in the mind-set of 'Master of Puppets'. It's impossible to recreate what we were 20 years ago, it's silly, but we had to get that hunger back."
In a recent interview with Norway's NRK, Hetfield stated about the band's collaboration with Rubin, "Rick Rubin is extremely good at getting the best out of any artist he's worked with, whether it's BEASTIE BOYS, NEIL DIAMOND, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT& he does all, he does rap& anything! Somehow he taps in. He's got a good vibe, and a good ear, and we think we do too. So sometimes there's a little bit of this we like our things the way we like them, he likes his things the way he likes them but with two great powers putting something together, I think we'll come up with something pretty amazing. He's having us focus a lot on the feeling around 'Master of Puppets' what was going through our minds? what was it like? the hunger around 'Master of Puppets'."
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Britain's Kerrang! magazine recently conducted an interview with James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
Kerrang!: You're working with Rick Rubin who has a reputation as an "absentee" producer...
James: Oh, I met him once, I bumped into him in a corridor! [Laughs] No, we were well aware of his reputation when we signed up. On "St. Anger", Bob Rock did everything he was producer, engineer, bass player, babysitter, father figure. And Rick is pretty much the opposite; he's not there to babysit. When we first came in, his opening statement was, "I want you guys to impress me; I want you to feel like you're starting out again'. He really wants us to get in the mind-set of "Master of Puppets". It's impossible to recreate what we were 20 years ago, that's silly, but we had to get that hunger back.
Kerrang!: And he's impressed so far?
James: Rubin is really good at feeling songs, and he'll tell you straight-up if he doesn't like something. We started with 20 songs and we've whittled it down to 14 since he came in. He won't say "This fucking sucks," but he'll make suggestions and I'm definitely open to that. With "St. Anger", it became so open-minded that it became unfocused. This time around, there's a lot of "Sorry, it's not good enough." We're aiming for excellence.
Kerrang!: With "St Anger", did the democracy you practiced in the studio end up comprimising the album?
James: Definitely. It was very unrealistic. We went from tearing each other's throats out with sarcasm, anger and not speaking to the polar opposite where we'd embrace every stupid idea so as to not hurt anyone's feelings. And that didn't work either!
Kerrang!: It seems weird that you're taking time out to tour when you're on a roll in the studio...
James: Well, hopefully it'll inspire us to take it to another level. You'll listen back to a new song and go, "We were just out there listening to 60,000 people screaming at what they love about Metallica and I don't think they're gonna scream at this! Also it gets claustrophobic in there you can be trapped in there not knowing whether people are still out there.
Kerrang!: Have you started to work on the lyrics?
James: I have phrasings and something vocally to at least feel what the song is like. I forgot about "Let's please everyone in the band." Now it's, "This is where my head's at." I think people will identify with it.
Kerrang!: Is there a sense that time is running out for Metallica and you need to make a defining album again?
James: Well, we have no shortage of ideas and what am I gonna do? I write songs, I play songs and I like doing this. I know we're getting older, there's no point in trying to hide that fact, and we might tour less than we did, but as records go, we just want to make a good record, that's all we ever want to do. I mean, we thought "St. Anger" was going to be amazing, but it turned out to be more of a statement than music that we enjoy playing live. It was more of a purge, just getting that shit out of me, as a catalyst for the next chapter of METALLICA.
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New Lars Interview In The latest 'Metal Hammer' Mag
You've already recorded the drum, guitar and bass tracks for the new album, with the rest to be added some time in August?
"The backing tracks are done, yeah. but Rick likes to keep things organic and work in a way that can be described as 'of the moment'. If we continue in August we should be done by October".
Rubin isn't known for being to giving with his time. What role has he played in the sessions?
"He's been there every single day so far, He's all about the big picture. He doesn't analyse things like drum tempos or tell James to play something in F#. He's more about the feel: is everyone playing together? Rick's a vibe guy".
And is it okay for Rick to tell you something you've done sucks?
"Absolutely. And, believe me, he does. There's not alot of grey with him. He really speaks his mind. Either something's great or something sucks".
How easy was it to can Bob Rock?
[Frowing]: "That's not a term i'd like to use. We'd been making records together for almost 20 years. That's as creative a relationship as you can come up with in music, film...just about anything. But it had got to a point where we would both finish eachothers sentences. We needed to look somewhere else for our own sanity, survival and fulfilment".
How did you let him know that it was over?
"We talk on the phone a lot. That's the thing. I've said it many times: Bob has always been primarily a friend, and secondarily a producer. And that friendship hasn't suffered whatsoever."
In hiring Rubin. What were you hoping to achieve?
"To a certain extent, it was to do with wiping the slate clean when it came to the process of making records. I've known Rick for many years but we've never worked together. He brings a whole new energy and dynamic".
Skipping the next question, just talks about the producer thing again.
In keeping with the fact that you've been playing the title track of the ...And Justice For All album again. Internet gossip suggests that some of these songs will be long ones.
"I wouldn't say that they're longer than the ones before. We've always written long songs. Most of the new ones clock between 6 and 8 minutes. There's one that's 5 minutes. We're recording 14 and plan on finishing them all because we love them all. But only 9 or 10 will appear on the new record".
The next question is just him saying the snare will be back on and guitar solo's will be back.
Kirk has said that although this is Metallica's 11th studio album. It feels like the band's sixth. Does a part of you consider St. Anger was a mistake?
"Not at all. The mistake was the white leather jacket [worn in the drummer's infamous rock star phase, circa a stadiom tour with Guns N' Roses in 1992]. The Napster dispute wasn't a mistake, but it caught us off guard. the music has always been pure. It was the right thing to have done in 2003. That said, i listened to it a couple of months ago and it's a difficult record. I can hear that. But when I finished it, it made me do the same kind of backflips as all the other records".
You must've known that after the whole 'SKOM' thing. Some people - Including Kerry King who called you 'Fragile Old Men' - would never take the band seriously again?
"Oh listen, the reason we did that movie was to piss Kerry King off. Being the sourve of his amusement, that's great!"
As fascinating as it looked on screen. Wouldn't it have been better to keep those things behind closed doors?
"There's certainly an argument for that. But right from day one, Metallica has always been about the relationship with the fans. Unlike bands like Led Zeppelin who tried to keep things mystical, we;ve gone out of our way to be as accesible as possible. Our roots are alot more punk than that. SKOM was the logical conclusion of that mindset".
Then prosumably you disagree with Kerry's ageist comments?
"Of course i do. If he hated SKOM that's the only stamp of approval that i need".
Nevertheless, SKOM raised alot of questions about your coheisiveness as a band. How are you all faring now?
"Ofcourse it asked some important questions. But you've got to remember that it was a moment in time from five years ago. Phil is no longer around and we all get along. And mentioning Phil's name reminds me, he always ysed to tell us back then that the music we're making wouldn't shine through until the record after St. Anger. I think he was right about that".
Not everyone approved of the new songs that you debuted earlier on the tour.
"Listen, what are we gonna do, take a poll of the people that exit the venue? Stop playing them? I've just been on the Metallica message board where alot of moaning about all sorts of subjects goes on. But people are saying last night was our best ever appearance in the UK".
Did the rumbling of fan discontent have anything to do with you dropping the new material out of the Wembley set?
"No, no...Not at all. We always try to play a different set every night. we played a new song in Donnington last year; we wanted to make the set as different as possible"
The next question is just about whether or not playing MOP would capture the original energy of the album. And he replied with 'It's up to you guys to decide!'
Do you consider this new album to be a thrash metal record?
"Oh [hang on] let me get my dictionary out...check my terminology"
Isn't that the record that the fans what you to make?
"I know that some of them do. But it's easier to tell you what it's not. It's not St Anger part two. This album has dynamics. It has slow bits; it has some very, very fast bits. It has melodic and very heavy bits. Rick is reeally focusing on James' vocals, but musically, it fucking rocks. So you might say that it falls into the category you just mentioned. But at the same token, anyone that follows this band will know, we always try to look forwards and not back".
Does it feel like you owe anything to people who loved Metallica in the early days. But haven't liked too much of the band's music since the Black Album?
"Um, no. Not at all. I've a responsibility to my kids and to my lady to be a good partner. Also to myself, to create music that's honest, real and gets all three inches of my dick hard. Of course it's great to have as many people along for the ride as possibe. But when we put acoustice guitar into 'Fade To Black' 200 years ago, that's when the moaning started. We realized those people would always be around whatever we did. So, basically, we stopped trying to please them a long time ago".
When do you hope to release the album, and being touring properly?
"It'll be mixed by November and out in the new year. Maybe some time around February. In terms of playing live, we won't be quite as nutty as before . There won't be 39 dates in North Decoda [laughs]. I can't tell you that there will be an indoor arena tour in England. But things are going to be done in smaller increments. Instead of doing 14 arena gigs oveer 18 days, we'll do them in two legs of two weeks and them go home".
What you might call 'doing less to do more?
"Or taking longer to do the same. And that also applies to recording. People ask why it takes two years for Metallica to make a record. We don't work 16-hour days in the studio, for six days a week anymore. We work six-hour days in between dropping off our kids at school and picking them up again. The record still gets made, it just takes a bit longer".
END OF INTERVIEW.
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Thanks scary_ms
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Cheers Scary, I've already got the new hammer issue
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Metallica: Geburtstage und Plattennews 19.11.07
Laut Lars Ulrich sind die Songs für das neue Metallica-Album bereits aufgenommen. Die Band sei dabei, die Gesangsspuren und Overdubs auf die Songs zu legen und plane gegen Dezember damit fertig zu sein.
Producer-Legende Rick Rubin macht sich dann an den Endschliff. Und im Februar soll das Album in die Läden kommen. Es wurde zudem kundgetan, dass es nicht wie "St. Anger" klingen soll.
Das heißt zum Beispiel, dass Gitarrensoli wieder erlaubt sind. Und da kommt Geburtstags-Kind Kirk Hammett ins Spiel. Der ist am 18. November 45 Jahre alt geworden.
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Metallica: Birthdays and Album News
According to Lars Ulrich, the Songs for the new Record are finally recorded and the Band now is about to put the vocals and the Overdubs on the Songs and plan to be finished with that in December.
Producer-legend Rick Rubin will then mix the whole thing and do the end-work for it. Also it is said that it won't sound like St.Anger, what means that for example Kirk's playing solos again on it.
Kirk turned 45 on November 18th Congratulations!
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