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Hooked: Trivium's Matt Heafy on In Flames' “Artifacts of the Black Rain"

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The heavy metal maven details how music made more sense to him after digesting the swift Swedes coupling of "raw, intense screaming vocals with such beautiful guitar melodies."

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