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Nobody expects the Metal Inquisition!

I didn’t expect a Metal Inquisition [jarring chord]. Nobody expects the Metal Inquisition. Our chief weapon is riffs… riffs and power chords… power chords and riffs. Our two weapons are riffs, power chords… and pointy guitars… our three weapons are riffs, power chords and pointy guitars… and an almost fanatical devotion to Marshall amps. Our four… no… Amongst our weaponry… are such diverse elements as riffs, power chords… I’ll come in again.

—David Pickering

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