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Cranium is a Swedish speed metal band formed in 1984. Cranium's music resembles German speed metal and thrash metal bands like Kreator, Sodom and Destruction.
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Cranium is a Swedish speed metal band formed in 1984. Cranium's music resembles German speed metal and thrash metal bands like Kreator, Sodom and Destruction.
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