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- ↑ http://metalstorm.ee/bands/bandmember.php?member_id=1859 Metal Storm
- ↑ "Six Feet Under Guitarist's Home Burglarized". Blabbermouth.net . Roadrunner Records. December 6, 2008. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
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