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style="white-space:pre-wrap;">--------------------------------</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Timestamps:</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">00:00 – INTRO</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">01:05 – REVIEWS</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">09:28 – Essentials Dungeon: Dio "Holy Diver"</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">16:23 – Testament</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">38:45 – EXTRO</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">--------------------------------</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>MUSIC</strong></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/hLF5LCtCYGg?si=qFchpwQHHDPyQko9">Daidalos “INFERNO”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/lzQMDZMLtVE?si=5ldgpmKjAo9HwyY3">Domhain “Talamh Lom”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/merculistarya-rad-f-jdalom-a-t-n-d-s-medr-ben">Merculistarya “Merengõ”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/OqkcT0o-dM4?si=IC7kA6JLk4TXaHV-">Omni Slim “Night Terror”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/nBCntJHLanI?si=SxT923V0vz5bXbF8">Dio “Stand Up and Shout”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5FRA7UXlGu8?si=QFgki8NYPf3TCZQT">Black Sabbath “Heaven and Hell”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/2lvs2FzF64o?si=4Np1t6bt2KjVnd3E">Dio “Holy Diver”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/uZ-TvSx2cUA?si=CF910WabAlErM5mE">Dio “Shame On the Night”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/q0fm7XmHJ_E?si=Dmv0Ke37mK5Dz1R5">Testament “High Noon”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/sHOwwcjdRdk?si=KwxPHWNXxjWAp0e9">Jacob LIzotte “Gates of Hell”</a></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">--------------------------------</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">DISCLAIMER: Copyright Exceptions under the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 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