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“Honestly, I never thought we'd get a nomination for a…” quote by M. Shadows — Download Open image

“Honestly, I never thought we'd get a nomination for a Grammy, period. To be honest, we felt that if we were ever going to get one, we thought we had 'City of Evil' and 'Nightmare' and 'Hail to the King,' and those were all big records, and they never even sniffed at us.”

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