FROM BLABBERMOUTH.COM

Former PANTERA Members To Release New Album In January - Oct. 15, 2003

The band formerly known as NEW FOUND POWER, which features in its ranks guitarist Dimebag Darrell (ex-PANTERA), Dimebag's drummer brother Vinnie Paul (ex-PANTERA), DIESEL MACHINE/ex-HALFORD guitarist Patrick Lachman (on vocals) and ex-JERRY CANTRELL guitarist Shawn Matthews (on bass), will be releasing their debut album through Elektra Records in January. "[NEW FOUND POWER] was a working title, and the official [band] name will be announced shortly," Lachman revealed in a recent e-mail.

Musically, the material "picks up where PANTERA left off and there is a lot more depth and dynamics to it," Patrick explained. "Vocals are everything from brutal to just pure melodic hook, but no falsetto."

As previously reported, the much-anticipated effort will include a guest appearance by SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor in a track called "Fuck You". OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY axeman Zakk Wylde is also said to have contributed backing vocals and a guitar solo to the album.


WELL..IT's ABOUT FUCKIN TIME WE HEARD SOME DECENT NEWS ABOUT IT
I'M GLAD THEY DON'T STICK WITH THE "NEW FOUND POWER" NAME
SOUND TOO MUCH LIKE THAT POP-ROCK BAND NEW FOUND GLORY

ANYBODY KNOWS HOW THIS GUY "LACHMAN" SOUND LIKE?

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I wonder what its gonna sound like, NFP is pretty good. wonder what the name's gonna be.

good to hear some news finally (better that pics from vinnies birthday)

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Huh!?!?! ex-Pantera?? Former..? What, did Pantera die?

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not officialy that i heard of

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I HOPE NOT BUT I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING BY THEM UNTIL 3 OR 4 YEARS
READ THIS. (ESPECIALLY THE POST I MADE TAKEN FROM BLABBERMOUTH).

http://www.metaltabs.com/forum/show...=&threadid=4949

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About fucking time we saw these guys around again. This should be great.

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"Vocals are everything from brutal to just pure melodic hook, but no falsetto."

oh god, as much as i'm anticipating this album, that line makes me think of most nu-metal. *shudder*

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what the fuck?! Corey Taylor working with Zakk Wylde?!
NO WAY! Its gonna suck! If it doesn't ..then I'll just try to put it in
my head that it sucks.

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It won't suck.

WHERE DID YOU READ THAT?

IT'S WRITTEN THAT BOTH ZAKK AND COREY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ALBUM
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WORK TOGETHER, IT'S PROBABLY 2 DIFFERENT
SONGS

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-*^*-UPDATE!-*^*-

PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul have officially named their new band DAMAGEPLAN. The group, whose debut album is due January 27 through Elektra Records, also features singer Patrick Lachman, who used to play guitar in HALFORD and DIESEL MACHINE. Former JERRY CANTRELL back-up guitarist Shawn Matthews, who played bass in an early incarnation of DAMAGEPLAN (then called NEW FOUND POWER), is no longer involved with the project (a replacement bassist may be announced as early as this Friday, according to the group's management). The album, tentatively titled "New Found Power", was recorded at Darrell's home studio, Chasin Jason, and was produced by Darrell and Paul along with Sterling Winfield (PANTERA, MERCYFUL FATE). Guests include SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor (lead vocals on second verse and bridge and half of last verse in "Fuck You") and OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde (lead outro on "Reborn" and backing vocals on "Soulbleed").

The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Wake Up
02. NFP (New Found Power)
03. Pride
04. Blunt Force Trauma
05. Save Me
06. Explode
07. Fuck You (feat. Corey Taylor)
08. Cold Blooded
09. Reborn (feat. Zakk Wylde)
10. Blink of An Eye
11. Breathing New Life
12. Crawl
13. Moment Of Truth
14. Soulbleed (feat. Zakk Wylde)

DAMAGEPLAN's debut album is scheduled to be mastered on October 21-22 in New York City. A world tour in support of the CD will follow in early 2004. The group's official web site, www.damageplan.com, will be launched shortly

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PANTERA's New Found Power Has A Name: DAMAGEPLAN - Oct. 16, 2003

PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul have officially named their new band DAMAGEPLAN. The group, whose debut album is due January 27 through Elektra Records, also features singer Patrick Lachman, who used to play guitar in HALFORD and DIESEL MACHINE. Former JERRY CANTRELL back-up guitarist Shawn Matthews, who played bass in an early incarnation of DAMAGEPLAN (then called NEW FOUND POWER), is no longer involved with the project (a replacement bassist may be announced as early as this Friday, according to the group's management). The album, tentatively titled "New Found Power", was recorded at Darrell's home studio, Chasin Jason, and was produced by Darrell and Paul along with Sterling Winfield (PANTERA, MERCYFUL FATE). Guests include SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor (lead vocals on second verse and bridge and half of last verse in "Fuck You") and OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde (lead outro on "Reborn" and backing vocals on "Soulbleed").

The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Wake Up
02. NFP (New Found Power)
03. Pride
04. Blunt Force Trauma
05. Save Me
06. Explode
07. Fuck You (feat. Corey Taylor)
08. Cold Blooded
09. Reborn (feat. Zakk Wylde)
10. Blink of An Eye
11. Breathing New Life
12. Crawl
13. Moment Of Truth
14. Soulbleed (feat. Zakk Wylde)

DAMAGEPLAN's debut album is scheduled to be mastered on October 21-22 in New York City. A world tour in support of the CD will follow in early 2004. The group's official web site, www.damageplan.com, will be launched shortly. PANTERA's last studio album, 2000's "Reinventing The Steel", has sold 592,921 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALY NEWS ON THIS SHIT!!!!!!!

THANKS FOR THE NEWS MAN, but where did you get it?

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fuck man, im gonna preorder

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I am fucking pissed of Corey Taylor is on there

Excuse me for not reading that thread since the title of it wasn't the same damn thing. Nice try though.

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Yeah, so am I.

but maybe they mixed his ass down and didn't tell him (I hope so)

I just don't want to hear him whine.

anyways, this stuff is gonna rock, can't wait to hear it.

sweet

i'm really happy about the "picks up where Pantera left off" part.

It'll be good to hear Dimebag and Vinnie's riffs and soloes again after so long.

still, it'd be better if Phil sang and this was a Pantera album

and i'm glad that they have Corey Taylor doing a guest spot on the album.
yeah. you heard me.
It shows that they're more open to ideas, instead of the typical bonehead close-minded metalhead who would say, "corey taylor from slipknot??? NU-METAL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?? *foams at the mouth*"

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You Have A Point With The Whole Cory Taylor Thing, But (I Can't Remember Where I Heard This But) Dime Has Said This IS Going To Be A "Radio Album" More "Newish", And Not Like Pantera's Stuff.

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07. Fuck You (feat. Corey Taylor)

This sounds childish.

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It's fucking stupid.

It's about time Dime and Vinnie get their act together.Hopefully they'll go all the way on this album,if this one sucks they won't be able to blame some junkie for it...

Corey? Yeah well,he isn't that bad,we'll see what it will be... We got Zack on the other songs and he most definitly is garantueed metal,if it was numetal he wouldn't work with the band.

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reminds me of that soulfly song .... Jump da fuck up

feeling any trends anyone???

Can't say I've heard it, sorry.

Shitty name. Sounds like New Found Glory....the trendy pop punk band

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sounds like a crappy band, all members of bands I don't like!

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ceep the good news comin'!!

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www.damageplan.com

yep, the site is online and with a short sample, it sounds good, to short to make an opinion about the album, but still, it sounds good

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Thanks Doc, I thought It Was Not Going To Be Up For A While, But Fuck Its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD To Hear Dimes Guitar.

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Horrible site. It's always good to hear a looped 10 second sample as well.

haha yeah

not a bad riff though.

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THE ALBUM IS DELAYED BUT AT LEAST WE GOT SOME 3 SONG TO DWONLOAD

FROM BLABBERMOUTH

DAMAGEPLAN: Debut Album Delayed, New Bassist Announced - Oct. 27, 2003

DAMAGEPLAN, the new band featuring former PANTERA members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul (drums), have pushed back the release date of their debut album, "New Found Power", to February 10 through Elektra Records. The group, who have just announced the addition of bassist Bobzilla to their ranks, are fronted by Patrick Lachman, who used to play guitar in HALFORD and DIESEL MACHINE.

DAMAGEPLAN expect to begin playing select shows in January, with a full-scale North American tour to follow shortly after the album's release.

Dimebag, Vinnie Paul, Pat and Bobzilla stopped by the studios of Q104.3 in New York City Friday night (October 24) for an exclusive interview with Eddie Trunk about the upcoming album and to premier several cuts from the much-anticipated CD. The following are some of the highlights of that conversation:

On the end of PANTERA:

Dimebag: "Let me straighten something out, first and foremost… We planned on doing PANTERA…"

Vinnie Paul: "…'till the day we couldn't do it."

Dimebag: "That was set-down right out of the shoot, and that's how it was gonna be, and I thought everything was casual and it was moving on, and we could start to see it slide a little bit. We tried to keep everybody in line, and next thing we knew…"

Vinnie Paul: "We finished the last tour, and it was like, no phone calls, couldn't get in touch with anybody, couldn't get an answer. This project, that project. Blah blah blah, diss diss diss in the press, talk this, that that. Basically, the bottom line is, we couldn't get an answer from [anybody], so after about a year of this, we both looked at each other after Superbowl Sunday when New England creamed the Rams accidentally in the Super Bowl, we were at my house, and [Dimebag] goes, 'You know what? I've been thinking about this. This thing called NEW FOUND POWER keeps coming to my mind. Let's start a new band. Let's just start a new band.' "

Dimebag: "It was beyond [waiting around for the other guys in PANTERA to get their projects out of their system]. We put in several phone calls, we tried to have meetings, tried to do everything in the world, and all I've got to say about it, if that was a pre-set deal, or if [other] people [in the band] were done with [PANTERA and wanted to move on], the least they could have done is had the common courtesy to say, 'Hey, guys, we had a lot of great years together. Y'all take care, we're gonna smoke on and do our thing, y'all smoke on and do your thing, and we'll see you at a bar or whatever, we'll do a double with you, and friends will always be friends and smoke on,' or what-not. It just didn't work that way, man. It was just like, 'Y'all just hang there on the couch and just die while we just keep doing more things, more things, more things, more things,' and then [imitating PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo's deep speaking voice], 'The obvious choice was…' " [laughs]

Vinnie Paul: "…SUPER ARM-DOPE RITUAL, I mean, that was 'the obvious choice.' [laughs] [Phil] finally decided ONE band was so important to him…"

Dimebag: "That's right, since he's multi-talented."

Vinnie Paul: "All you've gotta do is read his interviews. I didn't put any words in his mouth, he put 'em in his own, and that was his 'obvious choice.' But anyway…"

Dimebag: "So anyway, that's his obvious choice, and Rex [Brown, bassist], he was along with [Phil] for DOWN until DOWN hit a wall, and that was done. And he's onto SUPER… [laughs]"

Vinnie Paul: [speaking slowly] "SUPER ARM-DOPE RITUAL." [laughs]

Dimebag: [to Vinnie] "Get off it, man! [more laughs] I wanna say one thing… Through the torment that we've been through, that we've heard from friends around the world, that we've seen on the Internet, everybody that we know, everywhere everybody going, 'Dime, Vinnie, dude, we just saw your boy [Phil] in town. He can't even stand up, he ain't even got no eye-lids. What's he doing?'"

Vinnie Paul: [in a Southern drawl] " 'What happened to Phil, dude?' " [laughs]

Dimebag: "They're calling me asking about it, and I'm like… OK, then that's when I figured it was time for [Phil] to go trip off into his land and do his deal. And bless his soul. He was a great… he was awesome back in the day, and PANTERA was killer back then. That ain't happening right now. So, look… I'm still the same cat, Vinnie's still the same cat, and we're smoking on. I mean, this is one of them deals — you've just got to do it and you've gotta get on it with it. That, or I could be still be sitting on the couch going, 'Baby, hey could you cook me a chicken fried steak?' [laughs] Instead of blowing and popping and just saying, 'OK, I give up.' I meant to do this forever. So anyway, our apologies that we don't deserve to have to give to everybody go out to all the PANTERA fans, 'cause I would never ever start an army of people that would just go out and kill for you and then up and leave you. That's wrong — I'm sorry, man, that is just not right. However you slice it, it's not right."

Vinnie Paul: "So we wrote some kick-ass music, we found a kick-ass lead singer, a kick-ass bass player, and we've got a new band, and it's called DAMAGEPLAN, man."

On how the new band came together:

Dimebag: "It was gonna turn into one of them things… We actually had a couple of cats come in and give it a spin… But I kind of created a… [correcting himself] I didn't create it… It was just a natural thing that me and Pat kind of found within each other on the road — Pat from HALFORD — and every time I'd come through, he would just always be that cat right there going, 'Dime, you're ready?' And we'd end up on the bus all night drinking, listening to music, and just, you know… we shared the same loves. And he's got an old lady that lives in Arlington, Texas, just by fate. There's a bunch of things that are trippy that just perfectly fell into place that worked out that way. Anyway, so he'd come down, come down, come down, and he heard the songs a couple of times, and he goes, 'Man, let me take a pull off it.' We were sitting back with one track, and… Vinnie got the first tug off it…"

Vinnie Paul: "I went by Dime's. I said, 'Did you get the FedEx?' He goes, 'Yeah, here it is.' He was kind of hung over one night. And I got it, I got in my car, I popped it in. And I had goose-bumps all over me. It was the [song 'Fuck You']. And I called Dime and said, 'Did you listen to the CD yet?' And he's like, 'Nah, man, I'm just chilling on the couch.' I said, 'That's our boy right there — Pat Lachman. Wait 'till you hear it.' And he put it on, and he called me back. Five minutes later, he goes, 'Let's see if he can do anything else.' So he called him and brought him down, and he started, and that's where it all started — it started right there."

Dimebag: "Once we gave [Pat] the green light, that's when he showed his true colors all the [fuckin'] way. He went home and really put his head to it. He's an amazing songwriter, an amazing singer… We didn't wanna do the same thing over and over again, we didn't want a replacement for Phil, or what-not, and that's the truth.

"We had a great legacy with PANTERA. Once again, I take nothing from it, and neither does my brother — we had the most awesome time. It just turned into something that could never be what it really should be. And so, when something like that's done, you don't just try to resurrect it and just keep it on movin'. It was time to show some balls and step up to the mike and say, 'Hey, man, we can do this again.' "

On the new bassist, Bobzilla:

Dimebag: "Bobzilla is the greatest bass player in Dallas, Texas. We've seen him play in a couple of local bands, and we've always respected his ability and his showmanship and everything that he had to offer. The main thing that we dug about Bob is that he's a true bass player — he's not a half, 'I wanna play guitar and sing,' or 'I wanna be a half-this or that.' He was none of that kind of stuff — he is the kind of cat that's been sitting around for a long time, he can play you Steve Harris, he could play you… you name it. He could throw in some CHILI PEPPERS, he could throw in some… whatever, man."

Vinnie Paul: He does IRON MAIDEN justice, man."

Dimebag: "[Bob is a] very sick bass player that sits around, even when he didn't have a gig, and works his chops out. Anyway, we brought him down, the first time he came down, and it was just… We had cats that we wanted to try out along with him and figure out where we needed to go, and… Bob came down and, once again, good brother of ours from years of hanging out in the clubs, drinking… So we already had a bond. And don't forget the fact that he did bring his tattoo gun. Everybody gets free ink. But that didn't get him the gig at all. [laughs] Basically, he came in and he turned on his bass and he started blowing out the tunes, and Vinnie threw his sticks, and he said, 'Man, that sounds like Godzilla.' The next thing he said, he goes, 'That's Bobzilla on bass.' So he was hired at that moment."

On Phil Anselmo and DAMAGEPLAN's future plans:

Vinnie Paul: "We've got nothing to do with that egomaniac [referring to Phil]. We've got a band that's gonna blow that crap away, and I hope you listen to us and get a real dose of what DAMAGEPLAN is all about."

Dimebag: "Let me just tell you this, man. The beauty of DAMAGEPLAN is that we can do everything that we ever did in the past. Me and Vinnie Paul started PANTERA before Rex Brown and Phil Anselmo were even a part of it, and we're gonna continue the legacy on in the same damaging fashion. We're gonna make harder music, stronger music, more meaningful music — [we're] not making music while we are asleep, eyes are shut. We're making our music full-blown, heart-blooded, and wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. Along with the ways we're gonna stretch this thing out and bring the new members in that can kick some serious ass. We've got new elements in the band that I'm really proud and thrilled… Both the two cats we've got — Pat and Bobzilla — are amazing cats, and they are on the same page. None of the four members in this band are on any kind of dope, any kind of jack-off plan — we're on the damageplan. We do drink, we do raise hell, and we can't wait to see you. We will hang out and party with you, sign autographs — we'll do everything everybody always wanted that you could never get before with PANTERA — and we'll take this thing to the next level, and that is our plan: damage [fuckin'] plan."

Radio-broadcast-quality samples of the DAMAGPLAN tracks "Breathing New Life", "Reborn" and "New Found Power" can be downloaded in MP3 format at this location.http://www.krazyklan.com/damageplan/

(Megathanks go out to "3" for all his help with this article)

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Hmmm, the three songs dont sound a thing like I expected. It's still good shit, good to hear dime and vinnie are back.

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Sounds good to me, I cant wait! The singer even sounds decent.. its a good change from all this cookie monster singing EVERYBAND uses nowadays.

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Alright I did some searches and 3 Damageplan MP3'S!!!!!!, but they are just cut and the riff from the official site is on one and its gooooood shit!

So go here:
http://www.krazyklan.com/damageplan/

And now i want a ton of thanks for this...

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WHOAAA!!!!!
SORRY DUDE BUT YOUR 11 DAYS LATE, I'VE ALREADY POSTED THAT LINK
JUST LOOK 3 POST UP.....

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Oppps... hehe sorry, I dont get online that much, because of work...

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ok biatches, some fucking nice teaser

http://promo.elektra.com/damageplan...s/dp_teaser.ram

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that sounds pretty frickin phat dude!

haha, they played "Fuck You" the song with Corey Slipknot Taylor, and it sounds great from what i've heard so far! i thought it would it sound lame 'cause of the title of the song and Corey.

man, i'm getting pumped for this upcoming album.

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Not bad....not bad at all...

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DAMAGEPLAN Enlist Porn Director For Video Debut - Dec. 14, 2003

DAMAGEPLAN, the new band featuring former PANTERA members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul (drums), ex-HALFORD/DIESEL MACHINE guitarist Patrick Lachman (on lead vocals), and bassist Bob Zilla, have shot a video for the track "Breathing New Life" in their hometown of Dallas, Texas with porn director Red Ezra ("Serenity In Toyland", "Riders", "Love Shack"). "Breathing New Life" (mp3) comes off the group's debut album, "New Found Power", due on February 10, 2004 through Elektra Records.

In other DAMAGEPLAN-related news, a 47-minute interview with the entire band, which originally aired on the Dallas, Texas radio station KNON 89.3 FM on December 4, can be downloaded in eight parts from this location.
http://www.hardtimeradio.com/index2.html

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DAMAGEPLAN sounds more interesting everytime I read about them!

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then here's some more
The Album Cover!!!

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and a group picture

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that album cover looks pretty sweet, even though it looks someone just photoshopped/super-imposed a picture of a bomb exploding behind a picture of the band walking.

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The picture stop loading half-way through, and Vinnie looked like Hitler.

and some more news from the front

DAMAGEPLAN: DAMAGEPLAN will be hosting MTV2's HEADBANGERS BALL this Saturday Jan 24th, 2004 @ 10:00pm Eastern time. The video for BREATHING NEW LIFE has been named the HBB BANG OF THE WEEK for 2/17/04.

The first set of tour dates for DAMAGEPLAN have arrived. These are for JAPAN!:

2/28 - Nagoya @ Bottom Line
3/1 - Osaka @ Big Cat
3/2 - Tokyo @ O-East
3/3 - Tokyo @ O-East

More dates (USA) are coming soon. Keep checking back!

from: www.vinnieanddime.com

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