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class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2002</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/3fab1a86-0ce0-364e-88d8-32c37a114777"><bdi>Xiled to Infinity and One</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/4197cfab-0bec-45d6-bdfd-f042cb6caf6a" title="Seven Witches"><bdi>Seven Witches</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr></tbody></table></form><p>Showing official release groups for various artists (<a href="/artist/74c0e165-5e3d-4051-9e64-daf1d3bd2da6">Show official release groups</a>)</p><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/artist/index-1d7fa37.js" 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