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Death Grips
Death Grips

American band Death Grips has released six studio albums, one compilation album, three extended plays (EPs), one mixtape, seven singles, eight promotional singles, three remixes, and 42 music videos. The band was formed by MC Ride, Zach Hill, and Andy "Flatlander" Morin in Sacramento during the winter of 2010. In March 2011, they released their eponymous debut EP. The mixtape Exmilitary followed a month later and was praised by contemporary music critics. Death Grips signed a record deal with Epic Records in early 2012 and their debut studio album The Money Store was released in April, peaking at number 130 on the Billboard 200 chart. Because Epic Records would not confirm a release date for their second studio album No Love Deep Web before 2013, Death Grips self-released the album in November 2012. In July 2013, Death Grips launched Third Worlds, an imprint label of Harvest Records. They made their subsequent releases on this label. Their third and fourth albums, Government Plates and Fashion Week, were released in November 2013 and January 2015 respectively. (Full list...)

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Flight into Egypt

The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:1323). Soon after the visit by the Magi, who had learned that King Herod intended to kill the infants of that area, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream to tell him to flee to Egypt with Mary and infant son Jesus. The depiction here is part of an altarpiece by the Italian painter Gentile da Fabriano.

Painting: Gentile da Fabriano; photograph: Petar Milošević

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