Lunar Strain (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Hard Rock & Metal  »  General/Heavy Metal
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Regain Records US, LLC
• UPC: 879822000709
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113053478
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #21246 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #788 in Hard Rock & Metal (See Top 100 Hard Rock & Metal Bestsellers)
• #529 in General/Heavy Metal (See Top 100 General/Heavy Metal Bestsellers)

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