Articles by Aaron Levy

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  Mercy Killers

  Bloodlove

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  As the oxymoron in their name may subtly hint at, Mercy Killers are a strange breed. Surprisingly laidback and moody for a band of such a g...

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  Nice Cat

  3 Girls 3 Nights 3 Bottles

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  It took a while but as the adage goes: "good things come to those who wait.” And with years waiting for the indelibly forthcoming full-leng...

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  Die Brucke

  Die Brucke

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Total length shouldn’t really be influential in the overall impact of an album. Yet when a band can pack their eight-song attack into 15 mi...

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  Left for Dead

  Eat Shit

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Left for Dead may have missed the initial wave of modern hardcore by, oh, a decade but their timing couldn’t be better. With their fiery ag...

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  Birds of Prey

  Weight of the Wound

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Comparisons are a depressingly evil necessity. Equating Weight of the Wound to the hammering guitars of Slayer; with Hatebreed-ish raspy, g...

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  Slumlords

  On the Stremph!

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Imagine — and it’s a stretch — that Sick Of It All managed to bring New York hardcore to an even deeper intellectual low. No, you’re not qu...

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  Valient Thorr

  Legend of the World

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Ah, that the term "lost in translation” didn’t exist. Unfortunately it’s the only way of describing this offering from otherwise steadily a...

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  Hawg Jaw

  Don't Trust Nobody

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Welcome to where Superjoint Ritual managed to dig up the idea for such a furious assault. Kicking around the sludgecore scene for just over...