I truly believe that the female death metal vocalist requires a skill above and beyond that of her male counterparts. Los Angeles-based Otep...
Articles By Amber Authier
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ReviewsOtep Sevas Tra Published Jan 01, 2006
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ReviewsChevelle Wonder What's Next Published Jan 01, 2006
It's a family affair fir Chevelle. The Chicago-based Chevelle made some noise with their 1999 release, Point #1, which led to tons of tourin...
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ReviewsRA From One Published Jan 01, 2006
Born sometime in the late 1990s, RA gets its band name from a term the ancient Egyptians used to express an all-consuming passion, a sun god...
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ReviewsMachine Head Hellalive Published Jan 01, 2006
Recorded live at Brixton Academy in London, England, Hellalive includes tracks like "Bulldozer (from Supercharger), "The Blood, The Sweat,...
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ReviewsUncle Kracker No Stranger to Shame Published Jan 01, 2006
Sometimes people find fame in their affiliations. Unfortunately when Uncle Kracker, aka Matt Shafer, released his debut CD, Double Wide, he...
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ReviewsFreax Freax Published Jan 01, 2006
I remember the first time I heard Life of Agonys debut disc. It knocked me on my ass, leaving me with a feeling that was difficult to expla...
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ReviewsTo My Surprise To My Surprise Published Jan 01, 2006
I am a huge fan of side projects. That is the forum where music fans get to hear what creations come from unlikely pairings or groupings. Bu...
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ReviewsS.T.U.N. Evolution of Energy Published Jan 01, 2006
At some point in the early 90s, the political side of punk music was replaced with incessant high school nattering about booze, bad behavio...
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ReviewsMudvayne The End of All Things to Come Published Jan 01, 2006
The sophomore disc by Illinois-based Mudvayne is a grand improvement from the band's debut. L.D. 50 was a sloppy amalgamation of the charact...
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ReviewsMurderdolls Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls Published Jan 01, 2006
Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison is changing his image. His first step is putting down his drumsticks and picking up a guitar. Secondly, he is...
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ReviewsFilter The Amalgamut Published Jan 01, 2006
Filter seems to have mastered the delicate balance between the soft industrial sound of their first album, Short Bus, and the huge commercia...
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ReviewsThe Heavils The Heavils Published Jan 01, 2006
The Heavils have released a good solid hard rock record on their self-titled debut. Traces of surf are in amongst the driving guitars (an ir...
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ReviewsDoubledrive Blue in the Face Published Jan 01, 2006
Doubledrive is an Atlanta, GA quartet that has recently made a name for themselves on the road with the likes of Kid Rock and Sevendust. Blu...
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ReviewsBreaking Benjamin We Are Not Alone Published Sep 01, 2004
I always have a hard time describing a record like Breaking Benjamins sophomore CD, We Are Not Alone. On first listen its simply generic so...
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ReviewsBreach of Trust Breach of Trust Published Sep 01, 2004
I was 12 years old the day my friend raided her brothers extensive music collection and we discovered metal. We sat in front of the stereo...
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ReviewsThe Interview Craig Monahan Published Sep 01, 2004
You can call the 1998 film The Interview a Usual Suspects-style mystery with a suspenseful, shadowy Hitchcock-ian simplicity. Or you can sim...
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ReviewsAmen Death Before Musick Published Jul 01, 2004
How many endorsements from super famous rock stars does it take to give credit to an authentic punk band in the 21st century? System of a Do...
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ReviewsState Of Shock Guilty by Association Published Jul 01, 2004
Within the first few sweet piano notes, Vancouver-based State of Shock won me over. "Sound Track of Our Lives, the opening track on the ban...
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ReviewsCalendar Girls Nigel Cole Published Jun 01, 2004
Calendar Girls is the film version of the light-hearted story about how 11 ordinary Yorkshire, England women challenged the perceived societ...
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ReviewsI'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) Gabriele Salvatores Published May 01, 2004
The opening scene of Oscar Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores' latest film perfectly sets the stage for this heart-breaking tale. Cr...