Articles by Amber Authier

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  Sevendust

  Seasons

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Sevendust’s fourth full-length studio effort, Seasons, offers up the band’s signature sound with a vengeance. Lajon Witherspoon’s voice is...

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  Life of Agony

  River Runs Again: Live 2003

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  Life of Agony’s debut CD River Runs Red was groundbreaking. Still to this day, I feel like this band was cut off at the knees long before t...

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  Static-X

  Shadow Zone

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  I am not sure if I love this band or hate them and Shadow Zone continues to fuel my irrational reaction. Their unusual recipe of dancehall...

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  Alien Ant Farm

  TruANT

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  My disappointment with this CD has little to do with any kinship I felt towards Alien Ant Farm but that producers Dean and Robert DeLeo (be...

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  Amazing Device

  The Quiet Room

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  I am a vocally-inclined listener. I can forgive a lot of things if they fall behind a stellar voice. And the debut full-length CD, The Quie...

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  Smile Empty Soul

  Smile Empty Soul

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  Smile Empty Soul is a very apt name for this Santa Clarita, California trio. The lyrics of their self-titled debut CD read like the pages o...

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  Hotwire

  The Routine

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Debut albums, for most bands, are more about showing a combination of influences than expressing originality. The difference between a good...

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  Portal

  The Vast Expanse Diminishing

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  If I were to judge this record purely on the musical talent of its involved parties, the complete sound of the disc or the surface pieces t...