Articles by Bill Whish

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  Alchemist

  Tripsis

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2007

  Alchemist, a somewhat unheralded band from Australia, are a difficult beast to classify. Fusing dense riffs, lengthy rhythm passages, a Mid...

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  Hearse

  In These Veins

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

  Now far removed from the shadow of his former employers, ex-Arch Enemy front-man Johan Liiva and his mates in Hearse have just released the...

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  Talamyus

  In These Days of Violence

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

  Having already honed their chops in their native Quebec, Talamyus and their self-appointed brand of Viking metal (maybe "Voyageur metal,” i...

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  Bring Me the Horizon

  Count Your Blessings

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

  Although there already exist far too many descriptions in the metal dictionary that end in "core,” Bring Me The Horizon’s dubbing of their...

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  Iced Earth

  Framing Armageddon

  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2007

  There are those albums that just have the pre-cringe factor — the ones you know are going to be a chore to plough through. Iced Earth once...

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  The Agonist

  Once Only Imagined

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2007

  This young Montreal band deliver a somewhat fresh take on the series of female-fronted metal bands that seem to be popping up everywhere at...

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  Cerberus

  Despite the Truth

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2007

  From amongst the deluge of similar-sounding American metal bands comes Cerberus, a band that are, well, nothing too far removed from that m...

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  Divinity

  Allegory

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2007

  The Calgary-based crew should most certainly be watched. Firstly, Divinity have already amassed enough buzz to entice Tue Madsen (who sat b...