Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Nephelium

  Coils of Entropy

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2012

  If Nephelium had stayed in their fatherland of Dubai, they may have been the biggest death metal band in the Middle East. Now residing in T...

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  Zebulon Pike

  Space Is the Corpse of Time

  PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2011

  Award winners of the Twin Cities' Best Band many times over, Minneapolis muckrakers Zebulon Pike release their fourth long-player, Space is...

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  Yes

  In the Present – Live from Lyon

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2011

  With long-time frontman Jon Anderson bowing out for this round due to health issues, prog-rock mainstays Yes move forward, with Montreal si...

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  Cathedral

  Anniversary

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2011

  Once the linchpin of the UK doom scene, starring Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema, Coventry doom pioneers Cathedral are the first...

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  Cynic

  Carbon-Based Anatomy

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2011

  Traditionally, the EP is an artistic opportunity for a band to eschew their usual musical direction and set sail in a slightly different di...

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  Mournful Congregation

  The Book of Kings

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2011

  The early autumn release of The Unspoken Hymns compilation from Australia's Mournful Congregation was intended to whet fans' appetites for...

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  Rue

  Thorns

  PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2011

  When the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde once sang about returning to her home state of Ohio and finding her city gone, it was likely Rue's faul...

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  Death

  Individual Thought Patterns

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2011

  Maximum kudos are due Relapse Records, under the auspices of Chuck Schuldiner's estate, for reissuing Death's back catalogue in remastered...