Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Ministry And Co-Conspirators

  Cover Up

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  Cover albums produce the most love/hate polarisation by fans for myriad reasons, and this Ministry entry simply adds to the chaos. Al Jourg...

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  Spiritual Beggars

  Spiritual Beggars

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  This 1994 eponymous debut by Swedish stoner metal stars Spiritual Beggars immediately made headlines as the first post-Carcass, pre-Arch En...

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  Zimmers Hole

  When You Were Shouting at the Devil… We Were in League with Satan

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  Proving time and again that Strapping Young Lad aren’t the only Canadian metal comedians, Vancouver’s Zimmers Hole break into the mainstrea...

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  Russian Circles

  Station

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2008

  Not just another NeurIsis replicant still wet out of the cloning chamber, Chicago’s Russian Circles have finally become the visceral metal...

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  Cancer Conspiracy

  "Ω"

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2008

  Four years ago, Vermont’s the Cancer Conspiracy recorded tracks for their follow-up to 2002’s critically acclaimed The Audio Medium. Their...

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  Testament

  First Strike Still Deadly

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2008

  As the spring release of Testament’s new album, Formation of Damnation, looms over the metal landscape, Prosthetic Records re-releases a mo...

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  Various

  Gigantour 2

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2008

  As Dave Mustaine’s brainchild, Gigantour is one of the most balanced metal tours, with consistently excellent bands and little fluff. With...

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  Hellhammer

  Demon Entrails

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2008

  At long last, the original 1983 Hellhammer demos — Death Fiend, Triumph of Death, and Satanic Rites — are remastered in this two-disc digi-...