Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Black Cobra

  Feather and Stone

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Culled from Black Cobra’s split with Eternal Elysium (formerly available as a Japanese import), the enhanced Feather and Stone tacks on an...

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  Long Distance Calling

  Satellite Bay

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Germany’s Long Distance Calling are not only neighbours of NeurIsis wizards the Ocean but both bands share a common philosophy: to create m...

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  Megadeth

  Warchest

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Thrash titans Megadeth open their Warchest, the long-awaited four-CD/one DVD box with 33 previously unreleased cuts. The track listing stre...

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  Overkill

  Immortalis

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  When they joined the Bodog roster this year, Overkill were reunited with Jonny and Marsha Zazula, the former Megaforce Records owners who f...

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  Prong

  Power of the Damager

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  After 2003’s sub par Scorpio Rising practically sounded the death knell for Prong, bandleader Tommy Victor claws his way back to the top wi...

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  V:28

  VioLution

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  The final chapter in their apocalyptic trilogy, VioLution is V:28’s end-time prophecy, which began with 2003’s NonAnthropogenic and continu...

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  Randall Of Nazareth

  Randall Of Nazareth

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  That’s Randall Huth of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, to be exact, one-third of heavy blues rock trio Pearls and Brass, who released last year’s r...

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  Exhausted Prayer

  Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2007

  One of America’s most exciting black metal entries, Los Angeles’ Exhausted Prayer boldly fold prog/tech stylings into their bubbling brew o...