Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Various

  For the Sick: A Tribute to Eyehategod

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  If tribute albums are recorded to honour a band’s passing, then For the Sick must be simply an homage to New Orleans’ sludge-metal pioneers...

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  Johnny Bush

  Kashmere Gardens Mud: A Tribute to Houston's Country Soul

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  Compared to the successes of Ray Price, Merle Haggard and Mickey Gilley, country and western singer Johnny Bush is a mere footnote in the d...

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  The Damascus Intervention

  Carefully Built | Carelessly Destroyed

  PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2007

  Finally able to shake off the cheese metal stigma of past ghosts Firehouse and Animal Bag, Charlotte, NC has been rekindled as an indie hot...

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  Rwake

  Voices of Omens

  PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2007

  For a decade, Arkansas’ Rwake ploughed through doom sludge with a prog twist that sadly went unheard on various indie labels until Relapse...

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  Zozobra

  Harmonic Tremors

  PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2007

  Since Boston post-rockers Cave In have been on hiatus, fans have been treated to ongoing side-projects: vocalist/guitarist Steven Brodsky’s...

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  American Heritage

  Millenarian

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Though their odd choice of moniker may impede easy searching — try Googling their name and you’ll get everything but the band — Chicago’s A...

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  Hacride

  Amoeba

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  With the recent success of Gojira, French label Listenable gains more momentum to root out the best metal acts that are virtually unknown o...

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  Judas Priest

  Live Vengeance '82

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  For those yearning for the good ol’ days of metal when leather and spikes were the norm, Judas Priest are just the ticket. Previously relea...