Articles by Chris Ayers

Don Caballero Can’t Touch This

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

It’s not easy being Damon Che, drummer nonpareil and de facto bandleader of Pittsburgh math rock groundbreakers Don Caballero. Over the las...

Biolich

The Space Between Home and Today

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

Started as a two-piece project from worshipping obscure Finnish band Demilich, Long Island, NY’s Biolich release their debut EP of technica...

Bronx Casket Co.

Hellectric

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

In his time off from thrash titans Overkill, bassist D.D. Verni heads up the gothily rocking Bronx Casket Co. with Overkill drummer Tim Mal...

Confessor

Unraveled

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

After an almost 15-year hiatus, North Carolina’s Confessor return with not only one of the year’s best albums, but also the finest group ef...

Ewigkeit

Conspiritus

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

UK musician James Fogerty may have saved souls with his former black metal outfit the Meads of Asphodel, but thankfully he has now taken up...

Indian

The Unquiet Sky

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

Reanimating the still-rotting corpse of UK’s Iron Monkey, Chicago’s sludge packers Indian channel all classic doom core bands into a mammot...

Sourvein

Emerald Vulture

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

Plagued by hurricane-wrought delays, Emerald Vulture finally sees a late fall release. The first in a series of three new EPs by New Orlean...

Yes

The Word Is Live

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

Pioneering prog rockers Yes have always gone well beyond their studio efforts in concert —after all, that’s the crux of progressive rock. B...