Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Cave In

  Perfect Pitch Black

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  Having your dreams dashed away in an instant is devastating, but Boston’s Cave In saw it coming. Before RCA could formally swing the axe, t...

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  Life and Times

  Suburban Hymns

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  Progressing by giant leaps on their debut full-length are Kansas City’s indie-proggers the Life and Times, Allen Epley’s post-Shiner band....

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  Debris Inc.

  Debris Inc.

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  One of the most anticipated projects of the year turns out to be no more than empty baggage. What else would fans possibly expect from Sain...

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  P.H.O.B.O.S.

  Tectonics

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  With its eye-popping volcanic cover art, Tectonics should immediately draw metal interest, and the album’s been a long time coming. Born in...

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  Abandon

  In Reality We Suffer

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Doom metal often arises as an antithesis to the prevailing death/grind trends: Saint Vitus to counter Black Flag, Cathedral to counter Napa...

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  Confessor

  Sour Times

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Every turn for North Carolina’s Confessor has been demanding: signed to the then-fledgling Earache label in 1990, the band released only on...

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  End Of Level Boss

  Prologue

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Despite their ultra-creative moniker — and the robot album art honouring the classic arcade game Berserk — London’s End Of Level Boss end u...

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  Demons and Wizards

  Touched by the Crimson King

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Metal collaborations are over hyped, and more often than not, their compositions end up sounding haphazardly written. Not so with Demons &...