Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Ludicra

  Another Great Love Song

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  The very first black metal release from Alternative Tentacles couldn’t be a better one from Oakland’s Ludicra. Though aggro vets John Cobbe...

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  Overmars

  Affliction, Endocrine…Vertigo

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  After obscure split releases with Iscariote, Done For, and Fugüe, Lyon, France’s Overmars issue their full-length debut, Affliction, Endocr...

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  Trephine

  Trephine

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Medically, a trephine is a round saw used to cut bone disks from the skull, and in early times, it was employed in order to release demons...

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  Acid King

  III

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  San Franciscan stoner-doom royalty Acid King certainly aren’t in a hurry to release albums. Their first full-length since 1999’s Busse Wood...

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  Candlemass

  Candlemass

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  The post-Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath of the mid-’80s gave rise to a resurgence of doom in the United States, and the modern dirges of Saint...

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  GZR

  Ohmwork

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Eight years since their sophomore jinx, Black Science, legendary Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler returns with GZR for a third attempt t...

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  Nihilist

  Nihilist

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  For a band that lasted only two years, Sweden’s Nihilist immediately set the standard for all death metal to follow. Those crucial two year...

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  American Heritage

  Bipolar

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Since 1997, Chicago-based hardcore deconstructionists American Heritäge have been eking out sonic devastation on various labels, and the ap...