Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Place Of Skulls

  With Vision

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The follow-up to last year’s Nailed from Tennessee’s doomsters Place of Skulls was anticipated enough, but include the Obsessed/Spirit Cara...

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  Psychotogen

  The Calculus of Evil

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  A sure-fire purchase for all prog-death fans, The Calculus of Evil from Maryland’s Psychotogen certainly comes out of leftfield since one w...

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  Agony Scene

  The Agony Scene

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  With equal amounts of At the Gates/the Haunted-styled thrash and Witchery-inspired melody, the Agony Scene contribute to the metalcore subg...

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  Sinister

  Savage or Grace

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Holland’s hell children Sinister return to the fold with their seventh release in 14 years, but this time it’s without the help of founding...

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  Meatjack

  Days of Fire

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  With every release over the past decade, Baltimore’s Meatjack have consistently been inducing hearing loss with their frenetic Keelhaul-ish...

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  Napalm Death

  Noise for Music's Sake

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  Much like Godflesh’s superior In All Languages, Earache has assembled another super retrospective: a two-disc, career-spanning array of the...

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  Vio-Lence

  Oppressing the Masses/Torture Tactics

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  While Metallica recorded their crossover classic The Black Album and Testament slapped together their haphazard Souls of Black, Bay Area me...

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  RPWL

  Stock

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  RPWL is much more than simply an acronym for the surnames of the four founding members: this former Pink Floyd cover band from Germany is a...