Articles by Chris Ayers
Grime
Circle of Molesters
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015
Is it possible that sludge-metal specialists and Grief worshippers Grime smartly named themselves so they'd be filed directly behind the Bo...
Grunt
Codex Bizarre
PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2015
Often described as "futuristic," Liverpool's Grunt take the next step in grindcore evolution by adding electronic breakbeats, seemingly fro...
Tempel
The Moon Lit Our Path
PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2015
Like many hackneyed superlatives in our vernacular, the word "epic" is quickly becoming overused to describe anything that is simply —...
Shape of Despair
Fields of Monotony
PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2015
The greatest album review I've ever read was for Metallica's Load, in a forgotten Florida zine. It was one-and-a-half simple words: "'Nuff...
Biopsy
Fractals of Derangement
PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2015
Today's metal cyber-scene is so supersaturated with extreme acts from every corner of the globe that it's very easy for a truly great band...
Machine Head
Bloodstone & Diamonds
PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014
Turning 20 in metal years is a true milestone, and Machine Head have persevered on their own terms without losing their brutal, albeit main...
Obituary
Inked in Blood
PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2014
Other than a brief flirtation with industrial rhythms on 1994's World Demise, Florida death-metal mainstays Obituary have stayed the course...
Butcher Babies
Uncovered
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2014
Around the time of the L.A. band's 2013 debut, Butcher Babies co-vocalists Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey turned heads with their topless,...
