Articles by Chris Ayers

Metal Geography

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

The growth of popular music requires the proper growing conditions: an acceptable climate and lots of attention. Traditionally, heavy metal...

Agoraphobic Nosebleed

Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

Densely packed grind for all denizens of depravity, this amusingly titled album adds another member to the Agoraphobic Nosebleeders: Relaps...

Iron Giant

No Longer Sleeping

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

Moncton, NB's Iron Giant are proving their stoner rock worth with this debut full-length. Formed in 2000, with former members of power-rock...

Red Harvest

Sick Transit Gloria Mundi

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

After the success of last year's Cold Dark Matter, Norway's Red Harvest continue to hone their dark-edged industrial with all manners of sp...

The Rapture

Futile

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

Finland's Rapture have made their mark with Futile, an impressive debut that holds its own against the best from fellow countrymen Sentence...

Shape Of Despair

Angels Of Distress

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

Finland's Rapture have made their mark with Futile, an impressive debut that holds its own against the best from fellow countrymen Sentence...

Souldivider

The Big Relax

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

Karlstad, Sweden is the hometown of Lowrider, Sparzanza, Space Probe Taurus, Remuda Dust and now Souldivider. In a musical genre that despe...

My Dying Bride

The Voice Of The Wretched

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

Aside from 1996's Live At The Dynamo EP (packed with 1995's re-release of The Angel And The Dark River), fans of My Dying Bride have been p...