Articles by Chris Gramlich

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  Goatsnake/Burning Witch

  Goatsnake/Burning Witch

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2000

  Goatsnake and Burning Witch team-up for a truly evil release of demented sludge, a split facilitated by those fine Hydra Head folks. Goatsn...

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  The Melvins

  The Crybaby

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2000

  The third in the Melvins twisted Ipecac trilogy, The Crybaby is perhaps the single most ambitious and eclectic release the Melvins have eve...

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  Poison The Well

  The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2000

  Poison The Well initially sounds like any number of metal bands flying the hardcore flag, but it doesn't take long to find the nuances that...

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  Converge

  The Poacher Diaries

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Two of Boston’s most immoderate noise terrorists team up on The Poacher Diaries to make one of the most cohesive and destructive spli...

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  Day of Mourning

  Your Future’s End

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Day of Mourning’s latest release, Your Future’s End, continues their ongoing metamorphosis from their post-Dirge days to one of...

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  Lard

  70’s Rock Must Die

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  It has been awhile but Lard have returned with a new EP, a new sound (sort of) and the same biting attitude as always. This three-song EP k...

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  Life of Agony

  1989-1999

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  It’s probably for the best that Life of Agony called it quits after an insipid third album (Soul Searching Sun). It led to the depart...

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  Lock Up

  Pleasures Pave Sewers

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  This group takes their name from the term Lock Up — meaning the art of stiffening the arms for drumming prolonged blast beats. Consid...