Articles by Chris Gramlich
Old Man Gloom
Meditations in B
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
“I wanted to see how quickly I could put a project together,” says singer/guitarist Aaron Turner (cult leader of Hydra Head, al...
Deadbodieseverywhere
Duck and Cover
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
Extreme power violence with an overtly misanthropic slant is what Deadbodieseverywhere are delivering. Duck and Cover is their first full-l...
Drowningman
How They Light Cigarettes in Prison
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
Hydra Head defectors Drowningman resurface on Revelation Records and release their best work to date (an EP originally recorded while still...
Every Time I Die
The Burial Plot Bidding War
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
Buffalo, NY, natives Every Time I Die certainly set the bar high with their debut EP, The Burial Plot Bidding War. Comparisons to heavyweig...
Selfminded
At The Barricades we Fall
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
After the critical success of the Refused, it seems to be an unwritten rule that all Swedish hardcore bands will now ape that sound in an a...
Blindside
A Thought Crushed my Mind
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
Blindside also mine the same Refused sounds, they seem enamoured with earlier, less adventurous Refused like Songs To Fan the Flames of Dis...
Soilwork
The Chainheart Machine
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
There are any number of exceptional bands that can competently take a style and play it with conviction, but it takes something truly speci...
Torn Apart
Ten Songs for the Bleeding Hearts
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
Ten songs for the Bleeding Hearts is Baltimore band Torn Apart's second full-length, and first for Ferret after a couple of singles and an...