Articles by Greg Pratt

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  Cattle Decapitation

  The Harvest Floor

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  If you thought the last album from these Cali-gore-grinders, Karma.Bloody.Karma, was intense, well, it was. And somehow The Harvest Floor i...

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  Kommandant

  Stormlegion

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  Through ex-members, this creepy Chicago quintet are separated by two degrees from bands like Usurper (hey, forgot about them) and Nachtmyst...

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  Rumpelstiltskin Grinder

  Living for Death, Destroying the Rest

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  Screw the thrash metal revival, let's talk about the speed metal revival. Heads-down champs of all that is gold-y and mouldy, Philadelphia'...

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  Wastelander

  Wardrive

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2009

  Planet Metal, run by Chris Black (Pharaoh, Dawnbringer, occasionally Nachtmystium), seems to be an indie label to watch if you're into the...

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  Metallica / Lamb of God / The Sword

  GM Place, Vancouver BC, December 2

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2008

  It's no small task opening for Metallica, but hopefuls the Sword did a more than capable job: their throwback stoner sound filled up the ar...

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  Agoraphobic Nosebleed

  Altered States of America

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

  Just in case this 100-song (in 99 tracks, you have to rewind to before the first track to hear the first song - take that, iTunes!) 19-minu...

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  Brutal Truth

  For Drug Crazed Grindfreaks Only!

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

  Originally released in 2000 on Solardisk Records, this disc finds almighty grinders Brutal Truth in their prime, live during a radio sessio...

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  Landmine Marathon

  Rusted Eyes Awake

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

  There's something very likable about this Phoenix-based five-piece. The lack of genre-following helps - crusty and rusty thrash, blackened...