Articles by Jill Mikkelson

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  Dying Light

  The Killing Plan

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  After releasing some of the best metal records to come from a relatively unheralded label, Willowtip certainly doesn’t disappoint with its...

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  In Flames

  Lunar Strain/Subterranean

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Arguably the hallmark of the Gothenburg sound and definitely one of the most prolific and important metal bands to come out of Sweden, the...

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  V:28

  SoulSavior

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  The second instalment in a trilogy of albums, SoulSavior lends itself to the familiar idiom that all good things come in threes. A curious...

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  Hiretsukan

  End States

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Calling it quits after their 2002 debut Invasive/Exotic, this New York quartet were literally begged by those at G7 to reform and release a...

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  Leng Tch'e

  The Process of Elimination

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Named after the ancient Chinese torture method of slowly cutting a drugged victim into a thousand pieces — the drugs wearing off just in ti...

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  Number Twelve Looks Like You

  Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear.

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Functioning as a unit for less than five years, the Number Twelve’'s latest effort proves intelligence and experience don’t necessarily go...

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  Twentyinchburial

  How Much Will We Laugh and Smile?

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Though inundated by generic mosh squeals and breakdowns, Twentyinchburial’s brand of upbeat, punk oriented metalcore somehow manages to car...

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  Swarm of the Lotus

  The Sirens of Silence

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Bands like Mastodon and Keelhaul have been steadily perfecting catchy, sludge-driven rock derived from Entombed’s influential heavy hitting...