Articles by Jill Mikkelson

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  Tears from the Sky

  Power Symbol

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  If you like good music, you can stop reading this review. For those who are curious, it’s time to get to know another band that lives by th...

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  God Dethroned

  The Lair of the White Worm

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Drab and lifeless doesn’t even begin to describe this 40-minute exercise in patience. The Laid of the White Worm is as unremarkable as they...

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  Belphegor

  Goatreich-Fleshcult

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  While Goatreich-Fleshcult begins on a somewhat bland tremolo melody, the caustic breakdowns that soon intercept the drone prove this defini...

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  Blood Red Throne

  Altered Genesis

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Hailing from Norway and lead by Tchort (ex-Emperor, current Carpathian Forest and Green Carnation guitarist) Blood Red Throne forsake their...

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  Shamelady

  The Winter Days Were Nights

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  A dramatic, chord driven rock instrumental opens the record in a melancholy and heavy deceit. Beginning in the second song, their true colo...

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  Thine Eyes Bleed

  In The Wake of Separation

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Lamb of God hasn’t been famous very long but they’re already spawning the lesser imitation acts trying to ride the wake of their success. T...

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  Urgehal

  Through Thick Fog Til Death

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Unless you’re caught in the nobleness of the statement that "real black metal is underground because it’s too harsh and ugly to be swallowe...

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  The WPP

  He Has the Technology

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Busy riffs, anomalous beats and a playful attitude are only scratching the surface of the far-reaching dynamic of the WPP. They have the me...