Articles by Jill Mikkelson

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  The Dillinger Escape Plan / Read Yellow / The End / Trivium

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON - February 1

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Considering Dillinger's past few trips to Toronto packed the Opera House, Lee's Palace seemed like an unusually claustrophobic venue for a...

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  Strapping Young Lad

  For Those Aboot to Rock — Live at the Commodore

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  In a perfect world, the SYL DVD would have been the entirety of City played from beginning to end. In the real world, it's a good mix of th...

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  Shikari

  1999-2003

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Abrasive, scathing metal in its rawest forms used to be peddled by the darkest of black metalers. The ’90s brought an era where those refra...

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  Crionics

  Armageddon's Evolution

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Despite clinging to the boundaries of black metal like a frightened child to its mother, Crionics deploys a variety of techniques to distin...

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  Enslaved

  Isa

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Since Norwegians witnessed the rise of black metal first hand in the early nineties, heavy music’s metamorphosis into a more radio friendly...

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  Behemoth

  Demigod

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  This band is bigger than a behemoth: they are a massive, crushing, inescapable force of nature. It’s the type of presence and fury most oth...

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  Bleeding Kansas

  1859

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Most bands with blood mentioned in their name are just trying to sound tough because though they lack substance, they’ve got something to p...

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  Escape Grace

  Escape Grace

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  This record is a mix of Black Sabbath, drawn out Southern riffs and really terrible rock revival. The first song’s heavy melodies are remin...