Articles by Jill Mikkelson

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  Architects

  Nightmares

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Now that Scarlet has disbanded, it seems as if Architects might be looking to take their place. Not that the former occupied a particularly...

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  Furzt

  UTD

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  This may very well be the strangest black metal album ever recorded. Sure, it’s original but that doesn’t necessarily make it good. The gui...

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  Hacride

  Amoeba

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Summoning a sonic hurricane of metallic fury, the opening seconds of Hacride’s sophomore effort are indicative of what’s to follow: pure, u...

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  Botch

  61502

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

  Documenting one of aggressive music’s finest last stands, this greatest hits DVD pulls out the typical stops when it comes to performance D...

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  Gigantour

  Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON - September 25

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2007

  The cold, dreary weather somewhat dampened the mood of excitement but rest assured, this was no deterrent to the beer guzzling, 30-somethin...

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  Belphegor

  Pestapokalypse VI

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  Gnawing on the heels of 2005’s acclaimed Goatreich-Fleshcult, Austria’s "harbingers of eminent doom” have returned to lead the black-hearte...

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  Blut Aus Nord

  MoRT

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  France’s favourite underground blackened doom troopers have returned with another stab at their desolate, disquieting and almost avant-gard...

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  Botch

  Unifying Themes Redux

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  Botch’s legacy is of a rare nature. They’re the type of band whose seemingly omnipresent influence continues grow, almost certain to be her...