Articles by Mike Simpson

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  Speedwolf

  Ride with Death

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2011

  If Speedwolf put hometown anthem "Denver 666" as the opener for Ride With Death, they'd have a far better chance of rallying the ragers tog...

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  Blut Aus Nord

  777 – The Desanctification

  PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2011

  The normally frenzied, atonal, abysmally black aesthetic of Blut Aus Nord's "typical" material is already on the verge of unclassifiable. W...

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  Part Chimp / Torche

  Part Chimp / Torche

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2011

  Acting as the swansong for British noise rock outfit Part Chimp, this split successfully keeps the heaviness at record levels without sacri...

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  Archgoat

  Heavenly Vulva (Christ's Last Rites)

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2011

  Reaching out from the abyss, with no goal other than the total desecration of all things Christian, Finland's Archgoat return with Heavenly...

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  Elks

  Destined for the Sun

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2011

  Elks' mini-saga, Destined for the Sun, immediately brings to mind the rough-and-ready sludge popularized by Bison B.C. and Black Tusk, comb...

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  True Widow

  I.N.O.

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2011

  The aesthetic of Texans True Widow is an interesting one; it hints at all the crushing severity of the plodding post-rock from which it's u...

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  Rwake

  Rest

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2011

  Being a multi-faceted sludge metal band is never easy. With one part of their music "accessible" to fans of slow, low and heavy, and the ot...

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  Landmine Marathon

  Gallows

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2011

  Old School death metal revival be damned. Having spent the past several years sharing stages with prominent underground acts, Landmine Mara...