Articles by Sean Palmerston

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  Firebird

  Firebird

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Firebird is something of a stoner metal super-group. Featuring members of Cathedral and Spiritual Beggars backing up former Carcass guitari...

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  Hammerfall

  Renegade

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Renegade is clearly the most mature, well-written offering to date by Swedish power metallers Hammerfall. The record is also a lot heavier,...

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  The Haunted

  The Haunted Made Me Do It

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  After losing their original vocalist to a teaching career, Swedish metal imports the Haunted return with both a new voice and a new drummer...

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  Nevermore

  Dead Heart in a Dead World

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  It is difficult to grasp the progression that Seattle's Nevermore has made from their self-titled 1995 debut release to Dead Heart In a Dea...

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  Slaughter

  Surrender or Die

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  The real Slaughter was not those glam-assed wussies that made it big in the early '90s. The real Slaughter was a Toronto-based thrash metal...

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  Sons Of Otis

  Spacejumbofudge

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Originally released five years ago on the missing-in-action Hypnotic label, Sons of Otis' debut full-length has finally been mastered prope...

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  Waco Brothers

  Electric Waco Chair

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  While Jon Langford's main band, the Mekons, have been dabbling in country since the mid-'80s, they never quite hit the mark. The Mekons bes...

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  Alchemysts

  Zero Zen

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Following up their collaboration earlier in the year with Simeon, of Silver Apples fame, this trio of English space-rockers has created a l...