Articles by Sean Palmerston

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  Destruction

  All Hell Breaks Loose

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

  Destruction was one of the original European speed metal bands of the '80s that made an impact in North America. They were one of the bigge...

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  High On Fire

  The Art of Self Defense

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

  The most impressive debut from the new power trio led by former Sleep guitarist Matt Pike. Since Sleep's break-up over the almost lost clas...

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  In Flames

  Clayman

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

  Sweden's In Flames have risen to the top of the European death metal elite. The band has made a career out of releasing top-notch melodic d...

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  Into Eternity

  Into Eternity

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

  Canada has never really been a stronghold for atmospheric metal bands; the cream of the crop hail from Sweden and Finland. Into Eternity ha...

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  Wipers

  The Power In One

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

  Greg Sage has remained one of the most criminally unrecognised players in the American punk scene for close to 20 years. Starting out with...

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  Goatsnake

  Dog Days

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  Hot on the heels of their excellent split CD with Burning Witch, Los Angeles retro-rockers Goatsnake return with yet another fine slab of '...

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  Solace

  Further

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  While I was not a big fan of this New Jersey based band's first release (a split with another NJ band, Solarized), there is something very...

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  Abdullah

  Snake Lore

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  One of the most exciting new demos in land of the fuzzed out rock/doom metal comes from Ohio¹s Abdullah. Mixing melodic, clean vocals remin...