Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Atheist

  Jupiter

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010

  By the onset of the '90s, Atheist had already lived a metal lifetime, having weathered the untimely death of founding bassist Roger Patters...

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  The Atlas Moth

  One Amongst the Weed Fields

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010

  Possibly the best metal in-joke of the year, the Atlas Moth offer their version of Metallica's $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, rippin...

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  Cough

  Ritual Abuse

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010

  With sludge-mongering act Bongzilla on permanent hiatus, Relapse smartly scoops up Richmond, VA's Cough for worldwide distribution. After t...

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  Place Of Skulls

  As a Dog Returns

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010

  American doom doesn't get any more old school than in the hands of former Pentagram/Death Row guitarist Victor Griffin, who's been plugging...

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  Yes

  Keys to Ascension

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010

  In 1996, the most revered Yes line-up ― Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White ― met in California...

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  Gristle

  Cold Blue Sky

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2010

  Excepting tech metal act Scale the Summit, the now-defunct Galactic Cowboys were the biggest metal band to come out of Houston, TX since pu...

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  Viral Load & Putrid Pile

  Viral Load & Putrid Pile

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2010

  In their continuing efforts to unearth little-known underground bands ― or make themselves feel better after years of selling out to...

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  Cynic

  Re-traced

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

  In a temporary direction change, prog metal pioneers Cynic have released the Re-traced EP, which contains remixes from 2008's Traced in Air...