Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Hermano

  ...Into the Exam Room

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2008

  Since 2005’s Dare I Say…, stoner rock all-stars Hermano have been riding a tsunami wave of critical success. Guitarist David Angstrom and d...

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  Mustasch

  Latest Version of the Truth

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2008

  One of the few bands on Regain’s roster with a logo that’s not indecipherable, Sweden’s Mustasch play a strain of metal that’s worlds apart...

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  Overkill

  Live at Wacken Open Air 2007

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  New Jersey thrash institution Overkill bring their blue-collar metal to the masses — 70,000 strong — at last year’s Wacken Open Air festiva...

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  Catastrophic

  Pathology of Murder

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  When John Tardy couldn’t finish a tour with Obituary in the late ’90s, Pyrexia vocalist Keith DeVito stepped in for a few dates. Rubbing el...

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  Cavity

  Laid Insignificant

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Cavity’s Laid Insignificant is now lengthened by two tracks, remastered and re-released with new artwork...

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  Lento

  Earthen

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Hailing from Rome, Italy, Lento are an instrumental quintet that channel the best elements of Isis, Earth and Fogdiver-era the Ocean. Earth...

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  Sourvein

  Ghetto Angel

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Their second EP in a trilogy begun with 2005’s Emerald Vulture, New Orleans doom riders Sourvein offer another four-song appetiser to sludg...

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  Unearthly Trance

  Electrocution

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  On their fourth long-player, New York doom masochists Unearthly Trance focus on different sounds and textures, resulting in a scattershot a...