Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Type O Negative

  Dead Again

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

  Without a doubt Dead Again is Type O Negative’s most diverse album yet, effectively breaking out of the samey goth slump that’s plagued the...

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  Year Of No Light

  Nord

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

  From France’s fertile art metal scene come Bordeaux’s Year of No Light, who weigh in with their unmatched debut, Nord. Using Neurosis merel...

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  Pelican

  City of Echoes

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

  Chicago’s Pelican have transformed into quite the metal juggernaut with their third album, City of Echoes. Not only have they effectively s...

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  Six Feet Under

  Commandment

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Since front-man Chris Barnes left Cannibal Corpse over a decade ago, Six Feet Under have become quite the death metal institution, cranking...

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  Blutch

  Materia

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Arriving on North American shores with their third album, Belgium doom denizens Blutch set out to streamline the near-formless dirge (à la...

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  Boris with Michio Kurihara

  Rainbow

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  After Boris’s unexpected success with last year’s Pink, these intrepid noise-mongers continue to expand their sonic palette by collaboratin...

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  IAMTHETHORN

  You Are the Lamb

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Hamilton’s Goodfellow Records may have started a new trend in hardcore bands going doom. Last year saw the Abominable Iron Sloth rise from...

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  Obituary

  Frozen Alive

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2007

  Florida death metal pioneers Obituary could’ve become another casualty in the recent trend of lame reunions but Frozen Alive shows them at...