Articles by Chris Ayers

Estradasphere
Palace of Mirrors
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006
True to the labels goal to promote challenging metal thats often not metal at all, the End presents Santa Cruzs Estradasphere, a gypsy-e...
Deicide
The Stench of Redemption
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006
Fan outcry over the departure of founding guitarists Eric and Brian Hoffman from Tampas Deicide has naturally given more momentum to the d...
Andrew Tweedy
Glass Fingers
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006
Though he plies his trade in metalcore act Buried Inside, Ottawa native Andrew Tweedy has released his debut solo album thats a full one-e...
Lye By Mistake
Arrangements for Fulminating Vective
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006
Marylands Crucial Blast Records may be more than a little envious that the Lambgoat website/label signed St. Louiss Lye By Mistake, becau...
Intronaut
Void
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006
When displaced drummer Danny Walker (Uphill Battle) and Leon del Muerte (Exhumed/Impaled) formed Intronaut last year, few knew of the band...
Slayer
Christ Illusion
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006
Visually, Christ Illusion is definitely a Slayer record: classic logo and classic artwork by long-time Slayer artist Larry Carroll (Reign i...
Negative Reaction
Under the Ancient Penalty
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006
New York sludge puppies Negative Reaction celebrate their 16th anniversary with their most straightforward doom album yet. Under the Ancien...
Abominable Iron Sloth
The Abominable Iron Sloth
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006
After the mythical Abominable Iron Sloth was found frozen in the South American mountains during the last ice age, the hapless natives thaw...