Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Candiru

  Unreleased And Dug Out

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Most specifically a cross between Malhavoc and Pigface, Pennsylvanian industrial metallurgists Candiru were one of the earliest bands signe...

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  Noosebomb

  Brain Food For The Braindead

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  There’s an unexplainable joy in hearing a favourite vocalist after a long while, and the gargling screeches of Jeff Hayward warm the cockle...

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  Goatsnake

  Trampled Under Hoof

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Leave it to Los Angeles’ lords of doom, Goatsnake, to rise from the grave and exhale their last breath in the form of a battering-ram brico...

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  Jumbo's Killcrane

  The Slow Decay

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Like a primordial behemoth rising from the darkest depths, Kansan dirge-dealers Jumbo’s Killcrane have deviated significantly from last yea...

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  Le Force

  Le Fortress

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Formerly known for Zion, Brigham Young, and the Great Salt Lake, Utah graciously exports the mega-rock of Le Force, a trio of obvious close...

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  Moho

  20 Uñas

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  España’s most hopeful successors to the Iron Monkey throne, Moho sling the sludge just as suffocatingly as Cavity or Eyehategod. A split re...

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  YOB

  The Illusion of Motion

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Doom metal, one of the most durable and consistent subgenres, rarely has bona fide champions anymore like ’90s-era Cathedral and Paradise L...

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  Beaten Back to Pure

  The Burning South

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  Instead of banging out another sludge-caked record along the lines of 2003’s The Last Refuge of the Sons of Bitches, Virginia’s Beaten Back...