Articles by Chris Ayers

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  InDecember

  Zero 2 Sixty

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  After hearing their self-titled demo last year, Sea of Green bassist Eric Kuthe signed Toronto’s InDecember to a multi-record deal and assu...

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  -16-

  Zoloft Smile

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Los Angeles band -16- are certainly not the most prolific, since it’s taken them six long years to produce a full-length follow-up to 1997’...

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  Sleep

  Dopesmoker

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  The saga of this seminal San Jose doom troupe continues with Dopesmoker, an earlier, longer (by ten minutes) and ultimately better version...

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  Austerity Program

  Terra Nova

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Living up to their chosen monikers, New York City’s the Austerity Program are certainly spare — a guitar and bass combo — and their four-so...

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  Canvas Solaris

  Spatial/Design

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  In the terse prog-metal tradition of Cynic, Symmetry, Spastic Ink, and Watchtower, Georgia instrumentalists Canvas Solaris release their fo...

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  Metallica

  Anger Management

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  For more than 20 years now, Metallica has flown the heavy music flag, turning heads and snapping necks since their primitive debut release...

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  Anthrax

  We've Come For You All

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Five long years since the forgettable Volume 8: The Threat Is Real, thrash mavens Anthrax have returned with their sturdiest album since 19...

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  Sofa King Killer

  Lust Crime And Holiness

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  In the decade-long tradition of Eyehategod, Cavity, and the like, Ohio’s Sofa King Killer emerge from the primordial muck after two short s...