Articles by Chris Ayers

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  Yes

  Magnification

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  The first keyboard-less recording in their 34-year career, Magnification finds British prog gods Yes boasting arguably their most classic l...

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  Bolt Thrower

  Honour-Valour-Pride

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  UK's Bolt Thrower were one of the first bands that helped establish grindcore as a viable genre, and thankfully another one of those outfit...

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  Cave In

  Cave In

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  Only indie darlings Cave In could release a CD single with only two songs and be taken seriously. As 2000's phenomenal Jupiter belied their...

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  Cavity

  On The Lam

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  Miami's Cavity has always been worlds away from the glitzy trappings of their hometown. These Florida rejects can sling the sludge metal ju...

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  Sinister

  Creative Killings

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  The more that death metal's general tempo accelerates with each passing year, the more that Dutch death-mongers Sinister stay the same. For...

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  5ive

  The Telestic Disfracture

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  Half experimental noise, half crushing doom chordage, Boston’s 5ive are a curious bunch. From the sheer volume of sound that emanates from...

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  Godflesh

  Hymns

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Rock bands sometimes have a turnstile relationship with their drummers, and UK's premiere metallurgists Godflesh are no different. When the...

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  Scissorfight

  Mantrapping For Sport And Profit

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  From the snowy peaks of the White Mountains' Presidential Range to the curvy bends of the leaf-peepers' favourite Kancamagus Highway, this...