Articles by Chris Ayers

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  My Dying Bride

  The Dreadful Hours

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001

  UK doom troupe My Dying Bride have enjoyed several career highs: first, 1993's genre-defining Turn Loose The Swans; second, 1996's ominous...

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  Witchery

  Symphony For The Devil

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001

  With mercury coursing through their veins, Sweden's Witchery release yet another well-crafted album as ex-Haunted riff master Patrick Jense...

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  Anthrax

  Sound Of White Noise / Stomp 442

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2001

  Central to the refinement of '80s thrash metal, these two Anthrax albums (now remastered with new liner notes and bonus tracks culled from...

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  Diabolical Masquerade

  Death's Design

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2001

  Back in 1993, Swedish guitarist Blakkheim (Anders Nyström's nom de guerre) began Diabolical Masquerade as a vehicle for venting the black m...

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  Lucyfire

  This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Sweden's Tiamat enjoyed a successful career two-by-two: from a faceless death act (Sumerian Cry and The Astral Sleep) to an innovative and...

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  Karaboudjan

  Sbrodj

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Karaboudjan is another loopy idea from the maniacal metallic mind of Dan Swanö, of Edge Of Sanity/Nightingale fame, and Sbrodj is a three-s...

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  Napalm Death

  Enemy of the Music Business

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Finally, Napalm Death are back to using their old logo again, which hasn't graced an album cover since 1992's Utopia Banished - a telltale...

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  Em Sinfonia

  Intimate Portrait

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001

  There's nothing wrong with the stylistic changes that Illinois's Em Sinfonia have made since the crushing potential of their 1999 debut, In...