Articles by Chris Gramlich

Knives Out

Heartburn

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

The debut six-song EP from Philadelphia’s Knives Out is a strictly love-hate proposition. Love, because Knives Out plies a spastic and catc...

Red Chord

Fused Together In Revolving Doors

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

Boston, MA, continues its increasingly long line of utterly destructive musical misanthropes with the debut from its latest sonic kill team...

Rise

Signal To Noise

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

Sometimes the revolution isn’t televised; sometimes the revolution is in slow motion. More often than not in these constraining times, the...

Jesuseater

Jesuseater

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

Featuring vocalist Shawn Brown (Swiz, Dag Nasty) backed by a trio of talented artists, this reissue of Jesuseater's four-song independent E...

The Melvins

Hostile Ambient Takeover

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

Returning with their first proper album since their twisted trilogy for Ipecac, the Melvins are again offering salvation for anyone brave e...

Metal

PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

As countless aggressive bands both in the underground and above it continue to combine disparate elements of "metal" in an attempt to dispr...

Purity's Failure

Deconstruction

PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

Boston, MA's Purity's Failure hit the ground running with their full-length debut, Deconstruction, for Goodfellow Records. Deconstruction o...

Underoath

The Changing of Times

PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

With numerous metal/hardcore bands that once found solace in aggression and hostility turning to melodic emo and indie rock to cut their so...