Articles by Chris Gramlich

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  The Melvins

  Electroretard

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  There is simply no doubt about it, the Melvins are the greatest band in the history of rock. No band has confounded genres like the Melvins...

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  Song of Zarathustra

  The Birth of Tragedy

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  Song of Zarathustra has released a brilliant, unconventional and strikingly original album, with The Birth of Tragedy. Not far removed from...

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  Spark Lights The Friction

  Cocaine Honeymoon

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  Despite a rather bizarre title, Cocaine Honeymoon, Spark Lights The Friction's debut for Hex Records (the record releasing altar-ego of har...

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  Swallowing Shit

  Anthology

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  It seems oddly appropriate that Winnipeg, MB's Swallowing Shit started as a self-proclaimed "sad joke" and ended amidst a hail of outraged...

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  This.Day.Forward

  The.Transient.Effects.Of.Light.On.Water

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  This.Day.Forward continues the trend of three-word monikers that have proliferated at an alarming rate in the world of metallic hardcore -...

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  Combatwoundedveteran

  I Know A Girl Who Develops Crime Scene Photos

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  Devoid of any unnecessary niceties, such as melody, I Know... is a barely 19 minute barrage of musical hostility, aimed at simply obliterat...

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  Countervail

  In The Event of an Unscheduled Landing

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  In The Event... marks a welcome musical evolution in the continuing sonic discord of Countervail's relatively young recording existence. Th...

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  Great Deceiver

  Jet Black Art

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  Gaining a mountain of notoriety based on the fact that the Great Deceiver's vocalist, Tomas Lindberg, once sang in the immensely influentia...