Articles by Chris Gramlich
Shogun
Iconoclast
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001
Opening with "Nation of Masochists," Iconoclast immediately stakes its claim to reaching beyond the realms of metallic hardcore, even if it...
Skycamefalling
10.21
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001
10.21, by Long Island, NY's Skycamefalling, is not a sonic journey to undertake lightly. Not a "song" oriented album, although there are so...
The Blood Brothers
The Adultery Is Ripe
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000
Featuring members of Waxwing and Sharks Keep Moving, the Blood Brothers are a sonic divergence from either of those two more established ac...
Cutthroats 9
Cutthroats 9
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000
There is simply no disputing the legacy of New York noise purveyors Unsane. Legions of bands have imitated, been influenced by and stolen o...
Hope Conspiracy
Coldblue
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000
From the ashes of the criminally underrated Harvest arises the Hope Conspiracy's Coldblue, one of the most anticipated releases in the hard...
Type O Negative
The Least Worst Of
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000
The Least Worst Of seems to be the perfect title for Type O Negative's best of, unreleased and rarities offering. Even in their most embryo...
Steve Von Till
As The Crow Flies
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000
As The Crow Flies shows Neurosis guitarist/vocalist Steve Von Till at his most vulnerable, serene and introspective. A departure from the o...
Eyehategod
Confederacy of Ruined Lives
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
No band has encapsulated hopelessness, hatred, need and simmering misanthropy more than New Orleans lords of hostility, Eyehategod (save fo...