Articles by Sean Palmerston

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  Opeth

  Watershed

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  With 2008 proving to be a stellar year for great releases from veteran bands, no one album stands out so clearly from the pack as this, the...

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  Howlin Rain

  Magnificent Fiend

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2008

  Originally conceived as a side-project by Comets On Fire main man Ethan Miller and Sunburned Hand Of the Man drummer John Moloney in 2005,...

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  Gillan

  The Glory Years

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2008

  This neat retrospective release revisits Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan’s early ’80s solo band at the height of their success. Captured li...

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  Pharaoh

  Be Gone

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2008

  Although they’ve yet to play their first live show, U.S. power metal super-group Pharaoh have amassed a nice little trio of solid albums. F...

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  Faceshift

  Reconcile

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  Formed out of the ashes of Swedish death metal act Eternal Oath, a band in which all members here spent time in over the years, Faceshift t...

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  Sworn Enemy

  Maniacal

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  The third new label in as many albums for these NYHC veterans, this time around the venerable hardcore unit have completely retooled their...

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  Unearthly Trance

  Electrocution

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  Criminally underrated NYC crust metal trio Unearthly Trance return with their fourth full-length and second since joining the Relapse roste...

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  Pathosray

  Pathosray

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2008

  Of all the subgenres of metal, none get looked down upon in quite the same way that progressive metal does. Just the linking of those two w...