Mixmaster – Episode Three – Review

April 18, 2003

The music’s not interesting enough without the visuals, the visuals aren’t interesting enough without the music, and the combination isn’t interesting enough to watch more than once.

Best of Bowie – Review

April 18, 2003

A two-DVD, career-long collection of videos. The material is outstanding, with a generous helping of impossible-to-track down TV broadcasts of early songs.

Planet X – MoonBabies – Review

April 16, 2003

Less metal than one might expect, MoonBabies ventures deep into the night with a lush landscape of sounds that incorporate prog rock, jazz, and New Age.

Naglfar – Sheol – Review

March 8, 2003

Despite the crisp sound, the band still create a thrashy wall of no hope, one that looms large due to the much improved vocal cackle of Jens Ryden.

The Shakedowns – Move – Review

February 14, 2003

Nice-guy punk’n’roll with hard rock touches in guitarville. Feel like they germinated out of a hopped-up power-pop combo, whittled into more of a gut punch.

Assemblage 23 – Defiance – Review

February 14, 2003

While Assemblage 23 projects the image of high energy and fast-paced music, the songs “Cocoon” and “Lullaby” offer a break, clocking in at well under 100 bpm.

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