Sevendust – Animosity – Review

April 12, 2002

Aaron Lewis of Staind sings on “Follow,” so you get that whole heartfelt trip, ya know? The harmonies are detached, haunting and quaveringly eerie.

Scar Culture – Inscribe – Review

April 12, 2002

Like the hardcore band, Raised Fist, Scar Culture has learned that “Meshuggah production” counts. Inscribe is about as heavy as neo-death metal gets.

Aeon – Dark Order – Review

April 12, 2002

Aeon is here to deliver death metal fans into ecstasy. The sheer brutality that the band put to good use on this crisp and crushing release is overwhelming.

Kittie – Oracle – Review

April 12, 2002

Kittie have moments of gleaming beauty amidst the predictable, useless, aren’t-they-going-anywhere-with-this? trudge metal. Fashionable, yes, talented, no.

Mastodon – Lifesblood – Review

April 12, 2002

Exquisite technicality embracing neo-Sabbath doominess coupled with eerie melodies of early ’90s death metal, punctuated by Clutch’s down and dirty aesthetics.

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