Devin Townsend – Terria – Review

March 22, 2002

Devin Townsend’s solo material ranges from sonic landscapes to delicate noodlings to brutal bashings, and all are top-notch, cuz the guy is borderline genius.

Slipknot – Iowa – Review

March 15, 2002

True to the hype, Slipknot have created a meteor shower of extreme sights and sounds, deftly masking a nĂĽ metal premise they and Ross helped create.

Borknagar – Empiricism – Review

March 15, 2002

Sure, there’s a bit (or a lot) of pretension here, not to mention a real risk of prog geekery. Passionate, brutal, beautiful, frightening stuff.

Converge – Jane Doe – Review

March 15, 2002

One of the most intense albums of the genre, finding a link between grindcore, emo, and hardcore with scary time-signatures and crazed chord progressions.

Burn – Cleanse – Review

March 8, 2002

This is the logical extension of Orange 9mm’s brilliant Driver Not Included; a peek into what could’ve been a solid follow-up.

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