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Jeff Mcquiggan Staff Writer Hometown: Victoria, BC (Canada) Interests: Music, photography, books, dogs, pool/darts Favorite Bands: Nomeansno Occupation: Student - Camosun College Currently listing to:

Reviews Published: 28

Radius System Escape / Restart Shimmering art rock from France Canvas Solaris The Atomized Dream Canvas Solaris's annual dose of instrumental metal Celestine At the Borders of Arcadia Sludgy Icelandic rage Day Without Dawn Understanding Consequenes A successful successor to Terraforming Zero Hour Dark Deceiver Solid but stagnant fifth album Pharaoh Be Gone More solid heavy metal from Pharaoh Skullflower IIIrd Gatekeeper Black Sabbath/noise/Hawkwind Zonderhoof Zonderhoof Jamming & riffage Agua de Annique Air After departing The Gathering, Anneke delivers a simple yet effective solo effort Behold... The Arctopus Skullgrid Little Repetition, Zero Soul Middian Age Eternal Despite the demise of YOB, the spirit of doom continues in Middian. End of Level Boss Inside The Difference Engine An abstract vortex of riffs Blotted Science The Machinations of Dementia Demented instrumental metal power trio Winds Prominence and Demise Progressive metal with potential, but also has crippling weaknesses Ulver Shadows of the Sun Wallowing in a pleasant shade of grey Reverend Bizarre III: So Long Suckers It's like a planet moving forward in space, like a fucking big planet Souvenir's Young America An Ocean Without Water More noisy, psychedelic post-rock from Souvenirs Young America Slough Feg Hardworlder A softer but enjoyable slab of hard rock/metal from Slough Feg Canvas Solaris Cortical Tectonics Canvas Solaris continue to hammer away at their own style of instrumental metal. Becoming the Archetype The Physics of Fire Sophomore album is solid but unoriginal Neurosis Given To The Rising Reviving old elements while continuing to move forward Devin Townsend Ziltoid The Omniscient Metal's mad scientist crafts a rock opera of galactic proportions Odious Mortem Cryptic Implosion ''Implosion'' a diamond in the rough Grayceon Grayceon Grayceon: A lesson on how to be awesome right from the start Rwake Voices of Omens Flawless sludge metal for those who just can't get enough of it Shining Grindstone Shining continue to wreak devastation on the conventions of musical genres. Aereogramme My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go Aereogramme refine their sound, but slip into the realms of standard artsy rock. Hella There's No 666 In Outer Space Now with vocals but crazy as ever