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2007 Stories by Andrew Miller

• Light This City

  published November 21, 2007

  Fronted by iron maiden Laura Nichol, Light This City plays mesmerizing dual-guitar harmonies that recall power-metal's prime. This San... More >>

• The Action Design

  published November 21, 2007

  After Tsunami Bomb's 2005 split, bassist Matt McKenzie and vocalist Emily "Agent M" Whitehurst formed the Action Design, a project that... More >>

• Xasthur

  published November 14, 2007

  Xasthur's albums are like the musical manifestation of the dementors, the cloaked Harry Potter ghouls whose mere presence robs people of... More >>

• Chiodos

  published October 17, 2007

  Songwriters commonly use the follow-up to breakthrough albums as vehicles for introspection, but Chiodos' Craig Owens gets intensely —... More >>

• Underoath

  published October 10, 2007

  Last year, Underoath appeared on Alternative Press' cover, posed unsmilingly above the phrase "Our future is at stake." The group... More >>

• Machine Head

  published October 3, 2007

  In 2003, Machine Head made metal's most triumphant comeback, shrugging off 1999's rap-rock mishap Burning Red with an album... More >>

• Dio of Reckoning

  published September 19, 2007

  Back for his third stint as Black Sabbath vocalist, 65-year-old Ronnie James Dio retains his booming vibrato, his commanding stage presence and... More >>

• Tub Ring

  published June 20, 2007

  Tub Ring plays tight, progressive songs about unusual subjects ("Killers in Love," "Requiem for a Robot") with darting surf-style leads,... More >>

• Electrelane

  published June 6, 2007

  Electrelane's 2001 debut, Rock It to the Moon, was almost entirely instrumental, a maze of atmospheric tangents and swirling guitar... More >>

• 2007 RFT Music Showcase

  published May 30, 2007

  My second day in St. Louis after moving here to become the RFT's music editor happened to coincide with the 2005 Music Awards presentation... More >>

• Nekromantix

  published May 16, 2007

  Undoubtedly one of the most disgusting films ever, Nekromantik graphically depicts a fetishistic couple's ill-fated sexual obsession with a... More >>

• Cannibal Corpse

  published May 2, 2007

  While best known for its grotesque record covers and graphically vile subject matter, Cannibal Corpse doesn't really capitalize on either... More >>

• Shiner

  published May 2, 2007

  "Evolution is just a theory," Allen Epley quips cryptically at the beginning of Shiner's just-reissued 1999 EP, Making Love. Musically... More >>

• Lacuna Coil / Shadows Fall

  published April 25, 2007

  Shadows Fall's success has vindicated two marginalized groups: white dudes with dreadlocks and metal vocalists who can carry a tune. Singer... More >>

• B-Sides clears up any confusion between metalheads Celtic Frost and Irish folkies Celtic Woman.

  published April 11, 2007

  If there's one thing that PBS viewers hate more than intrusive solicitations, it's merchandise that bears a misleading resemblance to their... More >>

• Whether they’re playing all-ages venues or arenas, indie superstars the Faint make their fans dance, dance, dance.

  published March 14, 2007

  On June 27, 2000, an impressive yet unheralded group of underground bands coalesced in Kansas City. The bill at the all-ages club El Torreon... More >>

• Terror

  published January 17, 2007

  Terror's Scott Vogel, who sports a Gang Starr tattoo, among many others, yielded vocal duties on a track from his band's 2006 album,... More >>

• Bent Left

  published January 10, 2007

  Bent Left's liberal-leaning moniker seems apt, given the group's self-proclaimed goal of "doing our best to change the world." However, the... More >>

• Jazzercise

  published January 3, 2007

  If casual music fans know just one Bad Plus song, it's probably the jazz trio's revelatory rendition of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," which... More >>