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14 obituary:
blake harrison And it’s hard for me to say
16 metal muthas Hammers of Ms. Fortune 18 low culture Put that on a shirt 19 kill screen:
john carpenter Time to kill
20 knocked loose Sunday worst
30 nocturnus ad The never-ending story
22 terminal nation They saw the Devil
32 uncle acid &
the deadbeats Killing at the box office
24 funeral leech Time after time
34 pallbearer Opening up
26 tzompantli To the beat of their own drum
reviews 36 q&a: kerry king Slayer may be back from their hiatus, but the King never took a break from his own Hell 40 the decibel
While others were quick to grow up, Exhumed stayed true to their guts on debut LP Gore Metal
28 horndal The hammer and the anvil
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65 lead review Gatecreeper’s new LP Dark Superstition has hooks that are clearly sharpened to kill 66 album reviews Records from bands that will never look at onion rings in same way, including Deicide, Full of Hell and Unleash the Archers 80 damage ink Life and times
CRYPT SERMON Coming Up Roses COVER STORY COVER AND CONTENTS PHOTOS BY SCOTT KINKADE
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