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Variations in Death Minor
What bad can be said about twin guitars, classic chug, and songs about lighthouses directing ships through the space-time continuum? Local metal quartet Blackholicus sail bloody seas (“La Fin du Monde”), sheath bloody swords (“Dark Forest”), and conduct a “Rome Symphony,” incorporating RenFair acoustic guitar with prog rock and some Little Queen-era Heart courtesy of Margaret Myrick’s vox. Blackholicus rocks. 
This article appears in June 23 • 2006.
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