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 | | Parmenter is the auteur behind Discipline, one of the most distinctive progressive rock bands in the U.S. His solo album Astray explores much the same territory as his band's records, namely lengthy, melodic tracks that are deeply angst-ridden searches through the darker recesses of the human soul. |
 | | The best thing about Orange Goblin has always been the band's tendency, as embodied in its bear-voiced giant of a frontman Ben Ward, to play this ugly heavy rock as if it was the most fun job in the world. |
 | | Balancing the psychedelic stoner melodies of its early work with the hammer-down precision of its previous album Coup De Grace, the Goblin kicks out the jams on "Some You Win, Some You Lose," "Lazy Mary" and "One Room, One Axe, One Outcome" with the sharpest riffs and burliest muscle of its career. |
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