FOCUS // FLAGRANT: TRACE AMOUNT ON DAILY DYSTOPIA, FINDING FLOW IN INDUSTRIAL CARNAGE, AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE HORRORS
EXCLUSIVE // DEAF CLUB AND INDECLINE COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF 9/11 WITH INCENDIARY VIDEO FOR “PAIN IN THE ASSERY”
FOCUS // BACK FROM THE LAB PT.2: PAVLOV’S BELL PUSH THE SCIENCE ROCK ENVELOPE WITH PHYSICS ISN’T FAIR AND SHARE A LIVE TRACK-BY-TRACK ANALYSIS
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