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Cardboard Jens Kidman or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Instrumental

Heavy Blog
February 28, 2013
Editorials
Guest contributor Chris Catharsis of Soul Cycle opines on instrumental music following a run-in with a cardboard Jens Kidman at a Meshuggah show.
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Happy Halloween from Mark Hawkins and Chris Catharsis! Download “Tales From The Crypt” for Free!

Jimmy Rowe
October 31, 2010
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In the holiday spirit, Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins (the dudes of Soul Cycle) recorded a cover of the theme song from the classic television show, Tales From The Crypt. It's relatively short, but it's got a... Read More...
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Exclusive Album Debut: Soul Cycle – Soul Cycle

Jimmy Rowe
September 14, 2010
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My buddies in Soul Cycle decided that they wanted to premiere their debut album on HBIH, and I'm more than happy to make that happen. It's definitely a killer album, full of epic melodic metal and shred, with b... Read More...
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Soul Cycle: The HBIH interview

Jimmy Rowe
September 14, 2010
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For the last year, guitarists Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins have been toiling away on their melodic metal project Soul Cycle. Their album is finally ready to be released, making it's debut here on HBIH today... Read More...
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Soul Cycle Debut Album Art, Designed By Yours Truly

Jimmy Rowe
September 6, 2010
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Soul Cycle's Chris Catharsis and Mark Hawkins (I told you he got around) are good friends of the site, so when they needed artwork done for their impending self-titled debut album, I wanted to try and help them... Read More...
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Hey, Check Out This Acoustic Latin Jazz Piece Played By Tech Metal Guitarists

Jimmy Rowe
August 25, 2010
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Friend of the site Mark Hawkins (Eating Infinity, Soul Cycle) has uploaded a collaborative acoustic track featuring Luke Jaeger ( ex-Hunab Ku & Sleep Terror) and Vishal J. Singh (Amogh Symphony). The song w... Read More...

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