A year ago a cassette tape found its way to my door. I had been flyering for my kickoff party and about an hour after I returned I found a brown envelope with a cassette, some pictures and note. The note was from Chante Brown, lead singer of Roullette asking me to check out a recording of a recent party gig. I dug what I heard: Loud, angry, straightforward metal. Riffs and growling, no gimmicks, no pretensions. It was raw and needed work but I knew this was an act I should follow. It's a year later and MagnaPhone has taken in a couple of Roullette gigs, with two very different persepectives.

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