Articles by Dave Synyard

Molotov Solution

The Harbinger

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

Molotov Solution are one of the most hardcore-sounding bands Metal Blade has to offer; maybe it's because they carry the ambiguous title of...

Oh, Sleeper

Son of the Morning

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

Formed in 2006, Oh, Sleeper are back with their second album, Son of the Morning. Creating a sophomore album in the metalcore genre can be...

10 for $10 Tour Featuring Poison the Well, Terror, War of Ages, the Ghost Inside and Starring Janet Leigh

The Opera House, Toronto, ON August 11

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2009

The concept of offering ten good hardcore bands for $10 is absolutely spot on, but the subjectivity of what constitutes a good hardcore is...

Dead and Divine

The Machines We Are

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2009

Burlington, ON's Dead and Divine are back with their sophomore album, The Machines We Are, an album that draws influences from metalcore an...

Dead Swans

Sleepwalkers

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2009

No, we're not talking about Stephen King's novel Sleepwalkers, which was adapted into a movie in 1992, we're talking about UK act Dead Swan...

Shonen Knife Plan North American Release, Play Vancouver and a Number of Cities in the U.S.

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2009

Nipponese girl group Shonen Knife are finally set to release Super Group to North America via Good Charamel Records. The album was released...

Maps Reveals Details of "Edgier, Angrier, More Electronic" Sophomore Effort, Enlists Tim Holmes of Death in Vegas to Co-Produce

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2009

Northampton, England's shoegazing indie rocker Maps has released the details on the follow-up album to 2007's Mercury Prize nominated We Ca...

Reign Supreme

Testing the Limits of Infinite

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2009

It's not uncommon for members of hardcore bands to cut and run from one group and end up in another. Case in point, former Blacklisted voca...